Louise A. Barker

New Waterford - Louise A. Barker, 89 of New Waterford, formerly of Youngstown and Washington, D.C. died at 4:50 p.m. Saturday, March 23, 2013 at the St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown.

Mrs. Barker was born March 8, 1924 in Washington, D.C., a daughter of George and Alice Hanson Jacobson and moved to Youngstown in 1955 and the Columbiana area in 1989. She was a homemaker and an administrative assistant in both the public and private business sectors for many years, retiring in 1984. She was a member of the New Waterford United Methodist Church.

Her husband, Charles D. Barker, whom she married April 9, 1949 died June 4, 2006. She is survived by a daughter, Carolyn (Bruce) Mook of East Palestine; two sons, Charles "Les" Barker of New Waterford and George (Lisa) Barker of Huntington Beach, CA; a sister, Eleanor Jacobson of Silver Spring, MD; four grandchildren, Benjamin (Nicky) Mook of Spring Grove, PA, Rachel (Doug) Nickalson of Okeechobee, FL, Lauren Barker of Columbia, MO, and James Barker of West Lafayette, IN; and seven great grandchildren.

A brother, Robert Jacobson is also deceased.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 30, 2013 at the New Waterford United Methodist Church with Pastor Terry Brown officiating. Burial will follow in New Waterford Cemetery. Friends may call from 3-7 p.m. Friday at the Van Dyke-Swaney-Rettig Funeral Home, East Palestine.

Memorial contribution may be made to either the New Waterford United Methodist Church or Hospice of the Valley.