Memorial services for Earl Lynn Barrett, 1504 Parker Ave., Osawatomie, were held Thursday in St. Philip Neri Catholic Church.

Mr. Barrett, 85, died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 1994 in Trinity Lutheran Hospital, Kansas City, Mo.

Born Feb. 25, 1909 in Hoisington, he was the son of Loss Albert and Anna Mae Johnson Barrett. Soon, the family moved to California and then back to Kansas to a farm southwest of Osawatomie. Mr. Barrett attended Osawatomie schools and was a 1929 graduate of Osawatomie High School.

He worked first in the water services department for Missouri Pacific Railroad and then was employed by the Kansas State Highway Department. Later, he went back to Missouri Pacific and worked in the grain door department. In 1936, he began working as a brakeman and retired in 1972 as a conductor.

He and Marie Gertrude Sterbenz were married April 6, 1937 in Kansas City, Kan. They have always made their home in or near Osawatomie. They became the parents of three children.

Mr. Barrett was a member of St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, United Transportation Union and the National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees. He served as Democrat committeeman for Osawatomie Township for 25 years and was active in 4-H work when his daughters were growing up.

Among those preceding him in death were two brothers, Lisle Barrett and Francis Barrett, and a sister, Beulah Means Yardley.

Survivors include his wife, Marie, of the home; three daughters, Karen Lynn Caylor, Shawnee, Janice Ann Brissette, Honolulu, Hawaii and Rita Marie Abernethy, Leawood; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

The Rev. Earl Dekat officiated. Servers were Brad Hennigh and Donnie Blackman. Margaret Hays was lector. Communion ministers were Mary Lynch, Benjamin Maimer and Pauline Pretz. Hazel Wilhoite sang, accompanied by the organist, Carol Walker.

Honorary pallbearers were Leroy Daniel, Robert Wilson, Robert Baffrey, Joe Goodeyon, Walter Hays, Irvin Grant, Fred Wicke, Roy Carpenter and Brendan Marriott.

Burial of the ashes was in Osawatomie Cemetery.

A memorial has been established in his name to the Osawatomie Alumni scholarship fund.