SCARBOROUGH – Michael John Barker passed away at the Scarborough Gosnell Hospice on March 5, 2022, surrounded by his family.

Mike was born on Dec. 21, 1945. Mike was a lifelong resident of Scarborough and was raised in Pine Point where he spent the majority of his life. Mike went through the Scarborough School system and graduated in 1964.

Mike spent many of his early years as a lobsterman in Pine Point. He also worked for his father, Harold W. Barker, at the sign company that he owned, Visual Advertising Media. Mike was a member of the Scarborough Fire Department and worked for Fairmont Corporation. In 1968, Mike was hired by the Scarborough Police Department where he had a distinguished career as a sergeant and was later assigned to the Prout’s Neck Division where he retired in 2008. Mike and his father created some of the original design work for the Scarborough Police Department patches.

Mike was predeceased by his first wife, Judith Ann Carter; father, Harold W. Barker, mother Olive Townsend Barker; sister, Susan Regina Barker.

Mike is survived by his second wife, Rebecca; three sons, Jeffrey and his sons Nicholas Barker and Bodie Barker and their mother Tami; Timothy, his wife Elizabeth and their sons Colin and Owen; Scott and his son, Ethan and daughter, Sienna; sister, Bonnie Groh and brother-in-law Bobby Groh; many nieces and nephews; brother-in-law, Paul and Karen Carter, sister-in-law, Beverly Hall; and very cherished friends, Rob and Ann Carson and Jimmy and Kathy Conroy.

There will be a celebration of life service on Saturday, April 30 at the Rock Church in Scarborough at 11 a.m. with reception to follow and family interment at Scarborough Memorial Cemetery at 2 p.m. A more detailed biographical tribute to Michael J. Barker appears online at: http://www.hobbsfuneralhome.com.

Memorial Donations in remembrance of Mike

can be made to:

Gosnell House

in Scarborough or:

a charity of your choice

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