Gloria Dawn (Hartman) Barber

Gloria Dawn (Hartman) Barber, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 3, 2014 at Meadowood Community in Worchester, PA, with her family by her side. She was 86. Mrs. Barber was a retired Registered Nurse and a "Professional Household Engineer" who resided in King of Prussia for the past 58 years.Gloria was a former Girl Scout, Cub Scout Den Mother, former member of the Pennsylvania Eastern Star, served as a Republican Committee Woman in Upper Merion, and volunteered and served on the Board of Neighborhood Meals on Wheels located at Valley Forge Presbyterian Church. She was a member of the Valley Forge Presbyterian Church and loved to perform in the church Bell Choir. She was a graduate of Upper Darby High School and of the Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing. Her interests were fishing with family and friends along the beaches of Kitty Hawk, NC, knitting, counted cross stitch, card games, seafood especially mussels from Chic's of Bridgeport, football, ice hockey, gardening, fireworks, reading, and the raising and dedicated caring for the numerous dogs, cats and birds she had as pets throughout her lifetime. She relished in spending time with family, her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, neighbors and friends.Gloria was born in Pottsville, PA at dawn on February 6, 1928. She was the daughter of the late Earle B. and Mary C. (Bittle) Hartman, and her stepmother, Audrey M. Hartman. She was the wife of the late Justus C. Barber, who was a well-known, long-time member of the Upper Merion Township Zoning Board and additionally served a term as Upper Merion Township Supervisor.Surviving is her loving family including her two sons, Charles J. of King of Prussia, PA and Thomas E. and his wife, Judy, of Harleysville, PA; her daughter, Cynthia L. of Palm, PA; six grandchildren: Stephanie, Audrey, Crystal, Kelly, Douglas and Scott; six great-grandchildren; a niece, Mary Hartman; two nephews, Stephen and Michael Barber; and a sister-in-law, Mary Jane Barber. Gloria was preceded in death by her brother, Ralph R. Hartman.Gloria's Life Celebration Service will be held at Valley Forge Presbyterian Church, 191 Town Center Rd., King of Prussia, PA on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at 11:00 am. The family will receive relatives and friends on Saturday from 10 to 10:50 am, at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Gloria's memory to Neighborhood Meals on Wheels, P.O. Box 621, King of Prussia, PA 19406 and/or the Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue, online at www.dvgrr.org. Arrangements are by The Bacchi Funeral Home and Crematory, Ltd., Bridgeport, PA. www.bacchifuneralhome.com