Esther Elizabeth Barber, 94 passed away Monday November 6, 2017 in the Sunnyside Health Care Center, Cloquet. She was born December 11, 1922 in her parents' home in Alborn, MN. After graduating in 1942 from Alborn High School she worked as a grocery store clerk. Esther married Charles H. Barber on December 26, 1942 in Duluth. They raised three children. She worked for Linton Industries and Nopeming nursing home as a nurses aid and had also been a home health care provider. Esther helped take care of their hobby farm, she believed in hanging the wash on the line outdoors, even in the winter, which may have led to her debilitating arthritis. Esther enjoyed gardening, making quilts for all the family, cooking, baking and Vikings football. She had lived in Midway Township before moving to the Pine View Apartments in Carlton and the Plainview Estates before moving to Sunnyside Care Center. She was preceded in death by her parents, Johannes and Johanna (Bach) Ostman; her husband of 60 ½ years, Charles "Joe" Barber; two sisters Gunhild Carlstrom and Olga Pedersen; six brothers, Isadore, Walford, Ted, Albert, Gunnar and Verner. She is lovingly survived by her sons, Robert (Connie) of Duluth/Apache Junction, AZ, David (Joan) of Eloy, AZ; daughter, Diane (Dirk) Carlson of Saginaw; grandchildren, Ronald (Mary) Carlson, Jeff (Sarah) Carlson Emily (Chris) Benser, Laura (Jason) Stewart; great grandchildren, Derek, Alex, Abby, Evan and Eli. Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday November 15, 2017 in the Atkins Northland Funeral Home, 801 14th Street, Cloquet. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service in the funeral home. Interment in the Augustana Lutheran Cemetery next to her husband, Charles. The family would like to thank Plainview Estates and Sunnyside Health Care Center for the care they gave Esther.