Dollie Marie (Wadsworth) Baker

June 30, 1924- September 15, 1990

Dollie M. Barker, 66, 903 Merrily Drive, Salina, Kansas, died Friday, Sept. 21, 1990, at St. John’s Hospital.

Born at Perry, Oklahoma, on June 30, 1924, she was the daughter of John Adrian and Minnie Louise Perkins Wadsworth. Following her graduation from Perry high school in 1941, she worked as a clerk at J. C. Penney, before accepting a position in the office at the local Shell Oil company.

While living in Perry she was active in the Culture Club and as an assistant guardian for the teen girls’ Camp Fire group, “Okihi.”

In April, 1947, she and fellow alumnus and World War II veteran, Wesley LeRoy Barker, were married in Perry. Before their first child was born, she was employed as sales clerk for the Famous and as a bookkeeper for Moore Chevrolet Company.

Westley graduated from Oklahoma A. & M. in 1951, receiving a degree in agronomy. The couple moved to Council Grove, Kansas, where he was a member of the Soil Conservation Service. While in Council Grove, Dollie was a homemaker and worked for eight years as secretary for the Council Grove High School.

In 1969 when Wesley had completed the soil survey work for Morris county, he was assigned to a similar position at Colby. While in Colby, Dollie worked for five years as secretary for the Kansas-Nebraska Gas Co. Their next move was to the Salina, Kansas, area in 1980, where Wesley was responsible for mapping soils, primarily in Lincoln County, for the Standard Soil Survey. Dollie worked for the Quilting Bee in Salina for three years.

She was a member of the University United Methodist Church, Salina, and the Neoda Club, Council Grove.

Survivors include her husband, Wesley L. of the home; her mother, Lois Wadsworth of Perry; two sons, Kent of Phillipsburg and Kirby of Topeka; a sister, Bonnie Lou Hamby of Perry; and four grandchildren.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the United Methodist Church of The Cross, Salina, the Rev. Terry Turner officiating. Burial will be in the Roselawn Memorial Park, Salina.