OBIT:    Rossville Newspaper HEART ATTACK FATAL TO BUILDING CONTRACTOR TUESDAY
 MORNING 
J. W. Barcus, 80, prominent building contractor of Rossville, was stricken
 with a heart attack early Tuesday morning January 27, 1942 and died very
 suddenly at his home 215 Perry Avenue.
	Mr. Barcus was born October 18, 1861 on a farm 4 ½ miles northwest, of
 Rossville, son of John and Mary Hoagland Barcus.  He was married to Miss Mary
 Trusheim on November 27, 1888. 
	Mr. Barcus went to Iowa in 1869 where he lived for three years, returning to
 Rossville in 1872. He learned the carpenter trade in 1884.  In 1894 he entered
 the contracting business with L. T. Austin. Two years later he formed a
 partnership with T. A. tucker , the partnership continuing many years.  At the
 time of his death he was actively engaged in contracting with his son, George
 Barcus.  Ms. Barcus has build 75 homes in Rossville. 
	Mr. Barcus was active in Church and civic affairs. He was a member of the
 Rossville Methodist Church and director of the Rossville Building and Load
 Association. 
	Surviving are his wife and three children: George Benjamin Barcus, Rossville;
 Mrs. Adeline Bennett of  Hoopeston and Lawreance  Barcus of Waukegan; Two
 brothers, George Barcus of North Dakota and Charles Barcus of Urbana; Two
 sisters Mrs. Lily Thomas of Washington, D. C. , and Mrs. Berta  Huffman of
 Grape Creek; nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren. 
	Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. today (Thursday) in the Methodist
 church conducted by the pastor, the Rev. E. a. Houldridge and the Rev. A. H.
 Flagge of Gibson City. 
	Interment was in the Rossville Cemetery.  Freese in Charge.   


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