Sherman Richard Barker, 80, of Van Wert, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2020, at Van Wert Manor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was born February 23, 1940, in Haviland, a son of Elijah O. and Mildred (Hartzog) Barker, who both preceded him in death. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is survived by his siblings, Robert (Penny) Barker and Roger (Beth) Barker, both of Van Wert. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was also preceded in death by siblings Carl Barker, Dorothy (Bob) Webb, Gerald Barker, Helen Doyle. Phyllis Barker, Margie Neeley, and Harry Barker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sherman loved bingo, watching Westerns, rides in the car, and spending time with the family. He was “king” of blowing kisses at the Manor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, December 28, at Brickner Funeral Home in Van Wert. Burial will follow in Blue Creek Cemetery in Paulding County.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Visitation at the funeral home will be held an hour prior to services on Monday. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The family would like memorials to be directed to the Van Wert Manor Activity Fund in recognition of the care he was given while at the Manor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Condolences may be expressed at www.bricknerfuneralhome.com<\/a> or emailed to bricknerfuneralhome@bright.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sherman Richard Barker, 80, of Van Wert, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2020, at Van Wert Manor. He was born February 23, 1940, in Haviland, a son of Elijah O. and Mildred (Hartzog) Barker, who both preceded him in death. He is survived by his siblings, Robert (Penny) Barker and Roger (Beth) Barker, both of Van […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 13:13:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138548\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}