Robert F. Barsby

1980-81 American Legion commander

Serial Number 17117790
Enlisted Williams Field Chandler, Arizona December 8, 1945
Rank Private First Class Air Corps Regular Army
Discharge December 9, 1946
Rank Corporal

At this point in time I have NO military pictures and very little information about Robert's service - other than what is in the short 1944 Monitor article and his obituary below.

Manning Monitor article------ 1944

In Army Air Corps Reserve
Now wearing the blue and silver wings of a future air combat crewman is Robert F. Barsby, age 17, who successfully qualified for enlistment in the reserve corps of the Army Air Forces according to word from the AAF examining board in Des Moines.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Barsby of Manning, and is a senior at Manning high school.

He will not be called to active duty until he becomes 18. However, in the meantime if he is under the age of 17 years and 9 months at date of enlistment, and is a high school graduate, he may choose to take advantage of the army specialized training reserve program which provides free college training in the finest schools of the country until the reservist reaches military age.
Nine months of such work is equivalent to a little more than a year and a half of regular college work.

In Loving Memory ROBERT F. BARSBY

Service WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2000, 10:30 AM OHDE FUNERAL HOME, MANNING, IOWA
Officiating REVEREND MARSHALL BROWN FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MANNING
Music "HOW GREAT THOU ART" "AMAZING GRACE"
HELEN OHDE, VOCALIST
CONNIE SIEPKER, ORGANIST
Interment MANNING CEMETERY
Casketbearers: CURT STRIBE, VERDELL BRUS, BOB MEYER, GARY KNUEVEN, RON VOGL, MARVIN BRUCH
Honorary Casketbearers COFFEE BUDDIES FROM CORNER CAFÉ
Military Honors
AMERICAN LEGION EMIL EWOLDT POST 22
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 3517

THE FAMILY WISHES TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE FOR YOUR KINDNESS EVIDENCED IN THOUGHT, WORD, AND DEED, AND INVITES YOU TO JOIN THEM FOR LUNCH AND FELLOWSHIP AT THE CHURCH FOLLOWING THE COMMITTAL SERVICE.
DRIVERS IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION MUST TURN ON VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS, BE ALERT, AND DRIVE IN A CLOSE FORMATION.

ROBERT FRANKLIN BARSBY
April 4, 2000 Daily Times Herald, Carroll
Services for Robert Franklin Barsby will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 5, 2000, at Ohde funeral Home in Manning, with the Rev. Marshall Brown of the First Presbyterian Church in Manning officiating.
Mr. Barsby, 73, died Sunday, April 2, at the Manning Plaza Nursing Home in Manning.
Casket Bearers will be Curt Stribe, Verdell Brus, Bob Meyer, Gary Knueven, Ron Vogl, and Marv Bruch.
Military honors will be by Emil Ewoldt Post 22 of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3517 of Manning.
Burial will be at the Manning Cemetery.
Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. today, Tuesday, April 3, at the funeral home.
Born Nov. 20, 1926, on the family farm in Ewoldt Township, south of Manning, Mr. Barsby was a son of Earl and Enid (Hays) Barsby. He attended school in Manning and graduated mid-term in 1945.
He then enlisted in the Army Air Corps and served in the South Pacific during World War II.
After he received his honorable discharge, he returned to Manning to farm with his father and to work as a mechanic with John Miller.
He married Joyce Jacobsen on Feb. 24, 1962 at Annunciation Church in Coon Rapids. They resided on the family farm south of Manning. In addition to farming, Mr. Barsby worked on farm machinery and bulldozers. He retired in 1989 but continued to help his son on the farm.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion, of which he was a past commander.
He served on the board of the West Central Iowa Rural Water Association and Farmers Home Administration.
He enjoyed flying airplanes and had a collection of model airplanes. He also enjoyed shooting rifles.
Mr. Barsby is survived by his wife, Joyce, of Manning; a son Robert Barsby, and his wife Shelli, of Manning; two grandsons, Joseph and Elliott Barsby, of Manning; and his mother-in-law, Mary Jacobsen, of Bayard.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister Mary Owen; and his father-in-law, Harry Jacobsen.