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Ruth J. Barry
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[JAN. 2, 2007]
Ruth J. Barry, 88, of Lincoln died Saturday, Dec.
30, 2006, at St. Clara's Manor. |
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Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at
Peasley Funeral Home. Mrs. Barry's funeral will be
at 10 a.m. Thursday at the First Presbyterian
Church, with the Rev. Phillip Blackburn and the
Venerable Shawn W. Denney officiating.
Burial will be in Elkhart Cemetery, rural
Elkhart.
Mrs. Barry managed her family farms and was
corporate officer.
She was born Jan. 24, 1918, in Irish Grove
Township in Menard County to Martin Luther and Edna
Amelia Larson Johnson. She married H. John Barry on
Dec. 29, 1940, at Irish Grove. He preceded her in
death on April 8, 1979.
She is survived by one son, Robert J. Barry of
Lincoln, and four nephews.
She was also preceded in death was one son,
Edward M. Barry, and one brother, Donald C. Johnson.
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 She was a member of the First Presbyterian
Church, the Presbyterian Women's Association and
played the piano for Sunday school at her church for
27 years. She was also a member of the Irish Grove
Helping Hand Society, PEO Sisterhood, American
Association of University Women, Tuesday Bridge
Club, Lincoln Study Club and Lincoln Woman's Club.
She graduated from Lincoln High School in 1936,
from Lincoln College in 1938 and from the University
of Illinois in 1940.
Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian
Church in Lincoln.
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