Jeannette "Jan" Harriet Barker's Obituary
Jeannette "Jan" Harriet Barker, nee Osick, 94 years of Dupo, IL, passed away on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at Garden Place of Columbia in Columbia, IL. She was born March 24, 1928, in East Carondelet, IL.
Jeannette was a member of Christ United Church of Christ in Dupo, IL., Christ UCC Women's Guild (past president of the Women's Guild) and she was a longtime volunteer for Feed My People & Mercy Hospital.
Surviving are her daughter, LaDonne (Ron) Mayberry, her son, Russell (Melanie) Portell, her daughter-in-law, Carolyn Portell, her grandchildren, Brandon (Lezlie) Portell and Amber (Mike) Harriss, her step-grandchildren, Karin Mayberry, Rebecca Mayberry & Amber Mayberry, her great-grandchildren, Breanna Portell, Brady Portell, Lucas Harriss, Olivia Harriss, Logan Harriss and Faith Mayberry, her sister-in-law, Wanda Portell, her nephews, Clyde Kempf, Charles Kempf, Gary Kempf, Terry Kempf, Robert Portell, Edward Reichenbacher, Greg Reichenbacher & Jerry Reichenbacher, her nieces, Brenda Diesel, Joyce Neff & Pam McFarland, along with many dear friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Barker, her son, Kevin Portell, her parents, John and Caroline, nee Wedler, Osick, her brothers, Clarence (Bernice) Osick and Leroy (Paula) Osick, and her sister, Mildred (Lester) Kempf.
Visitation will be held on Friday, September 2, 2022 from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. and on Saturday, September 3, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. - 10: a.m.at Christ United Church of Christ (200 S. 3rd St.) in Dupo, IL. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m.on Saturday, September 3, 2022 at Christ United Church of Christ in Dupo, IL., with Rev. Todd Mushaney, officiating. Interment will follow in the Zion Bohnemeier Cemetery, East Carondelet, Illinois.
In lieu of customary remembrances, the family requests with gratitude that memorial contributions be directed to Christ United Church of Christ 200 So. 3rd St., Dupo, IL, 62239 . Arrangements were handled by Leesman Funeral Home.
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