Barbara A. “Barb” Slike, 53, passed away Saturday, May 4, 2024, at Roswell Park Cancer Institute Center after a long fight with cancer.  

Born on October 12, 1970, in Bradford, she was the daughter of the late John H. Perry Sr. and Darlene Baldwin.  She was a graduate of Bradford Area High School Class of 1988 and after high school attended BOCES for secretarial work.

Barb volunteered for many organizations including midget cheerleading, YMCA swim team officiant and PTO. She was a Bradford Area Girl Scouts of America director, a leader of two troops, registrar, and camp director.

Barb worked for the Bradford School District as a teacher’s aide for 9 years. She then became the Title Clerk and Notary for Charlies Cycle Center in Limestone NY,  and Bradford, until they closed. She worked as a dispatcher for Penn DOT at Mt. Alton until 2019 when she was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer, which she battled for 4 ½ years. 

Her hobbies include crafting, floral arranging, gardening, gravestone rehab, and genealogy. 

She was a member of the Penn Elk Chapter of the D.A.R. (Daughter’s of the American Revolution).  

On September 3, 2016, she married Christopher Slike who survives. 

She is survived by her husband Chris Slike of Lewis Run, two daughters: Ashley (Nick Zimmerman)  Torrey of Bradford, and April (Bryce Warner) Torrey of Falconer, NY, one grandson: Logan Leffler, her mother: Darlene (Rich Wolfanger) Perry of Bradford, two brothers: John Perry Jr. of Bradford, and Todd (Kelly) Smith of Pike, NY, two sisters: Victoria Perry of Oklahoma City, OK, and Denise (Scott Holman) Crow of North Port, FL, her mother-in-law Linda Slike, of Bradford, and many other friends.

Along with her father, she was preceded in death by her paternal and maternal grandparents, father-in-law Arthur Slike Sr., and one grandson, Vincent Leffler. 

Family will receive friends on Saturday May 25, 2024, from 10:00 am to 11:00 am in the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc. 33 South Avenue. At 11:00 am funeral services will be held with Rev. Robert Baldwin officiating. Burial will be in McKean Memorial Park Cemetery.

Memorial Contributions can be made to the Penn Elk Chapter of the D.A.R. or Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.hollenbeckcahill.com