H. Miller Barb, 90, of Greensboro (Mapletown), died at 10:43 a.m. Tuesday, January 14, 2014, in Southwest Regional Medical Center, Waynesburg.
He was born January 30, 1923, in Mapletown, a son of the late Charles Alexander and Lessie Nina Minor Barb.
Mr. Barb graduated from Mapletown High School, received his bachelor's degree in 1948 from Waynesburg College and earned his master's degree in guidance counseling from West Virginia University.
He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II from February 1943 until December 1945 with the 2126th Army Air Forces Base Unit as a gunnery instructor on B-17, B-24 and B-29 aircraft in the South Pacific.
Mr. Barb taught school for one year at LaFayette Junior High School, Uniontown, and was a math teacher and guidance counselor at Mapletown High School, retiring in 1981.
He served as a lay speaker, Sunday school superintendent and on various other committees at Mapletown United Methodist Church. He also served as an assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 1270 in Bobtown and Mapletown. He was a member of Valley Lodge 459, F&AM, Masontown, Sons of the American Revolution, the Gideons International–Greene County Camp and Cornerstone Genealogical Society.
For many years, Mr. Barb volunteered at the gift shop at Greene County Memorial Hospital and delivered daffodils with his wife, Dora, for American Cancer Society.
As a lifelong resident of Mapletown, Mr. Barb served as a sexton for Monongahela Hill Cemetery since 1962.
On June 11, 1948, he married Dora L. Dusenberry, who died September 10, 2013.
Surviving are two daughters, Holly B. Stevenson and husband Gary and Joy B. Born and husband Robert, both of Greensboro; seven grandchildren, Brian Stevenson, Sara Parker and husband Bill, Erin Stevenson, Walter Born, Amanda Adkins and husband Kris, Jeremy Born and Dale Born; four great-grandchildren, Christopher, Brayden, Matthew and Kara; and nieces and nephews.
Deceased are a brother, Ewing Barb, and a half brother, Charles Barbe.
Family and friends are welcome from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 2 to 4:30 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Yoskovich Funeral Home, 724-966-5500, Martin J. Yoskovich, funeral director, 300 South Vine Street (Route 88), Carmichaels, and also from 10 until 11 a.m., the hour of service, Friday, January 17, in Mapletown United Methodist Church, Greensboro. The Rev. John W. Hodge and the Rev. Kenneth A. Haines will officiate. Interment will follow at Monongahela Hill Cemetery, Mapletown, with military honors accorded by Cumberland American Legion Post 400, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3491 and the U.S. Air Force.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to either Mapletown United Methodist Church, 926 Mapletown Road, Greensboro, PA 15338, or to Gideons International. For additional information and to sign a guest book, please visit www.YoskovichFH.com.
He was born January 30, 1923, in Mapletown, a son of the late Charles Alexander and Lessie Nina Minor Barb.
Mr. Barb graduated from Mapletown High School, received his bachelor's degree in 1948 from Waynesburg College and earned his master's degree in guidance counseling from West Virginia University.
He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II from February 1943 until December 1945 with the 2126th Army Air Forces Base Unit as a gunnery instructor on B-17, B-24 and B-29 aircraft in the South Pacific.
Mr. Barb taught school for one year at LaFayette Junior High School, Uniontown, and was a math teacher and guidance counselor at Mapletown High School, retiring in 1981.
He served as a lay speaker, Sunday school superintendent and on various other committees at Mapletown United Methodist Church. He also served as an assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 1270 in Bobtown and Mapletown. He was a member of Valley Lodge 459, F&AM, Masontown, Sons of the American Revolution, the Gideons International–Greene County Camp and Cornerstone Genealogical Society.
For many years, Mr. Barb volunteered at the gift shop at Greene County Memorial Hospital and delivered daffodils with his wife, Dora, for American Cancer Society.
As a lifelong resident of Mapletown, Mr. Barb served as a sexton for Monongahela Hill Cemetery since 1962.
On June 11, 1948, he married Dora L. Dusenberry, who died September 10, 2013.
Surviving are two daughters, Holly B. Stevenson and husband Gary and Joy B. Born and husband Robert, both of Greensboro; seven grandchildren, Brian Stevenson, Sara Parker and husband Bill, Erin Stevenson, Walter Born, Amanda Adkins and husband Kris, Jeremy Born and Dale Born; four great-grandchildren, Christopher, Brayden, Matthew and Kara; and nieces and nephews.
Deceased are a brother, Ewing Barb, and a half brother, Charles Barbe.
Family and friends are welcome from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 2 to 4:30 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Yoskovich Funeral Home, 724-966-5500, Martin J. Yoskovich, funeral director, 300 South Vine Street (Route 88), Carmichaels, and also from 10 until 11 a.m., the hour of service, Friday, January 17, in Mapletown United Methodist Church, Greensboro. The Rev. John W. Hodge and the Rev. Kenneth A. Haines will officiate. Interment will follow at Monongahela Hill Cemetery, Mapletown, with military honors accorded by Cumberland American Legion Post 400, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3491 and the U.S. Air Force.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to either Mapletown United Methodist Church, 926 Mapletown Road, Greensboro, PA 15338, or to Gideons International. For additional information and to sign a guest book, please visit www.YoskovichFH.com.
