David Barry Obituary

BARRY, David LCDR David Charles Barry, USN (Ret), longtime resident of Olney, Maryland, widower of Catherine Jean Singleton Barry, passed away peacefully on September 9, 2005 in Silver Spring, Maryland, at the age of 82. The relatives and friends are invited to attend his Funeral Services in J. Henry Stuhr, Inc., Downtown Chapel Wednesday, September 14, 2005, at eleven o'clock. Interment will follow in Magnolia Cemetery, next to his wife, Jean. Friends may call in Stuhr's Downtown Chapel Wednesday morning from nine o'clock until the service hour. Mr. Barry was born April 4, 1923 in Colfax, Wisconsin, a son of John J. Barry and Grace Welch Barry. He spent his youth in Washington, DC, graduating from Western High School. During his summers, he would vacation in Glidden, Wisconsin at a family cottage on Gordon Lake. While attending Virginia Polytechnic Institute, he received an appointment to the US Naval Academy, graduating in the class of 1945. During World War II, he served as Boilers Officer on the USS Pritchett (DD561), where he saw action at Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. His other assignments during his Naval Career included: Chief Engineer USS Glennon (DD840), Commanding Officer USS Goldfinch (AMS12), Executive Officer USS Tercel (AM386), Executive Officer USS Seer (AM112), Marine Engineer Instructor at the US Naval Academy, Commanding Officer USS Red River (LSMR522), Main Propulsion USS Macon (CA132), Navy ROTC Instructor at Duke University, Executive Officer USS Shasta (AE6), and the Board of Inspection and Survey. Upon his retirement from the Navy, he started his second career with Bechtel Power Corporation working as a mechanical engineer in the design and construction of power plants. He was predeceased by his wife of forty years. Surviving are two daughters; Caroline Barry of Los Angeles, CA and Ellen (Greg) Lauer of LaPlata, MD; one son, David Charles (Anne) Barry, Jr. of Jacksonville, FL; five grandchildren, Erin Lauer (Marcelo) Loredo, Patrick (Mary) Barry, Melissa Lauer, Michael Barry, and Nathan Lauer; and great-granddaughter Katlyn Lauer Loredo. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.