Matilda Kent “Tillie” Valandra

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Matilda Kent “Tillie” Valandra (Tarleton)

Also Known As: "Tillie Barker"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Eminence, Schoharie County, New York, United States
Death: February 26, 1989 (91)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States (following an extended illness)
Place of Burial: Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Reverend Robert Ekler Tarleton, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Tarleton
Wife of Byron John "Bill" Barker and Louis Valandra
Mother of Bob Barker; Bob Barker and Private
Sister of Marian Everett Tarleton; Diana Davis Miller; Robert E. Tarleton; Mary Margaret Witzansky; Private and 5 others

Occupation: School teacher; Superintendent of Schools; author
Managed by: Bob Barker
Last Updated:

About Matilda Kent “Tillie” Valandra

Matilda Kent Tarleton

  • Birth: Oct 18 1897 - Eminence, NY
  • Death: Feb 20 1989 - Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Parents: Robert Eckler Tarleton, Mary Elizabeth Tarleton (born Kent)
  • Siblings: Marian Everett Sellers (born Tarleton), Diana Davis Miller (born Tarleton), Robert Ely Tarleton, Mary Margaret Tarleton, Adelaide Emily Bryant (born Tarleton), Zesta Maralyn Richmond (born Alderman)
  • Husband: Byron John Barker
  • Husband: Louis Hastings Valandra
  • Children: Robert William Barker, <Private> Valandra

Author of "Our State", A history of South Dakota for 6th graders. She was a school teacher, & later: Superintendent of Schools for Todd Co SD, Rosebud Indian Reservation.

References

d/o Robert E Tarleton
& Mary E Kent

m#1 Byron John Barker
son: Robert William Barker 1923 WA-
aka Bob Barker, Game Show Host

m#2 Louis Valandra
son: Kent Tarleton Valandra 1938 MO-
Kent lives in LA, CA

Author of "Our State"
A history of South Dakota for 6th graders
She was a School Teacher
& later:
Superintendent of Schools for for Todd Co SD
Rosebud Indian Reservation

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Matilda Kent “Tillie” Valandra's Timeline

1897
October 18, 1897
Eminence, Schoharie County, New York, United States
1923
December 12, 1923
Darrington, Snohomish County, Washington, United States
1989
February 26, 1989
Age 91
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
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Dakota Wesleyan University
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Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States