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Archived Feb. 10, 2005 PEORIA -- Judith H. Barner, 80, formerly of Decatur and Mount Pulaski, died Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2005, at 12:30 a.m. at her home in Peoria. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski, with the Rev. Charles Watkins officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the service. Burial will be in Mount Pulaski Cemetery. She retired in 1987 from Staley's, where she held a variety of positions ranging from secretary to managing facility startups and employment specialist. She was born Jan. 24, 1925, at Mount Pulaski to Albert and Georgia Harbert Horn. She married John N. Barner at Mount Pulaski on June 19, 1948. She is survived by her husband, of Peoria; one daughter, Susan (and Gene) Walker of Dunlap; two granddaughters, Kimberly and Tracy Walker of Dunlap; and one brother, James A. (and Joyce) Horn of Mercer Island, Wash. She was a member of Central Christian Church in Decatur, past president of the American Association of University Women, past president of Lady Landowners and secretary-treasurer for Zonta Club. She was also a member of a local investment club, antique doll club, china painters club and bridge club. She was a local election judge for many years. She was co-owner of Apple Barn's Antiques with her dear friends Ann Shellabarger, Mary Martha Messmore and Betty Thurn. Memorials may be made to the charitable fund at Cancer Care Specialists of Decatur. Click here to send a note of condolence to the Barner family.
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