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Robert Barry
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[July
25, 2008]
Robert John "Rob" Barry, 61, of
Lincoln, died Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at 1:07 p.m. at his home.
Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Sunday at Peasley
Funeral Home in Lincoln. |
His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the
Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 815 S. Second St. in
Springfield (corner of Second and Lawrence). The
Venerable Shawn W. Denney will officiate and Father
Brendan Moss will preach. Burial will be in
Elkhart Cemetery.
Mr. Barry was elected state's attorney of Logan
County in 1980 and served one term, after which he
engaged in the private practice of law until his
retirement.
He was born Feb. 27, 1947, in Lincoln, to Henry
John and Ruth Ann Johnson Barry. He married Susan
Lord on Oct. 20, 2007 in Elkhart. She survives.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one
brother, Edward M. Barry.
He was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church of
Springfield and served the Diocese of Springfield in
a number of capacities: a member of the Commission
on Ministry, a member of the Diocesan Council, chair
of the Diocesan Prayer Fellowship, and executive
board member and past president of the North
American Council of the Anglican Fellowship of
Prayer. He was preparing for ordination to the
diaconate, having completed work in the Springfield
School for Ministry and Clinical Pastoral Education.
He was past president of the Logan County Bar
Association. |
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Rob was a Boy Scout in his youth and later in life
served on the local council board of the Boy Scouts.
He was awarded the Silver Beaver Award for his
services.
He graduated from Lincoln Community High School
in 1965. He graduated from Hanover College and Drake
University Law School and completed additional
studies at the University of Exeter College of Law
at Exeter, England.
Memorials may be made to the building fund at St.
Luke's Episcopal Church in Springfield.
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