Esta Faye LaBarr

Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 26, 2012

Esta Faye LaBarr

 Services will be at 10:00 AM Thursday, December 27, 2012, at the Mary Ellen & Harvester Church of Christ with Keith Feerer, minister, officiating.

Entombment will be in Memory Gardens Mausoleum under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.

Mrs. LaBarr was born Oct. 22, 1925 in Gould, Oklahoma.  She was a 1943 graduate of Gould High School.  She worked for North American Aviation in Grand Prairie during World War II.  Esta Faye completed her career at Hughes Aircraft in California in 1980 where she was an administrative contracting officer working on the Patriot Missile system for the F-14 fighter jet.  She married Chuck LaBarr in 1974, and he preceded her in death in 2001.  Esta Faye was an honorary member of the Pampa Rotary Club, and she received the Paul Harris Fellowship Award.  She was a member of the Mary Ellen and Harvester Church of Christ.

Survivors include a son, Eddie Grisham and wife Idagrace of Houston; 2 granddaughters, Trisha Ann Grisham and husband Steve Cross and Emily Nicole Grisham and husband Jarod Langston, all of Houston; 3 great-grandchildren: Zackary Dannheim, Carter and Tracy Langston, all of Houston; a brother, Robert Lee Young and wife Doris of Pampa; a nephew, David Michael Young and wife Karen of Fairview; 2 nieces, Melinda Jenkins and Jan Hucks and husband Kevin, all of Pampa; and by numerous cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents, Medford and Eathel Young, and by 2 brothers, William and Kenneth Young.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, National Center, 7272 Greenville Ave., Dallas, TX 75231, the International Rotary Foundation, One Rotary Center, 1560 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL 60201-3698, or Clear Lake United Methodist Church, 16335 El Camino Real, Houston, Texas 77062.

PAMPA — Esta Faye LaBarr, 87, died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, in Amarillo.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Mary Ellen and Harvester Church of Christ with Keith Feerer, minister, officiating.

Entombment will be in Memory Gardens Mausoleum.  Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa.

Mrs. LaBarr was an honorary member of Pampa Rotary Club.  She received the Paul Harris Fellowship Award.

Survivors include a son, Eddie Grisham of Houston; two granddaughters; three great-grandchildren; and a brother, Robert Lee Young of Pampa.

The family suggests memorials be to American Heart Association, National Center, 7272 Greenville Ave., Dallas, TX 75231; or International Rotary Foundation, 1 Rotary Center, 1560 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL 60201.

Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 26, 2012

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