Brief Life History of Barry Duane
Barry D. Brady, Mercer, died peacefully Monday, Oct. 25, 2010, at his residence. He was 67. He was born Feb. 2, 1943, at the former Sharon General Hospital. A son of Howard and Ethel Brady, he attended Farrell schools and was in the Navy from 1960 to 1964, serving as a radio man/petty officer during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was employed at the former Sharon Steel Corp.’s Farrell plant from 1965-1992. He married Kathleen Izenas in 1964. He is survived by: two daughters, Colleen Hartsock and her husband Phillip Hartsock, Mercer; and Tammy Cress and her husband Darrell Cress, Seattle; three grandchildren, Bobbi, Crissy and Skylar Hartsock; and a sister, Arlene Morgenstern, Hermitage. Mr. Brady enjoyed caring for the apple orchard with his father and selling fruits and vegetables at Brady’s farm market. He belonged to the Fruit Growers Association of Mercer County. He also enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was preceded in death by his father, Charles Howard Brady; his mother, Ethel Bish Brady; three brothers, Donald, Charles Jr. and James; and a sister, Patricia Adler. Private memorial service for family will be held.
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- Barry D Brady, "United States 1950 Census"
- Barry Duane Brady, "Find a Grave Index"
- Barry D Brady, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1944 · The G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
1945 · Peace in a Post War World
The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.
1961 · The Twenty-Third Amendment
The Twenty-third Amendment gives the residents in the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential elections and to give the district electors in the Electoral College.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Ciaran, Colm, John Patrick, Kieran, Seamus, Aidan, Conal, Patrick Michael, Aileen, Assumpta, Brigid.
Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Brádaigh or Ó Brádaigh ‘son (or descendant) of Brádach’, a personal name meaning ‘proud, spirited’. In this case Ó Brádaigh is merely a variant of Mac Brádaigh.
Native American (Cheyenne): from a shortened and altered English translation of the Cheyenne personal name Nemo'eehe meaning ‘Braid(ed) Locks’ or ‘Wrapped Hair’, from -nemo'eehe ‘wrapped braids/hair’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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