W. O. 'Bud' Barrows

W. O. “Bud” Bar­rows, 83, of Delaware passed away Sun­day (Oct. 21, 2012) at Grant Med­ical Cen­ter in Colum­bus fol­low­ing a two week illness.

He was born on June 7, 1929, in Orange Town­ship to the late Kyle and Laura (Stout) Bar­rows. Bud grew up on the fam­ily farm and learned early in life the mean­ing of a good days work. After attend­ing Orange High School, he proudly served his coun­try as a U.S. Navy vet­eran of the Korean Con­flict, serv­ing on the USS Cockrell.

A gifted auto mechanic, he worked at the for­mer Humphrey’s Garage for a num­ber of years. He then became an over-the-road long haul truck dri­ver for PPG in Delaware and after 20 years of ser­vice retired in 1994. Dur­ing his retire­ment years, he oper­ated a small engine repair busi­ness from home.

With a pas­sion for any­thing mechan­i­cal, he never shied from get­ting his hands dirty. A John Deere enthu­si­ast, he restored a num­ber of trac­tors. His favorites were the John Deere Model A’s and espe­cially his father’s 51 Ford 8 N. He trav­eled exten­sively through­out the United States and espe­cially enjoyed trips on his motor­cy­cle. A biker since the early 1960s, he favored Tri­umphs and Harley David­sons. Bud was a fan of the Sprint car races and raced go-carts in his younger years. Ornery and hard­work­ing in every endeavor, he enjoyed his friends at the Moose Lodge in Delaware and lunch at the West End Grill. He was hap­pi­est in his garage at home, in the com­pany of his buddies.

Those left to cher­ish his mem­ory include his daugh­ter, Sheila (Kurt) Hemans; son, Tim Bar­rows; for­mer wife, spe­cial friend and mother of his chil­dren, Bar­bara (Ward) Bar­rows, all of Delaware; and sis­ter, Amelia Ann (Charles) Hall of Galena.

In addi­tion to his par­ents he was also pre­ceded in death by infant son, John; brother, Albert; sis­ters, May Viers and Eileen Lagendyk; and pets, Fred and Pug.

Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Thurs­day at the Snyder-Rodman Funeral Home, 1510 W. William St. at Val­ley­side Drive, Delaware. Grave­side funeral ser­vices will be held at 11 a.m. Fri­day at Cheshire Ceme­tery with Cel­e­brant Don Lock­wood officiating.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions can be made to the Humane Soci­ety of Delaware County, 4920 SR 37 E., Delaware, OH 43015.

Con­do­lences may be expressed at snyderfuneralhomes.com.

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