Stanley, H. Barr Sr., 92, of Ord passed away on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at the Community Memorial Health Center in Burwell.
Mr. Barr's wishes were to be cremated. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, June 17, 2013, at the North Loup United Methodist Church. Pastor Bruce Phillips will officiate. Inurnment will be in the Ord City Cemetery at 1:30 p.m. with Military Honors provided by the Ord American Legion Post #38 and VFW Post #7029. Ord Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Stanley was born May 20, 1921, to Harvey and Christina (Holmes) Barr at Arcadia, Nebraska where the Barr family first homesteaded. His father later moved to the family farm in North Loup. Stan was boarded out in his early years with the Sorensen family of Sorensen Dairy in Arcadia where he delivered milk by horse drawn wagon. He graduated from Arcadia High School in 1938 and then enlisted in the United States Navy. Stan served with distinction as a torpedo-man on a U.S. Submarine in the Pacific during World War II.
Following his discharge from the Navy, Stan owned and operated a tavern in Ravenna, Nebraska. He met Huldah Bea McLead and the couple was united in marriage on September 25, 1950. They moved to North Loup to assume management of the family farm. The couple had three children, Stan Jr., Sharellyn and Roger E. His wife, Bea passed away in July of 1985, and Stan remarried Dorthy (Morris) Sich on February 14, 1988.
Stan was a member of the Ord VFW Post 7029.
Survivors include a son, Roger E. Barr of Omaha; a daughter-in-law, Kate Barr of North Loup; grandchildren, Tim (Andrea) Barr of Brighton, CO, Julie (Ed) Thiel of Comstock; and Lisa (Johnathan) Tomjack of Ord; great-grandchildren, Paxton and Rylan Barr, Skylar and Westin Thiel and Kaden and Treyton Tomjack. Stan is also survived by his second wife, Dorthy Sich-Barr and her children, Roxanne (Rick) Nelson of Hastings, Rose Ellen (Ken) Harvey of Kearney and David Sich of Holbrook, NE; grandchildren, Derrick Nelson, Brittany Sorensen, David Harvey and Heather Crawford; and 4 great-grandchildren, Jamin, Joseph, Lexi and Beth Crawford.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Bea; his daughter, Sharellyn (Barr) Sartain; his son, Stan Barr Jr.; and a sister, Hazel Gudmundsen.