Obituary of Harold Barker

Last Updated 9/1/00

From Delavan Enterprise (Delavan, WI), Thursday, September 8, 1960, page 1:

Harold C. Barker Dies; City Police Chief 25 Years

     Harold C. Barker, 60, 721 1/2 parish Street, Delavan, veteran police officer, died Sunday, September 4 at Homestead Convalescent hospital, Delavan. Barker had been in poor health since his resignation as chief of police five years ago and had been hospitalized for the past few months.
    Harold C. Barker was born July 4, 1900 in Rockford, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Barker. He was united in marriage to Pauline Taylor in Rockford in 1920.
    Barker began his career in law enforcement in 1919 when he joined the Rockford police department; he became an officer with the Winnebago, Ill., county sheriff's department in 1922. He came to Delavan in 1930 and served as the chief of police for 25 years; he retired in March, 1955. He was also a Walworth county under-sherriff and deputy coroner during this time.
    Barker was a member of the Wisconsin Police Chiefs Association.
    Survivors are his wife, Pauline; one daughter, Mrs. Irvine Llewellyn; and one grandson, all of Delavan.
    Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. L. H. Matheus at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, September 6 at the O'Brien and Betzer Funeral Home. Burial was in Greenwood cemetery, Rockford.

Return to William Barker's family page