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Barber, Robert J obit News_19591005SayreEveningTimesp2

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Robert J. Barber 57 Sayre Native of Funeral Home Dies Suddenly Sunday Morning at Home in Horseheads
The Evening Times
Sayre, Pennsylvania •
Mon, Oct 5, 1959 p2
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Robert J. Barber, Sayre Native, Dies In Horseheads
Robert J. Barber, 57, proprietor of the Barber Funeral Home, Horseheads, died at his home, 413 South Main street, Horseheads, suddenly Sunday morning.
Born in Sayre, the son of the late John Francis and Mary A. Knapp Barber, he attended Sayre schools and was employed at the Lehigh Valley shops in Sayre for a short time.
Then he entered the employ of the J. W. Grumme funeral service and later the P. H. O'Shea funeral service, both of Sayre. He worked for a short time for a funeral home in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Mr. Barber purchased a funeral home in Breesport, N. Y., which he operated until 1934, when he opened a funeral home in Horseheads.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Horseheads, and a member and past master of Southern Light Lodge, No. 725, Free and Accepted Masons of Breesport.
Other memberships included Chemung Valley Lodge, No. 419, IOOF, Horseheads; Horseheads Rotary Club; Finger Lakes Funeral Directors Association and New York State Funeral Directors Association.
Surviving are his wife, Carlyn Wilson Barber; one son, John R at home, associated with his father; three sisters, Miss E. Lo-retta Barber of Egg Harbor, N. J.; Mrs. Ellen I. Hemphill ol Morgan Hill, Calif; Mrs. Helen L. Reidy of Pine City, N. Y.; one aunt, Mrs. Nora Barber ol Sayre; four cousins, Ellen Barber of Sayre; Mrs. Clifford Burns of Binghamton; Evelyn Bar ber of Endicott; William N. Barber. Jr., of Sayre.
The body is at the family home, 413 South Main street, Horseheads, where friends may call today from 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 at the family home with Rev. William R. Harvey, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Horseheads. officiating.
Burial will be in Wood lawn cemetery, Elmira.
The Evening Times
Sayre, Pennsylvania •
Mon, Oct 5, 1959 p2
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