Patricia Bonner Barker

Patricia Ann Bonner Barker, 79, of Helena passed away peacefully on September 7, 2014. Pat was the third daughter of former Governor John W. Bonner and Josephine Martin Bonner. She was born April 13, 1935 at the old St. John’s hospital in Helena. Pat graduated from St. Helena Grade School and Helena High School. She attended both Washington State University and Montana State University. Pat lived in Butte and Bozeman before returning to Helena in 1983.
Pat was very active in her children’s school activities and was a volunteer in many charitable organizations. She was a member of Cathedral of St. Helena, was a member and officer of the Altrusa Club of Helena, a women’s service organization. She was also a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. Pat was employed by the State of Montana for 20 years.
Pat was preceded in death by her parents, her beloved maternal grandmother, Margaret Harrington Martin, who lived with the Bonner family for 30 years, her sisters Wilma Jean (Billie) Bonner, Josephine (Jo) Calhoun, Jacqueline (Jackie) Wiley, her soulmate, and her brother Thomas John Bonner.
Pat is survived by her sons John Barker and Robert Barker of Helena, her daughter and son-in-law Jan Marie Newville and Sam Newville and Jeff Lee, a grandson in every way, all of Bozeman.
Also surviving Pat are her nieces Lillian Wiley Quinn of Bend Oregon, Kathy Wiley Paukert and her husband Mike of Spokane Washington, Shawn Calhoun Wakefield and her husband Mike of Atlanta Georgia, Tamara Bonner Jackson and her husband Greg of Gig Harbor Washington, sister-in-law Carol Bonner of Seattle Washington and her many beloved grandnieces and grandnephews.
Pat’s family would like to thank the caring staff at Apple Cooney and also the angels at St. Peter’s Hospice.
A funeral mass will be held at Noon, Tuesday, September 16 at Cathedral of St. Helena with graveside committal following at Resurrection Cemetery.

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