H. Miller Barb, 90, of Greensboro (Mapletown), died at 10:43 a.m. Tuesday, January 14, 2014, in Southwest Regional Medical Center, Waynesburg.
He was born January 30, 1923, in Mapletown, a son of the late Charles Alexander and Lessie Nina Minor Barb.
Mr. Barb graduated from Mapletown High School, received his bachelor's degree in 1948 from Waynesburg College and earned his master's degree in guidance counseling from West Virginia University.
He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II from February 1943 until December 1945 with the 2126th Army Air Forces Base Unit as a gunnery instructor on B-17, B-24 and B-29 aircraft in the South Pacific.
Mr. Barb taught school for one year at LaFayette Junior High School, Uniontown, and was a math teacher and guidance counselor at Mapletown High School, retiring in 1981.
He served as a lay speaker, Sunday school superintendent and on various other committees at Mapletown United Methodist Church. He also served as an assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 1270 in Bobtown and Mapletown. He was a member of Valley Lodge 459, F&AM, Masontown, Sons of the American Revolution, the Gideons International–Greene County Camp and Cornerstone Genealogical Society.
For many years, Mr. Barb volunteered at the gift shop at Greene County Memorial Hospital and delivered daffodils with his wife, Dora, for American Cancer Society.
As a lifelong resident of Mapletown, Mr. Barb served as a sexton for Monongahela Hill Cemetery since 1962.
On June 11, 1948, he married Dora L. Dusenberry, who died September 10, 2013.
Surviving are two daughters, Holly B. Stevenson and husband Gary and Joy B. Born and husband Robert, both of Greensboro; seven grandchildren, Brian Stevenson, Sara Parker and husband Bill, Erin Stevenson, Walter Born, Amanda Adkins and husband Kris, Jeremy Born and Dale Born; four great-grandchildren, Christopher, Brayden, Matthew and Kara; and nieces and nephews.
Deceased are a brother, Ewing Barb, and a half brother, Charles Barbe.
Family and friends are welcome from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 2 to 4:30 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Yoskovich Funeral Home, 724-966-5500, Martin J. Yoskovich, funeral director, 300 South Vine Street (Route 88), Carmichaels, and also from 10 until 11 a.m., the hour of service, Friday, January 17, in Mapletown United Methodist Church, Greensboro. The Rev. John W. Hodge and the Rev. Kenneth A. Haines will officiate. Interment will follow at Monongahela Hill Cemetery, Mapletown, with military honors accorded by Cumberland American Legion Post 400, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3491 and the U.S. Air Force.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to either Mapletown United Methodist Church, 926 Mapletown Road, Greensboro, PA 15338, or to Gideons International. For additional information and to sign a guest book, please visit www.YoskovichFH.com.
He was born January 30, 1923, in Mapletown, a son of the late Charles Alexander and Lessie Nina Minor Barb.
Mr. Barb graduated from Mapletown High School, received his bachelor's degree in 1948 from Waynesburg College and earned his master's degree in guidance counseling from West Virginia University.
He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II from February 1943 until December 1945 with the 2126th Army Air Forces Base Unit as a gunnery instructor on B-17, B-24 and B-29 aircraft in the South Pacific.
Mr. Barb taught school for one year at LaFayette Junior High School, Uniontown, and was a math teacher and guidance counselor at Mapletown High School, retiring in 1981.
He served as a lay speaker, Sunday school superintendent and on various other committees at Mapletown United Methodist Church. He also served as an assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 1270 in Bobtown and Mapletown. He was a member of Valley Lodge 459, F&AM, Masontown, Sons of the American Revolution, the Gideons International–Greene County Camp and Cornerstone Genealogical Society.
For many years, Mr. Barb volunteered at the gift shop at Greene County Memorial Hospital and delivered daffodils with his wife, Dora, for American Cancer Society.
As a lifelong resident of Mapletown, Mr. Barb served as a sexton for Monongahela Hill Cemetery since 1962.
On June 11, 1948, he married Dora L. Dusenberry, who died September 10, 2013.
Surviving are two daughters, Holly B. Stevenson and husband Gary and Joy B. Born and husband Robert, both of Greensboro; seven grandchildren, Brian Stevenson, Sara Parker and husband Bill, Erin Stevenson, Walter Born, Amanda Adkins and husband Kris, Jeremy Born and Dale Born; four great-grandchildren, Christopher, Brayden, Matthew and Kara; and nieces and nephews.
Deceased are a brother, Ewing Barb, and a half brother, Charles Barbe.
Family and friends are welcome from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 2 to 4:30 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Yoskovich Funeral Home, 724-966-5500, Martin J. Yoskovich, funeral director, 300 South Vine Street (Route 88), Carmichaels, and also from 10 until 11 a.m., the hour of service, Friday, January 17, in Mapletown United Methodist Church, Greensboro. The Rev. John W. Hodge and the Rev. Kenneth A. Haines will officiate. Interment will follow at Monongahela Hill Cemetery, Mapletown, with military honors accorded by Cumberland American Legion Post 400, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3491 and the U.S. Air Force.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to either Mapletown United Methodist Church, 926 Mapletown Road, Greensboro, PA 15338, or to Gideons International. For additional information and to sign a guest book, please visit www.YoskovichFH.com.
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