Violet Ann Barker

Mrs. Violet Ann “Vi” Barker, age 93, formerly of Dushore, PA, passed away on September 16, 2024, in Belvidere, NJ. 

Vi was born on May 9, 1931, in Jamaica, NY, a daughter of the late Martin & Rose Pelka Jagusiak. She graduated from John Adams High School in Ozone Park, NY a member of the class of 1949. She then went on to attend Somerset County College in Somerville, NJ. She married Donald Mervin Barker on May 12, 1979, and they enjoyed almost 25 years of marriage before his passing on April 6, 2004.  

She retired from Johnson & Johnson Corporate Headquarters as a Staff Asst. in New Brunswick, NJ, after 21 years of service.  

Vi and Don retired to Sullivan County in 1993.  

She was a member of St. Basil’s Church, Dushore, PA and its Altar & Rosary Society and also a member of the Dushore Music Club. 

Surviving: 

Three sons and daughters-in-law:

Martin & Michelle Faulborn Bridgewater, NJ

Christopher Faulborn Bridgewater, NJ 

James & Peggy Faulborn Belvidere, NJ  

Stepchildren:

Robert & Carol Barker Lynchburg, TN

Sandra & George Bellias Morris Plains, NJ

Amy Standera Milford, NJ 

Sisters-in-law:

Nancy Jagusiak Boston, MA

Mary Barker Blue Springs, MO 

Brother-in-law:

Michael & Terry Barker La Vista, NE 

Vi is also survived by five grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, two step-great grandsons and numerous nieces and nephews.  

Besides her parents and husband she was predeceased by a daughter Karen B. Boos on December 10, 2021, all of her siblings and their spouses: Andrew (Madeline) Jagusiak of Falls Church, VA, Catherine (John) Gallagher of Floral Park, NY, Anne (Steve) Gondek of Bayside, NY, Frank (Fay) Jagusiak of Princess Anne, MD, Mary (Stanley) Ungechauer of New Hyde Park, NY, Helen (Charles) Gregory of Lindenhurst, NY, Stella (Joseph) Ogiba of Hillsborough, NJ, and John Jagusiak of Boston, MA, a step son Larry Faulborn, and by the father of her four children, Henry “Hank” Faulborn. 

Interment will be held in the Cedar Hill Cemetery, East Millstone, NJ. 

A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, October 26, 2024, at 11:00 AM in St. Basil’s Church, Dushore, PA, with a Celebration of Life luncheon directly following the Mass in St. Basil’s Hall.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Dushore Fire and Ambulance Assoc., PO Box 1, Dushore, PA 18614 or the Dushore Music Club, c/o Peggy Anderson, PO Box 223, Dushore, PA 18614. 

Local funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Homer Funeral Home, 206 Water St., Dushore, PA. 

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