Robert William Holden Barker
June 4, 1931 - March 23, 2026
Peacefully at Anson Place Care Centre, Hagersville on Monday March 23, 2026 at the age of 94 years.
Son of the late Chancy & Catherine Barker. Loving brother of Joyce Burgess & the late Jim, Lois Adnum & the late Don, Clair & the late Betty, the late George & Lorraine, Raymond “Ray” & the late Alice, and Winston “Charlie” & Linda. Survived by many nieces and nephews.
Bob was a retired farmer who loved his Charolais cattle and loved going to shows and watching the boys show the cattle. He loved driving his Massey tractors and his New Holland combine harvesting the crops.
The family will honour his life with a visitation at Hyde & Mott Chapel of R.H.B. Anderson Funeral Homes Ltd., 60 Main St. S., Hagersville on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 pm. Funeral Service will be held on Saturday March 28, 2026 at 11am. (visiting one hour prior to service). Cremation to follow.
In lieu of flowers donations to the West Haldimand General Hospital Foundation or the Norfolk Haldimand Community Hospice.
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Condolences
Posted by
Marie Graham
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Mar 24th, 2026
Dear Charlie. Linda, and family. Sending thoughts and prayers and big hugs in the loss of your brother, brother in law and uncle.
Posted by
Wayne Awde
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Mar 25th, 2026
Charlie and Linda,my condolences R.I.P
Posted by
Janet Jenkinson (Webb)
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Mar 25th, 2026
My thoughts are with all the "Barker Family" . A Great big brother, uncle,and friend has passed. So many wonderful memories from that house at "Ballsville. A big loss but it was his time. So glad I got to see him a year ago before I moved. Treasure the time you had with him and keep his memory alive
Posted by
Hardie Family
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Mar 26th, 2026
Bob Barker, Thank you for being my friend. Thank you for every day we were able to visit and talk about Oneida farming, watch baseball or hockey, eat maple walnut icecream, work on puzzles, and sit outside on those beautiful summer days. It was a pleasure to visit with your brothers and family and friends when they stopped to see you. And most of all I am grateful for the way you were a friend for my mother Earla to talk about all the old times like walking to Northview school as children or the custom thrashing that her father did for your family so many years ago. You are a gentleman. We both miss you very much. Thank you Bob.
Rob and Earla
Posted by
Craig Sitter
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Mar 27th, 2026
I would like to extend my most sincere condolences to all of the Barker family. Bob was a very loyal customer of our farm equipment dealership when I was a young fellow. He was, as I recall, the very first purchaser of a shiny yellow New Holland combine, which at the time I thought was a bold move. Bob seemed to me at the time to be a larger than life farmer with an extensive acreage under cultivation, and he always appeared to be very confident in all that he was doing. He loved farming and farm life, he loved his Massey tractors, and after a long life well lived, he will be missed.
