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DEATHS

Centenarian
farmer dies
in hospital

CARLETON — James Hiram
Barry, 100, of Carleton, died at
7:40 a.m. Tuesday in Mercy
Memorial Hospi-
tal, Monroe. He
had been ill for
six weeks.

Friends may
call from 2 to.9
p.m. today and
Thursday, and
from 9:30 until
services at 11]
a.m. Friday in the fy £3
Arthur Bobcean JAMES H
Funeral Home BaRRY
Inc., Carleton
Chapel. The Rev. George Lewis of
the Carleton United Methodist
Church will officiate and burial
will be in Michigan Memorial
Park, Flat Rock.

Born Aug. 19, 1893, in Ash
Township, he was the son of
James J. and Belle (Strong) Barry.
He and the former Ruth Baker
were married Sept. 10, 1966, in
the Evangelical United Brethren
Church. '

Mr. Barry was employed'as a
farmer on his own farm in Ash
Township all his life and was a
member of Hiram Lodge 110,
Free and Accepted Masons, Flat
Rock. ©

Surviving are his wife; two step-
sons, Richard and Robert Baker,
both of Carleton; two stepdaugh-
ters, Marie Bitel of Carleton and
Mrs. Reggie (Marilyn) DeBoard
of Gibraltar; 17 grandchildren,
and 38 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a
brother, Grove, and a sister, Leah
Gretzler.

Memorials may be made to
Mercy Memorial Hospital or to
the Carleton United Methodist
Church.