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Bobby Lee Barber beloved folks, his household and Seattle’s sports activities groups.

Recognized to associates as Bugs or Bugsy, he grew to become a Seahawks season-ticket holder in the course of the workforce’s inaugural season, was a longtime Husky soccer season-ticket holder who went to a couple Rose Bowls, and beloved going to Mariners video games.

However one Mariners sport stood out, the one during which he noticed grandson Jason Zumek, a retired Military captain, honored for his army service in the course of the sport.

Barber, married for 64 years to Grace, died April four of issues from the coronavirus. He was 84.

“He was a pal to everybody and by no means met a stranger,” Zumek mentioned of his grandfather, who lived in Buckley and labored for 36 years for Kenmore Trucking. “Wherever he went, he all the time discovered someone to speak to. He went to the entire video games of his (eight) grandkids, and (11) great-grandkids that he may.”

Zumek mentioned he nonetheless has a memento pennant from the primary dwelling sport performed by the Mariners that his grandfather gave him, together with a pennant from a Tremendous Bowl within the 1970s  his grandparents attended.

Barber graduated from White River Excessive College in Buckley in 1954, then joined the U.S. Navy in 1955, serving till 1958. After retiring from Kenmore, he loved working seasonal jobs on the Washington State Truthful, Crystal Mountain and the Scottish Highland Video games. However what he relished probably the most, these near him say, was time along with his household.

Barber is survived by his spouse and three youngsters, who all reside within the Enumclaw-Buckley space. Along with the eight grandchildren and 11 nice grandchildren, he additionally had two great-great grandkids, with two extra on the best way.