Helen Barber, 78, will celebrate her 50th year of state service Oct. 17. She currently works at Pine Lodge Corrections Center for Women in Medical Lake as an intermittent adult correctional cook, a position she has held since 1988.
This is Barber's second tour of duty in state service. She began her career in 1954 and retired the first time in 1982 after stints as a food service worker at Eastern State Hospital and the Interlake School.
Barber and her husband Bobby, who retired from state service in the early ‘80s after a 30-year run, have been married for 56 years. Barber has lived in Medical...
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