Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barry, Richard Francis, Jr. September 25, 1990
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Virginian-Pilot  September 26, 1990
Richard Francis Barry Jr., 74, retired Navy Captain and Old Dominion University 
professor, of the 1500 block of S. Eleanor Court, died Sept. 25, 1990, in a 
hospital. He was married to the late Margaret Perry Barry.

Capt. Barry was born in Quincy, Mass., and graduated from the United States Naval 
Academy in 1939. During World War II, he served in both the Atlantic and Pacific 
theaters as navigator of the battleship Arkansas, participating in the Normandy 
invasion as well as the assaults on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He was awarded the 
Bronze Star.

Capt. Barry served as commanding officer of the Charles P. Cecil, the Des Moines 
and the Plymouth Rock prior to retirement from the Navy in 1964. He then obtained 
a master's degree in mathematics from the College of William and Mary and joined 
the faculty of Old Dominion University. He taught math at ODU as associate 
professor for 25 years before stepping down last year.

He was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, where he was a lector. He 
was also a member and former president of the Ryan Club.

Capt. Barry is survived by three daughters, Joan B. Smith and Carol A. Barry of 
Norfolk and Margaret B. Lawler of Corolla, N.C., and a son, Richard F. Barry III 
of Norfolk; and five grandchildren.

A Joyful Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in 
Blessed Sacrament Church by the Rev. Julian Goodman. Burial will be in St. Mary's 
Cemetery. Friends may join the family at 900 Jamestown Crescent from 7 to 8 
tonight. H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, Norfolk, is handling arrangements.

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