BARKLEY, Rosetta Mary (Mann) - b. Decembe 8, 1932 - d. June 19, 2007

[Janet Harrington]

(Taken from the Independence Daily Reporter June 21, 2007 page 2)

Rosetta Mary Barkley, 74, a former resident of Moline, died Tuesday at Pleasant Valley Manor in Sedan.

Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church of Moline with Pastor Tim Adams officiating.  A private inurnment will be held in Moline Cemetery.

Friends may call from 1 p.m to 9 p.m. Saturday at Zimmerman Fuenral Home of Howard.  Cremation has taken place.

Memorials are suggested to First Baptist Church of Moline and contribution smay be left with the funeral home.

Mrs. Barkley was born Dec. 8, 1932 in Chanute, the daughter of Alva and Hattie (Clough) Mann.  She graduated from Copan, Okla., High School in 1952.

She married Albert H. Barkley on Nov. 11, 1959 in Chanute.  Mr. Barkley died in 1967.

Mrs. Barkley worked as a licensed practical nurse in Moline, Sedan and Cedar Vale.

She was a Girl Scout leader and a member of Rebekah Lodge and Ladonia Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.  She was also a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and the American Legion Auxiliary, and a member of First Baptist Church of Moline.

Survivors include two sons, Charles Barkley, Lubbock, Texas, and Gary Barkley, Moline; three daughters, Alberta DeWitt, Moline, Jeannie Shore, Talala, Okla., and Teri Barkley, Sarcoxie, Mo.; two sisters, Helen Austin, Miami, Okla., and Kay Trottingwolf, Bartlesville, Okla.; 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.