George Barber

GEORGE "BUD" BARBER

West Liberty

George "Bud" Barber, 92,

of West Liberty, died Thursday July 14, 2016, in Simpson Memorial Home, West Liberty. Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Church United in West Liberty. A visitation will be Monday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home in Cedar Rapids and after 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Pastor Marian Hart will officiate. Inurnment: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.

Survivors include his significant other, Norma Brooks; the Raub, Myers and Johnson families, his children, Mary (Mick) Fliehler of Hiawatha, William (Jackie) Barber of St. Charles, Mo., Richard (Paula) Barber of Olathe, Kan., and Elizabeth Jones of Cedar Rapids; his brother, Arthur L. Fry of St. Paul, Minn.; seven grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Marie Barber; his parents, Nevada and Lawrence Fry; his sister, Elizabeth Mossimann; son-in-law, Leon Jones; and his great-great-granddaughter, Nyelee Akus.

George was born Jan. 4, 1924, in Ames, Iowa, where he graduated from Ames High School. He married Marie Oetker on May 26, 1947, in Haverhill, Iowa. She died in 1996. He then met Norma Brooks and moved to West Liberty. George retired from Harnischfeger as supervisor of data operations and served in the Navy during World War II.

He was a member of First Church United in West Liberty, American Legion Mansell L. Phillips Post 509 and Harnischfeger Retirees.

George enjoyed spending time with family, traveling and helping Norma with gardening.

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Memorials may be made to the George Barber Memorial Fund.