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Jared
Thomas Barker age 32, passed away at home in West Jordan, Utah on 17 June 2002 after a 3 year struggle with cancer.
Born 7 February 1970, in Kansas City, Missouri to Michael Wiley and Barbara Sintzel Barker. He married his best friend Chara Soo Serre in the Salt Lake Temple on 18 November 2000.
Jared graduated from Kearney High School, Kearney, Missouri in 1988. He served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tahiti from 1991 to 1993. He graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2001.
Survived by his wife, Chara; parents, Michael and Barbara Barker of Kearney, Missouri; brothers, Jason, Justin and Jeremy; sisters, Jessica Magelsen, Jamie Barker, Jill Barker and Jacqueline Shewell; grandparents, E. Wiley and S. Audrey Barker; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, 22 June, at 11:00 a.m. at the River 8th Ward Chapel, 7350 S. 1300 W., West Jordan, Utah 84084. Friends and family may call Friday evening, 21 June from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the chapel, and Saturday morning from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. preceding the service. Interment at the Murray City Cemetery, 5490 South Vine Street, Murray, Utah under the direction of Crandall Funeral Home.