Wilma Jean Barnhart, 79, of Middleport, Ohio, passed away Monday, December 17, 2012, at Overbrook Center, Middleport, Ohio.

Wilma was born May 15, 1933, at Meigs County, Ohio, to the late Worley and Dorothy Little Butcher. She was a member of Old Bethel Freewill Baptist Church, Middleport, Ohio, and has been a care giver over the years.

Wilma is survived by two sisters, Lorretta (Paul) Mulford of Hillard, Ohio, and Joanna Caldwell of Middleport, Ohio; sister-in-law, Nina Butcher of Middleport, Ohio; foster son, Dennis Butcher of Middleport, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Barnhart; and four brothers, Willis, Gene, Frank, and Ralph Butcher.

Services will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, December 20, 2012, at Birchfield Funeral Home, Rutland, Ohio, with Pastor Clyde Ferrell officiating. Burial is to follow at Meigs Memory Gardens, Pomeroy, Ohio. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until the time of service on Thursday at the funeral home.

Online condolences can be sent at birchfieldfuneralhome.com.