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Post a reply || Back to Message Board Frederick J. Barbero - Class of 1932 (January)
As per his sister, Margaret Barbero Filiberti 's obituary (class of 1941), Frederick has passed. http://www.nfayearbooks.com/mboard3/msg/4975.html Replies to this post No replies yet |
Frederick J. Barbero Sr., 87, of Williams, Ore., formerly of Newburgh, died on
November 27, 2001 at Three Rivers Hospital in Williams, Ore. Born January 13,
1914 in New York City, he was the son of the late James Barbero and Pierina
Marcellino Barbero of Newburgh and the husband, of Audrey Davis Barbero to whom
he had been married for 55 years.Barbero retired from the US Navy as a Chief
Warrant Officer after 23 year of active service, mostly in submarines. He was
awarded the Navy and Marine Corp. Medal for his Actions in successfully fighting
a serious electrical fire on the Submarine, USS S-35 while in enemy waters
during a severe Pacific storm in the Aleutians just before Christmas of 1942. As
the Chief Electrical Officer on Board, he repeatedly entered smoke filled
compartments to fight the fires and to make the necessary repairs which enabled
the Submarine and its crew to return to Port. After his retirement from the
Navy, he moved his family from Long Beach, Calif. to Grants Pass, Ore., where he
became a home Builder and an Electrical Consultant. He was an avid Fisherman and
loved the outdoors. After full retirement, he enjoyed repairing small appliances
which he donated to the poor.He is survived by his son, Frederick J. Barbero Jr.
of Williams, Oreg.; a daughter, Claudia De Roos of Kimberly, Oreg.; a brother,
John J. Barbero of Newburgh; three sisters, Margaret Filiberti of Middlehope,
Gloria Crisci of Newburgh and Rita Boyd of Sacramento, Calif; five
grandchildren; and great-grandchildren along with numerous nephews and nieces.
He was predeceased by a daughter, Lea Pease; a sister, Ida Terracino; and two
brothers, Harold Barbero and J. Joseph Barbero.He was cremated and his ashes are
being transported to the South Pacific where they will be taken aboard a US Navy
ship and distributed over the waters of the Pacific where many of his shipmates
from the submarine service are resting."
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