Barrickman, Bob – 1946-1979

ANDERSON, BARRICKMAN, GORDON, PARKER, VERMILLION

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 7/13/2021 at 21:35:37

A Newton policy officer was killed Sunday night in a two-car collision on the city’s northeast side.
Bob Barrickman, 33, of GM Villa apparently died instantly as a result of the accident in the 1700 block of North 19th Avenue East.
Authorities said a police car driven by Barrickman, which was eastbound, and a westbound car driven by Mark Metz of 2013 N. 5th Ave. E. collided head-on. The collision occurred in the eastbound lane.
Metz, 16, and two other 16-year-olds who were passengers in the car, were taken to Skiff Memorial Hospital, James Lane, 306 E. 25th St. N., was later transferred to Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines with a severe leg injury; Joe Breckenridge of 335 E. 15th St. N. was treated at Skiff Memorial Hospital for superficial injuries and released.
Barrickman was alone in the police car.
Police say a third vehicle driven by Craig Killinger of 2001 N. 5th Ave. E., left the road and went into the roadside ditch, but was apparently not involved in the collision.
The accident occurred shortly after 9 p.m. just east of the Rock Island railroad crossing.
Police say an investigation is continuing.
Barrickman joined the Newton Police Department in July, 1974.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Community Heights Alliance Church.
The Rev. Ian Hoover, pastor of the church, will conduct services. Burial will be in the Newton Union Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Wallace Funeral Home from 1 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. The casket will not be opened at the church.
Survivors are his wife, Elizabeth “Betty”, a son, Christopher at home; a daughter, Kelly, at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby B. Barrickman of Oskaloosa; and a grandfather, Lester Gordon of Centerville.
Also surviving are two brothers, Leslie of Kirksville, Mo., and Jerry of Oskaloosa; two sisters, Patricia Vermillion of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Karen Parker of Fairfield; and his father-in-law and Mother-in-law, George and Anna Anderson of Baxter.
Mr. Barrickman, a four-year Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War, was a member of the Izaak Walton League.
He was a member of the police force in Oskaloosa prior to coming to Newton.
The son of Bobby B. and Margie M. Gordon Barrickman, he was born April 17, 1946 in Centerville and was graduated from Oskaloosa Community High School.
He was married to Elizabeth M. Anderson Dec. 9, 1977 at the Community Heights Alliance Church in Newton.
Source: Newton Daily News; October 1, 1979