Bobby Frederick Barrick

February 3, 1925 - November 25, 2018

Bobby Frederick Barrick, 93, of Columbia Furnace, passed away Sunday, November 25, 2018, at Shenandoah Memorial Hospital in Woodstock. The funeral service will be held Thursday, November 29 at 11:00 a.m. at Columbia Furnace United Methodist Church. Pastors Glen Early and Brian Duncan will officiate. Burial with military honors by Edinburg VFW Post #2447 will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Barrick was born February 3, 1925, in Edinburg, son of the late Robert Lee Barrick and Martha Alice Coffman Barrick. He was a graduate of Columbia Furnace High School and served two terms in the Army during the Korean War where he was awarded the Bronze Star. He retired from Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative in 1987 after 37 years. He was a member of Columbia Furnace United Methodist Church, Edinburg VFW, and the Stoney Creek Hunt Club. He was preceded in death by his wife, Katie “Kitty” Barrick. He is survived by his son, Andy Barrick and wife Belinda of Basye; daughter, Susan Alexander and husband Keith of Edinburg; two grandchildren, Jonathan Swartz, and Candice Swartz and four great-grandchildren, Cole Swartz, Cooper Swartz, Layla Hall, and Robert Hall Jr. Pallbearers will be William “Bill’ Miller, Greg Orndorff, Kurt George, Ray Fadely, Tony George, and Eric Adams. Honorary pallbearers will be the staff of Memory Lane at Skyline Terrace where he was a resident of over three years. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 7-8 p.m. at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, D.C. 20090-6011.