OBITUARY, Correctionville News, 22 August 1979, page 4:
Irving "Stub" Barron, age 88, who resided at 221 River Street, Iowa City, passed away Saturday, August 18, of a sudden illness. He was born at Gordon, Nebraska, in 1890, the son of James and Mary Coon Barron. He married Marian Robertson April 19, 1916, at Oelwein, Iowa. He is a forerunner of many events in the Iowa Athletic Field. He was the founder of the Monday Morning Quarterback Club of Iowa City, member of the Elks Club, the Delta Phi Fraternity, served on the Iowa city Council, was a nine letter man from the University of Iowa, captain of the football team of 1915, a Big Ten Champion Heavyweight Wrestler.
He was the University of Iowa Freshman Coach in 1924, the head coach of Colorado School of Mines where he won all western conference champions.
Survivors include a son, James of Fort Wayne, Indiana, his sister, Anna Rogers of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife and one son. Funeral services were held August 22, 10 a.m. at George L. Cay Funeral home in Iowa City with burial in Memory Garden Cemetery.
Burial: 22 August 1979, Memory Garden Cemetery, Johnson Co., Iowa
Irving "Stub" Barron, age 88, who resided at 221 River Street, Iowa City, passed away Saturday, August 18, of a sudden illness. He was born at Gordon, Nebraska, in 1890, the son of James and Mary Coon Barron. He married Marian Robertson April 19, 1916, at Oelwein, Iowa. He is a forerunner of many events in the Iowa Athletic Field. He was the founder of the Monday Morning Quarterback Club of Iowa City, member of the Elks Club, the Delta Phi Fraternity, served on the Iowa city Council, was a nine letter man from the University of Iowa, captain of the football team of 1915, a Big Ten Champion Heavyweight Wrestler.
He was the University of Iowa Freshman Coach in 1924, the head coach of Colorado School of Mines where he won all western conference champions.
Survivors include a son, James of Fort Wayne, Indiana, his sister, Anna Rogers of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife and one son. Funeral services were held August 22, 10 a.m. at George L. Cay Funeral home in Iowa City with burial in Memory Garden Cemetery.
Burial: 22 August 1979, Memory Garden Cemetery, Johnson Co., Iowa
OBITUARY, Correctionville News, 22 August 1979, page 4:
Irving "Stub" Barron, age 88, who resided at 221 River Street, Iowa City, passed away Saturday, August 18, of a sudden illness. He was born at Gordon, Nebraska, in 1890, the son of James and Mary Coon Barron. He married Marian Robertson April 19, 1916, at Oelwein, Iowa. He is a forerunner of many events in the Iowa Athletic Field. He was the founder of the Monday Morning Quarterback Club of Iowa City, member of the Elks Club, the Delta Phi Fraternity, served on the Iowa city Council, was a nine letter man from the University of Iowa, captain of the football team of 1915, a Big Ten Champion Heavyweight Wrestler.
He was the University of Iowa Freshman Coach in 1924, the head coach of Colorado School of Mines where he won all western conference champions.
Survivors include a son, James of Fort Wayne, Indiana, his sister, Anna Rogers of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife and one son. Funeral services were held August 22, 10 a.m. at George L. Cay Funeral home in Iowa City with burial in Memory Garden Cemetery.
Burial: 22 August 1979, Memory Garden Cemetery, Johnson Co., Iowa
Irving "Stub" Barron, age 88, who resided at 221 River Street, Iowa City, passed away Saturday, August 18, of a sudden illness. He was born at Gordon, Nebraska, in 1890, the son of James and Mary Coon Barron. He married Marian Robertson April 19, 1916, at Oelwein, Iowa. He is a forerunner of many events in the Iowa Athletic Field. He was the founder of the Monday Morning Quarterback Club of Iowa City, member of the Elks Club, the Delta Phi Fraternity, served on the Iowa city Council, was a nine letter man from the University of Iowa, captain of the football team of 1915, a Big Ten Champion Heavyweight Wrestler.
He was the University of Iowa Freshman Coach in 1924, the head coach of Colorado School of Mines where he won all western conference champions.
Survivors include a son, James of Fort Wayne, Indiana, his sister, Anna Rogers of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife and one son. Funeral services were held August 22, 10 a.m. at George L. Cay Funeral home in Iowa City with burial in Memory Garden Cemetery.
Burial: 22 August 1979, Memory Garden Cemetery, Johnson Co., Iowa
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