Elaine Virginia Barber

Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Elaine was a 1954 graduate of Trenton Central High School. She went on to earn a bachelor's degree from Trenton State College and a master's degree from Temple University. While residing in New Jersey, she worked as a music teacher/band director in the Allentown, New Jersey public schools from 1958-1959, the Trenton Public Schools from 1960-1964, and the Franklin Township School District in Somerset, New Jersey from 1964-1980. Moving from Trenton to Orlando, Florida in 1980, she worked for the Hertz Corporation before returning to teaching in 1989. From 1989 to her retirement in 2000, she was an Instructor of Humanities at Valencia Community College in Orlando.

Daughter of the late Cyril and Mary Bate, she was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Barber; a sister, Dorothy Arnott; a brother, Robert Bate; brothers-in-law Scott Arnott and William Barber; and sisters-in-law Shirley Barber, Mona Barber, and Rose Bate. She is survived by her son, Christian Barber, a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Joan and Ed Fillman, along with several nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews