Julie Barker Obituary (1940

Julie (nee Crawford) Barker, 75, a lifelong resident of Waukegan, IL, wife of the late Patrick Barker, a physical education teacher at Highland Park High School for over three decades, and mother of Beth Barker of Zion, died Tuesday at Vista East Hospital where she was being treated for a stroke. The daughter of the late William B. Crawford, a prominent Chicago lawyer, and Jane Murray Crawford, a loving and devoted mother and homemaker, Julie was predeceased by her late husband, Pat, who died in 2004, and her son, Steven Barker, a graduate of Waukegan Township High School and a veteran of the U.S. Navy, who died of leukemia in 2008. In addition to Beth, Julie is survived by two brothers: William B. Crawford Jr., 74, his wife, Marci, (nee Abraham), and their son, William B. Crawford III, of Naperville, IL.; and Murray Crawford, 77, of Satellite Beach, FL. and his four sons, Greg, William, Peter and Jonathan. Funeral services and Burial will be private. In loving memory of Julie, donations can be sent to Partners In Senior Care, 125 Hawley St., Grayslake, IL, 60030.