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Lena Virginia Barker

October 9, 1930 — May 28, 2017

Lena Virginia (Westerhold) Barker, 86, of Odessa, Missouri passed away on Sunday May 28, 2017 at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Blue Springs, Missouri.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 3, 2017 at the First United Methodist Church, 301 S. 1st St., Odessa, MO, 64076. Visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday June 2, 2017 at the Ralph O. Jones Funeral Home, 306 S. 2nd St., Odessa, MO, 64076, 816-633-5524. Burial will be in the Greenton Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the First United Methodist Church in Odessa. Memories and condolences for the family may be left at www.ralphojones.com or on our Facebook Page.

Lena was born on October 9, 1930 in Odessa, MO to Otto Lee & Leona May (Davidson) Westerhold. She graduated from Odessa High School in 1949. On June 16, 1949 she married Lonnie Roy Barker in Odessa, MO at Mt. Tabor United Methodist Church. He preceded her in death on November 18, 1996. Lena worked at the Odessa Garment Factory and retired from Odessa One Stop Convenience Store. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Odessa, United Methodist Women and the 4-Star 4-H Club. In addition to spending time with her family and friends, Lena enjoyed gardening, sewing, cooking for her family and making apple butter in the copper kettle outside in the fall.

Survivors include five children, Sarah Virginia Brillhart and husband Ken of Napoleon, MO, Richard Allen Barker and wife Carol, Rosalie Cuda and husband Jim, Beverly Ann Willig and husband Daniel and Roy Wayne Barker and wife Yvonne all of Odessa, MO; thirteen grandchildren, twenty four great grandchildren; a sister, Bonnie Dutton of Odessa; two sister-in-law’s, Hazel Westerhold of Odessa, MO and Janie Westerhold of Blue Springs, MO; and many nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and husband, Lena was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Kelsye Marie Bromley; three brothers, Lloyd, Russell and Henry Westerhold and a sister, Effie McFerrin.


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