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Visitation:
Friday, November 28, 2025 from 3 p.m.- 6 p.m. at St.
Peter’s Lutheran Church in Emden
Service:
Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 10:00am at the church
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Obituary
Lula Belle Clara (Conrady)
Barry, 91, of Emden, joined her husband in heaven
Friday, November 21, 2025 on their 71st wedding
anniversary.
She was born on May 5, 1934 in Hartsburg to Seide &
Anna (Rademaker) Conrady. She married Allen Barry on
November 21, 1954 at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in
Emden. She was happily married for over 57 years
until Allen passed in June of 2012. Lula Belle &
Allen were blessed with 3 children, 4 grandchildren,
and 2 great-grandchildren.
She is survived by children Roberta (Ron) Gray of
Byrnes Mill, MO, and Ronald (Vanessa) Barry of
Emden; grandchildren Rebekah (Jason) Long of High
Ridge, MO, Robert (Jessie Seipp) Gray of O’Fallon,
IL, Alexis Barry of Charleston, SC and Lillian Barry
of Emden; great-grandchildren Jace and Grayson Long
of High Ridge, MO; sister-in-law Darline Becker of
Emden; and several nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her husband Allen Barry,
son Russell Barry, parents Seide & Anna (Rademaker)
Conrady, parents-in-law William & Lillian Barry,
sisters Annalina Coers and Ruth Guill, brothers Earl
and Robert Conrady, sister-in-law Ramona Groves,
nephew Barry Becker, and brothers-in-law Dean
Becker, Edgar Coers, William Guill, and James
Groves.
Lula Belle was baptized on June 17, 1934 and
confirmed on March 30, 1947 at St. John’s Lutheran
church of Hartsburg, officiated by Rev. August
Rettberg. She lived on and farmed a Scully lease
from 1961 to 2021, working aside Allen and her son,
Ron. She went to eight grades at Hopewell Country
School, and she was a graduate of Hartsburg-Emden
High School in 1951. She was employed at B.B.
Milling Co, Stetson China Factory, Emden Farmers
Grain for 32 years, and drove a school bus for
Hartsburg-Emden School District for 41 years. She
started driving in Sept 1976 and retired on May 5,
2017, her 83rd birthday. She loved the children she
drove to school each day and missed them dearly when
she retired. |
Lula Belle was very
proud to serve as Grand Marshall of the Emden
Homecoming parade in 2015. She received the “Service
to the District” award during her tenure as a bus
driver and was selected for the Hartem Wall of Fame
in 2014. She adored her family, visiting and playing
cards, going to girls’ day out, and eating with her
Friday night “Golden Girls”. Her true passion, as
everyone knew, was taking pictures and sharing them
with everyone. She enjoyed working outside, helping
others, and loved being a farm wife, mother, and
homemaker. She traveled throughout the Midwest to
watch her “peaches” participate in everything,
countless volleyball, basketball, and hockey games
and many music performances. Her compassion and
generosity made everyone around her feel loved. She
lived to be the proudest grandma in the crowd.
She was a faithful member of St. Peters Lutheran
Church in Emden, the Emden American Legion
Auxiliary, and the Logan County Farm Bureau.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Emden
Rescue Squad, Emden Sons of the American Legion Post
0506, or St. Peter’s Lutheran Church.
A visitation will be held on Friday, November 28,
2025 from 3:00pm-6:00pm at St. Peter’s Lutheran
Church in Emden, where Lula Belle’s great
grandfather was a founding member and where many of
her family members were baptized, confirmed, and
married. The funeral will be held on Saturday,
November 29, 2025 at 10:00am. Burial will follow the
service at Hartsburg Union Cemetery. Arrangements
have been entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln.
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