Annabel Monroe Barner

Background

Barner, Annabel Monroe was born on November 30, 1925 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of Samuel North and Annabel (McKibben) Monroe.

Education

Bachelor, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1947; postgraduate, Case Western Reserve U., 1974-1978; Master of Arts, Ashland Theological Seminary, 1979; Master of Divinity (honorary), Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, 1984; postgraduate, Gestalt Institute, 1988; postgraduate, Process Comm. Institute, 1992.

Career

Producing director, WPGH and KDKA radio and television stations, Pittsburgh, 1943-1947; commercial writer, traffic contractor, Station WRFD and WMRN, Worthington and Marion, Ohio., 1947-1950; tutor emotionally disturbed youth, Rocky River (Ohio) Board Education, 1967-1983; pastoral counselor, Rocky River Presbyterian Church, 1972-1982; pastoral counselor, Samaritan Counseling Center, Elyria, Ohio., 1983-1988; chaplain, Fairview (Ohio) General Hospital, 1980-1981; counselor-at-large, Greater Cleveland Counseling Svc., Inter Church Council, since 1981. Instructor Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, 1947-1950, teaching fellow, 1948-1950;member steering committee West Side Extended Care Center, Cleveland, 1978. Fieldplacement counselor emergency services West Side Community Health, Cleveland, 1978.

Psychological counselor Welsh Home, Westlake, Ohio, 1980-1982. Pastoral counselor John Knox Presbyterian Church, North Olmsted, Ohio, since 1988. Trainer Kahler Comm., Little Rock, 1991.

Achievements

• Annabel Monroe Barner has been listed as a noteworthy Pastoral counselor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Media spokesperson Clergy for Choice, Lorain County, Ohio, since 1990, Friends of the Library., Rocky River, since 1972. Organizer Linden School, Lorain,1988. Member Open Door West, Cleveland, since 1990.

Member National Organization for Women, National Trust for Historic Preservation, American Association Pastoral Counselors, Greenpeace, World Wildlife Fund, Habitat for Humanity, Sierra Club, Cleveland Art Museum, Spring Valley Country Club, Delta Gamma, Theta Alpha Phi.

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, painting, sculpting, needlework.

Connections

Married Charles Ray Barner, August 14, 1948. Children: Bruce Monroe, Craig McLean, Leslie Annual.

Father:

Samuel North Monroe

Mother:

Annabel (McKibben) Monroe

Spouse:

Charles Ray Barner

child:

Craig McLean Barner

child:

Leslie Annual Barner

child:

Bruce Monroe Barner