Nicholas (Nick) Barber
July 17, 1933 ~ May 7, 2007
Nicholas “Nick” Barber, 73, of Weirton, passed away Monday, May 7, 2007 at the Kindred Hospital in Oakdale, PA. Born July 17, 1933 in Holliday’s Cove, WV, he was the son of the late Nicholas Booker and Olga Suray Barber.
With 42 years of service, Nick retired from Weirton Steel where he worked as a supervisor on the Tin Mill Cleaning Lines. He was a member of St. Paul Roman Catholic Church, St. Paul Holy Name, BPOE 1801, Pleasant Valley Country Club, Serbian Men’s Club, VFW 2716 and the Spinning Gears Square Dance Club. He served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict.
Nick’s survivors include his wife Margaret “Peggy” (Deller) Barber of Weirton; son David Barber of Pittsburgh, PA; daughter Vicki Whitfield and her husband Rob of Charlotte, NC; step-daughters Debra Graham and her husband Keith of Lexington, KY and Darla DiPaolo and her husband Rick of Worthington, OH; brothers Gary Barber and his wife Edith of Weirton and Richard Barber and his wife Sandy of Follansbee, WV; sister Karen Falbo of Michigan and 6 grandchildren, Lauren and Claire Barber; Ryan and Rachel Graham and Erica and Andrea DiPaolo.
The family will receive friends Thursday 2-4 and 6-8pm at the Greco-Hertnick Funeral Home, 3219 Main Street, Weirton. Funeral Liturgy with Mass will be celebrated 1pm Friday at St. Paul Roman Catholic Church. Reverend Father Tony Thurston will officiate. Entombment will be in St. Paul Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul Roman Catholic Church, 140 Walnut Street, Weirton, WV 26062.
Share tributes with his family at www.grecohertnick.com
Funeral Home:
Greco Hertnick Funeral Home
3219 Main Street
Weirton, WV
US 26062
Peggy, David, Vickie, Debra, Darla: Please except our deepest condolences. It was such a shock to hear of Nicks passing. Nick was a great and wonderful guy. We send our sincere sympathy for your loss. Nick was a wonderful neighbor and friend. He will be sadly missed. Our prayers and thoughts are with you and the family. May the grace of God grant you peace during these difficult times.
I send my condolences to the family of Nicky.I have been a friend and an admirer of Nicky since we were both very young.He was the kindest, brightest and most fun loving of all my old Weirton friends. His memories will endure with me the rest of my life and i’m sure that once you get through this hard part of losing him, you too will have wonderful memories of him. God Bless…Ken Coke Divich
Peggy and all the family of Nick, I am so sorry to hear of your loss. What a great guy he was and was always a fan of my Dad,Coach Hamill and classmate of my brother Carl. I never talked with him that he didnt have a smile for you. He loved sports like the rest of us . We will treasure those memories . Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you. Sincerely, Carl and Jerry Hamill
Peggy, I was saddened to read of Nick’s passing in the paper last night. He was a great guy. I know you and he had many years of happiness and enjoyed life to the fullest. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
Dear Mrs. Barber We want to send our sympathy and let you know we are remembering you in prayer as you go through this time of loss. We dearly love your daughter Darla and family. Erica and she have worked (and some substitute times for Andrea also) in our family business for some time now. They are a real gem of a family. You are proud I am sure! God bless. Sincerely, Jenifer and Terry Wynne
Dear Mrs Barber & Family: My thoughts and prayers go out to you at this sad time. I remember Nick well from good old Weir High. He was a great guy, always smiling and had something nice to say about everyone. I know he will be sadly missed by all who crossed his path along the road of life. Sincerely, Juanita Wilson
Peggy Very sorry to hear about Nick. My deepest sympathy. Jack Clancey
Margaret and Family, I was saddened to see that Nick had passed away. I have many memories of the years we worked together in the Tin Mill. He was without a doubt one of the best and most dependable supervisiors I had ever had. My prayers are with you and your family. D. Lee Shroads
Peg, I am so sorry to hear of Nick passing. He was a great guy and alot of fun when I used to be a mechanic for him in the Cleaners. He will be Greatly missed. Love to all Maddog
Family of Nick Barber, I am very sorry to hear of your loss. Nick and I were H.S. classmates and also team mates on baseball and softball teams. After we graduated and both were working at Weirton Steel for about one year Nick asked me what was I doing with regard to pending draft inti the Korean War and I responded that I would just wait to get drafted. Nick said that his whole family was Navy so why didn’t we inlist and get it over with. I agreed and we went to the recruiters’ offic and got a promise that we would get into Navy Air Group. We both quit work about six weeks before we had to go to Pittsburg for physicals, tests , and induction. We partied pretty well for those six weeks and at the induction center in Pitts. as I came out of some test room I saw Nick setting in a chair witth his head down and I walked over and said, “what’s wrong?”. He looked up at me and said, “I flunked the physical, high blood pressure!” My response was “WHAT!, You’re the one that wanted to join the Navy!” Well, it appears that our partying spiked the blood pressure nad it certainly wasn’t permanent because he went into the Army a few months later for two years. As for me. since I was already there and passed everything, I took the oath and spent four years in the Navy. It was one of the greatest decisions I ever made. Nick and I just lost touch after that, but we sure did bring up old times at our 50th class reunion. We really had some great friendship and experiences as we grew up. One short story, the last year that we played Legion ball Nick was pitching some batting practice and I lined one back to the mound and hit Nick in the hand, splitting his right index finger. Nick was our first baseman and I played left field. We really had no backup first baseman so Nick and I told George Rodak[coach] that I would play first base and Nick would coach me. Well, it went pretty well and we got out of the region but lost at the state. Atthough we lost touch my memory of my great friend will always bring a smile to my face for the guy who put me in the Navy, was teammate, a party partner, a high school buddy, and I am positive a great husband and father. My sincere condolences. Phil McCabe
Dear Peggy, Nicky Barber was my dearest friend! I will remember him always as a kind and giving person. He loved our Lord Jesus and always followed His teachings in all the paths of his life. We shared many beautiful and unforgetable days togeterh as students at Weirton High School. Nicky Barber wanted everyone to be happy just as he was. He never had a cross word to say about any individual. He was a true friend for all who knew him. I will never forget him! “…and God’s gentle finger touched him and he slept” Sleep well my dear friend until we meet again. Father John and Mary Liadis
Dear Peggy & family….So sorry to learn of Nicks passing. Such a nice person and I know he will be missed. Just want to send my Sympathy, love and my blessings to you Peg. May God Bless….Ethlyn
To the Barber family I send my sympathy to you all.God bless you all through this very tuff time .troy arango
Our deepest sympathies on the passing of Uncle Nick. Our prayers are with you.
Peggy, so sorry to hear about your husbands passing. I will remember him in my prayers.God bless you Kathy Paoloemilio
Dear Peg, We were sorry to hear of Nick’s passing, he was a great guy and I am sure will be missed.
To Nick’s Family Please know that all of our family loved Nick and we were always happy to see his smiling face at the picnic grounds when we were in Weirton and visited. Laurie, Peter, Bill and I thought he was one great guy and he will surely be missed. God Bless. Marie Rinehart