Robert Norman Barker, 89

Robert Norman Barker, of Post Falls, ID passed away Feb. 9, 2014, in Hayden, ID. He was born April 16, 1924, the son of Alpha and Pearl (Thrlkeld) Barker in Golden Valley, N.D.

Robert grew up in North Dakota and Montana where he worked as a ranch hand in his youth. He served four years as an apprentice machinist through Kaiser Aluminum with a career of 35 years. He served from 1944 to 1946 with the Army Corps of Engineers in the Pacific Theater of WWII as a sharpshooter, earning a Good Conduct, Asiatic Pacific Service and victory medal, as well as a Philippine Liberation Medal with two Bronze Service Stars.

Robert spent most of his life in Hayden Lake, where he loved to duck hunt, fish and camp with his children and friends.

He is survived by his three children: Linda Eibert, Tacoma, Wash., Connie Evans, Coeur d’Alene, and Robert Barker, Rathdrum, ID; and eight grandchildren. Also surviving is his sister, Vivian Martin, Missoula, Mont., and brother, Max Barker, Los Cruces, N.M.

Robert was preceded in death by his wives: Delores, Pauline and Aleatha.

Funeral Services will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 12, at Yates Funeral Home, Coeur d’Alene Chapel. Burial will follow at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 12, at Coeur d’Alene Memorial Gardens. Yates Funeral Home has been entrusted with the care of final arrangements. Please visit Roberts’s online memorial at www.yatesfuneralhomes.com and sign his guest book. Donations can be made to Hospice of North Idaho, Gentiva Health Services, or Kootenai Humane Society.