Submitted by: Gerald D. Hobson

From the

South Bend Tribune

South Bend, Indiana

(St. Joseph County)

Thursday, March 7, 1985

Richard "Whitey" Barhydt Sr.

Services for Richard "Whitey" Barhydt Sr., 83, of 14223 Day Road, who died about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in his home following an illness, will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Bubb Funeral Chapel.  Burial will be in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park.  Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home.  Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph County Hospice Society.

Mr. Barhydt was born Feb. 10, 1902, in Kendallville, and had lived in Mishawaka since 1918, having come from Kendallville.  He worked at the Uniroyal Inc. plant in Mishawaka for 42 years, retiring in 1964.  On April 2, 1921, in Mishawaka, he married Alice E. Null.  She survives, along with two daughters, Lorene Hoefle of Three Rivers and Maxine Eberhardt of Scottsdale, Ariz.; two sons, Jack D. and Joe R., both of Mishawaka; 15 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren.  A son, Richard Jr., died May 23, 1983.  He was a charter member of the Michiana Beagle Society.