A long-time resident of Byron and Deshler, he was a retired farmer. She died Dec. 29, 1996. Lutheran Church of Deshler. Services are 10 a.m. Friday at Father Ulenberg Memorial Hall in Geneva with Monsignor Ivan Vap officiating. Burial will be in Geneva Public Cemetery.
Visitation is at the funeral home.
Mrs. Barber was born in Grafton. She married Harry Barber. He preceded her in death. She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Geneva. Agnes E. Van Wyck of Exeter, Mildred Psota of Hastings, Frances Voss of Brookfield, Ill., Ruth Nicholson of Cicero, Ill., Lucille Smith and Barbara Yeck, both of Lincoln, and Betty Lohmeier of Tecumseh.