"Robert William Barrett, 80, of 2623 Whitegate Drive, passed away at the Harry S. Truman Veterans Hospital late Saturday afternoon following an extended illness.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. Monday until time for burial.
Mr. Barrett was born in Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. 1, 1896, to the late Robert James and Ruby Howe Barrett. He served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border and in World War I. He was married to the former Catherine Kuhl on Aug. 15, 1920, and she survives. He was an architect with the Navy Department in the bureau of ships, from which he retired in 1963.
Mr. Barrett was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Sioux City, Iowa district; commander of Veterans of World War I; and a volunteer worker at the Harry S. Truman Hospital for four years.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Shirley May House of 2516 Eastwood Drive, and Mrs. Betty Jane Sklenar of Omaha, Neb.; two sons, Robert L. Barrett of Yuma, Ariz., and Franklin Donald Barrett of Heafford Junction, Wis.; two brothers, Ralph Barrett of Jacksonville, Fla., and George Barrett of Sioux City, Iowa; 14 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren." Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, Missouri), October 25, 1976
"Robert William Barrett, 80, of 2623 Whitegate Drive, passed away at the Harry S. Truman Veterans Hospital late Saturday afternoon following an extended illness.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. Monday until time for burial.
Mr. Barrett was born in Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. 1, 1896, to the late Robert James and Ruby Howe Barrett. He served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border and in World War I. He was married to the former Catherine Kuhl on Aug. 15, 1920, and she survives. He was an architect with the Navy Department in the bureau of ships, from which he retired in 1963.
Mr. Barrett was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Sioux City, Iowa district; commander of Veterans of World War I; and a volunteer worker at the Harry S. Truman Hospital for four years.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Shirley May House of 2516 Eastwood Drive, and Mrs. Betty Jane Sklenar of Omaha, Neb.; two sons, Robert L. Barrett of Yuma, Ariz., and Franklin Donald Barrett of Heafford Junction, Wis.; two brothers, Ralph Barrett of Jacksonville, Fla., and George Barrett of Sioux City, Iowa; 14 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren." Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, Missouri), October 25, 1976
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