Fannie Barber
March 22, 1904 — April 18, 2005
Fannie Barber died Monday (April 18, 2005) at the home of her daughter, Lois, in Lincoln. She was 101 years old.
On March 22, 1904 she was born at Cedar Bluffs, Kansas to Charles and Dorothea (Greve) Duckworth. Her family lived at St. Francis, Kansas, Wymore and Shubert, Nebraska before moving back to Indianola. Fannie graduated from Indianola High School in 1922, attended college in Boulder, Colorado and taught school at Danbury and at District 42 north of Indianola where she met and later married Forrest Barber on May 15, 1927.
The young couple lived for a short time at Forrest’s Colorado homestead in a sod house near Cope, Colorado. They then went to their permanent home where Forrest and his brother, William lived on the family homestead north of Indianola. They shared the home with William all of his life.
She was a member of the First Congregational Church in McCook and a long time member of the “The Why Worry Club” of Indianola. She spent her life in service to others.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Forrest; a son, Charles; grandsons, Mark Barber and Russell Neel great grandson Dennis Stewart; sisters and husbands, Grace and Charles Sorg, Jane and Charles Laycook; brothers, Frank Duckworth, John Duckworth and Bryan Duckworth and wife, Lois; brother-in-law, William; sons-in-law, Stanley Neel and Kay Don Coburn and great-grandson, Dennis Stewart.
Survivors include: two daughters, Margaret Neel of rural McCook and Lois Thomas and husband Neal of Lincoln; sister-in-law, Dorothy Duckworth of McCook; former daughter-in-law, Dorothy Liess of Arizona; 10 grandchildren and spouses; 25 great-grandchildren; 11 great-great grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; 11 step-great- grandchildren; six nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were Friday at 11 a.m. at the First Congregational Church with Pastor Steven King officiating. Burial took place in the Indianola Cemetery.
Memorials may be given to the Senior Center.
Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook was in charge of the arrangements.