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John Edward Barry

  John Edward Barry, the son of Michael and Julia McConkay, Barry, was born in Corning, Iowa, July 21, 1905 and passed away at the Colonial Manor Care Center in Corning, August 18, 1981, at the age of 76 years and 28 days.
He spent his early years in Massena, Iowa, and graduated from the Massena High School. He was an aeronautic mechanic by trade and spent four years in the Army Air Corp in the Pacific Sector during World War II. When he returned home, he was employed at the Norton Greenhouse & Floral Shop until he retired.
  His parents preceded him in death.
  Survivors are his two sisters, Bernadine Barry Rusco and her husband Royal of Bedford. Iowa, and their son Jim Rusco and his wife Sonnie; and his sister Helen Barry Mack and her son Richard Mack and her daughter Barbara Mack, all of Des Moines, Iowa, and by her daughter Carolyn Mack Kordick and her husband Robert Kordick of Darien, Ct. and their children, Mark and Anne Marie. Also surviving is his uncle, Claude Roth of Des Moines. Iowa.
Funeral services were held at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Corning August 20 at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Msgr. John F. Kovacs officiating. Interment was in Calvary Cemetery, Corning, Iowa.
  Casket bearers were Richard Mack, Jim Rusco, Steve Bell, Joe Jones, Dan Seaton and John Jones Altar servers were Tom Cruise and Mark Kordick. Organ music was provided in Eleanor Kelly.
(Adams County Free Press, Thursday, August 27, 1981)

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