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Vera Valeria Andrus Barker
14 Jul 1915 – 15 May 2013
| Birth | 14 Jul 1915 |
| Death | 15 May 2013 |
| Cemetery | Ucon Cemetery Ucon , Bonneville County , Idaho , USA |
| Added by | Barb on 17 May 2013 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110640363 |
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Vera Valeria Andrus Barker, age 97, passed away May 15, 2013. She was born July 14, 1915 in Ucon, ID to Robert Andrus and Lovenia Bawden Andrus. Vera was the tenth of eleven children. On June 8, 1938 Vera and her sweetheart, Lynn Spence Barker, were married in the Salt Lake Temple. Her grade school years were spent in Ucon, ID and she graduated as the valedictorian from Ucon High School in 1933. She attended Ricks College, graduating with her son, Spence in 1960. She received her Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from Brigham Young University in 1967. Vera taught summer kindergarten for 10 summers. She also taught second grade for 17 years at Goodsell Elementary in Shelley, ID. She served many years in the organizations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These positions included music director, primary teacher, teacher and counselor in Young Women and Relief Society. She and her husband, Lynn, served for 18 months in the Indiana, Indianapolis Mission. They also served together for 21 years in the Idaho Falls Temple. Vera and Lynn were the parents of four children, Spence A. Barker (Ruth) of Idaho Falls, ID, Valeria Saunders (Dell) of Arlington, VA, Annette Olsen, (Ralph) of Orem, UT, and Dorothy Barker of Provo, UT. Their family includes 21 grandchildren and 44 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by five brothers, five sisters, a grandson, a great-granddaughter, her son Spence, and her husband, Lynn. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at the Shelley First Ward Chapel (183 N. Park). The family will meet with friends Monday evening from 7:00 till 8:30 p.m. at Nalder Funeral Home (110 West Oak) in Shelley and Tuesday from 9:30 till 10:40 a.m. at the church. Burial will be in the Ucon Cemetery.
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- Robert Howard Andrus 1896–1986
- Grant Munday Andrus 1898–1983
- Lovenia Minnie Andrus Phillips 1900–1965
- Rex Quale Andrus 1902–1903
- Samuel Reed Andrus 1904–1976
- Sarah Jane Andrus Simmons 1906–1980
- Rula Ireland Andrus 1908–1929
- Beulah Leona Andrus Beutler 1909–2001
- Thomas Edgar Andrus 1912–2001
- Inez Luella Andrus Tracy 1917–1965
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