Darrell Barrick

Darrell Marvin Barrick, 81, of Hobson, Montana, a farmer/rancher, died on Friday, July 20, 2012 at Benefis East of heart failure.Visitation will be held at 1:003:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at Hobson Methodist Church, Hobson, Montana. A memorial service will be held at a later date.Schnider Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.Darrell Marvin Barrick was born on May 20, 1931 in Lewistown, Montana to Orlo and Anna (Remington) Barrick.He was raised on the family farm north of Moccasin, Montana. He graduated high school in 1949 and attended college at Montana State University where he completed a Bachelor of Science Degree in Animal Husbandry in 1953.He completed two years of mandatory ROTC in college and joined the Army National Guard as a Corporal. He went active duty in the US Army as a Sergeant First Class in 1954, hitchhiking his way to Fort Ord, California for basic training. He was shipped by boat to Korea with pal Colin Dover in which they encountered a memorable typhoon. Darrell spent 18 months on the DMZ in Korea. His brother, Carl died in 1955 while he was there. He finished his National Guard Service after returning from Korea.He then worked for his brother Raymond, on the Green Ranch in Buffalo, Montana where he met his future wife Veda.He then moved to Bozeman where his future father-in-law, Bob got him a job delivering fertilizer to the potato fields all over eastern and southern Montana.He then went to work for Vedas uncle, Joe Stransky, building lockside houses.He married Veda Eleanor Mullica on December 28, 1956 in Bozeman on Bridger Road at June and Joe Stranskys home, Vedas aunt and uncle. When Darrells father Orlo retired, he moved home to farm the family place in April of 1958.He retired from farming in 2002 and in October of 2009 he and Veda moved to Hobson.He also drove school bus for Moccasin and Hobson schools for a total of 38 years.He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Benchland Community Club, PTA and a lifetime member of FFA.He belonged to the Montana Wool Growers Association, Benchland Farmers Co-op, Moore Farmers Oil Co-op, and attended Hobson Methodist Church where his father was a charter member. His grandparents, John and Carrie Barrick homesteaded near Philbrook where they built a home ordered from the Sears Roebuck catalog. Carrie was the founding member of the Hobson Womens Club.Darrell is survived by his wife, Veda Barrick of Hobson;daughters Paula (Barrick) Kohrt of Houston, TX and Marianne (Barrick) and her husband Greg Frank of Tracy; son Dean (Connie) Barrick of Casper, WY; daughter-in-law, Jean Barrick of Billings; brother Leo (Marilyn) Barrick of Lewistown; sisters-in-law Shirley Barrick of Lewistown and Ella Barrick of Missoula; seven grandchildren;two great grandchildren, and numerous nieces, nephews,and cousins.He is preceded in death by his parents, Orlo and Anna (Remington) Barrick; sister, Lorraine Barrick Reynolds and brothers, Carl, Raymond and Larry.Condolences for the family may be left at www.schniderfuneralhome.com.