{"id":28659,"date":"2016-04-04T15:05:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T19:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=28659"},"modified":"2016-04-04T15:05:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T19:05:01","slug":"obituaries-joanne-parsons-barker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=28659","title":{"rendered":"Obituaries: Joanne Parsons Barker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Obits-300x269.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1326414\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Obits-300x269.jpg\" alt=\"Obits\" \/><\/a>Joanne Parsons Barker<b>, <\/b>age 85, of Kennett Square, PA, passed away on Friday, April 1, 2016, at Neighborhood Hospice, West Chester, PA. She was the wife of Wade H. Barker, with whom she shared 64 years of marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Born in Kennett Square, PA, she was the daughter of the late Newton and Ruth Loller Parsons.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mrs. Barker was a tour coordinator at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA, retiring in 1985 after 21 years of service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">She was a member of the Hamorton United Methodist Church, Hamorton, PA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mrs. Barker enjoyed music, watching sports on TV, going on vacation to the beach with her family, and especially being with her family and friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In addition to her husband, she is survived by one son, David S. Barker of Kennett Square, PA; one daughter, Dianne B. Bramble of West Grove, PA; one sister, Ramona Waltz of Kennett Square, PA, two grandchildren and one great granddaughter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">She was predeceased by one sister, Nan Parsons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">You are invited to visit with her family from 1:00 to 2:00 on Saturday, April 9, 2016 at the Hamorton United Methodist Church, 1052B East\u00a0 Baltimore Pike (Route 1), Hamorton, PA 19348. Her Memorial service will follow at 2:00. Burial will be private.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In memory of Joanne, a contribution may be made to the Hamorton United Methodist Church at the above address.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Online condolences may be made by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.griecocares.com\/\"><span class=\"s2\">www.griecocares.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Arrangements by the Kuzo &amp; Grieco Funeral Home, Kennett Square, PA.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joanne Parsons Barker, age 85, of Kennett Square, PA, passed away on Friday, April 1, 2016, at Neighborhood Hospice, West Chester, PA. She was the wife of Wade H. Barker, with whom she shared 64 years of marriage. Born in Kennett Square, PA, she was the daughter of the late Newton and Ruth Loller Parsons. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4586],"tags":[8230],"class_list":["post-28659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-joanne-parsons-barker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}