Robert Glenn BARRACKS

BARRACKS, WILKINSON, OMVIG, SORENSEN, THOMPSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/27/2013 at 13:52:41

July 22, 1918 --- October 18, 2013

KANAWHA, IA -- Robert Glenn Barracks, 95, of Kanawha, passed away on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, at the Kanawha Community Home. Funeral services for Robert Barracks will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at the Kanawha Lutheran Church, 124 West 4th St., in Kanawha with Pastors Char and Geoffrey White officiating. Burial will be at Corwith Cemetery in Corwith. Visitation was from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22 at Ewing Funeral Home, 118 East 2nd St., in Kanawha and will continue one hour prior to the funeral service at the church.

Robert Barracks was born on July 22, 1918, to Glenn and Mary (Wilkinson) Barracks in Corwith, and was a lifelong resident of north central Iowa. He loved spending time with his family, baseball, fishing, gardening and the Iowa Hawkeyes. He was known by many and loved by all. He also honorably served his country and was a proud veteran of WW II.

Survived by wife of 66 years, Berniece (Omvig) and children Mary (and Mark) Sorensen, Roxanne (and Dale) Thompson, Ron (and Donna) Barracks, grandchildren Eric (and Julie) Sorensen, Claire Sorensen, Elliot Thompson, Alex Thompson, Rachael Barracks and Reese Barracks, and great grandsons Wyatt and Henry Sorensen.

Britt News Tribune - Britt, Iowa
October 23, 2013