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 Herbert Barr
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[January
21, 2008]
McLEAN -- Herbert Barr, 79, of McLean
died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008, at 1:50 p.m. at St. Joseph Medical
Center in Bloomington.
His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the McLean United
Methodist Church, with the Rev. Andy Maxwell officiating.
Visitation will be from 5 until 8 p.m. Wednesday at
the church and one hour prior to the service on
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Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta
is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Barr retired from PPG Industries in Lincoln
after 30 years of service.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1946 until 1953
in occupied Japan and in the Korean War.
He was born in Campbellsville, Ky., to Clifford
and Delmar Osborne Barr. He married Mary L. Ball in
Ottawa on Aug. 16, 1955.
He is survived by his wife; two sons, Hank (and
Alice) Barr of Bloomington and Alan Barr of Normal;
one daughter, Carolyn (and Keith) Gardener of
Atlanta; three brothers, Smith Barr of Marseilles,
Eugene Barr of Bloomington and Jimmie Barr of
Waynesville; two sisters, Mildred Funk of Marseilles
and Toni Hawkins of McLean; nine grandchildren; two
stepgrandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and
five step-great-grandchildren. |
He was preceded in death by his parents, three
brothers and one sister.
Mr. Barr was a member of the McLean United
Methodist Church and Buerger Benedict American
Legion Post 573 in McLean.
Memorials may be made to his church or to
American Legion Post 573.
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