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Katharine Snowden Getzen Barry

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Birth	:	17 Oct 1921 Newberry, Alachua County, Florida, USA
Death	:	11 Dec 2020 Newberry, Alachua County, Florida, USA
Burial	:	Newberry Cemetery, Newberry, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate	:	29.6386000, -82.6162700
Description	:	Katharine Snowden Getzen Barry of Newberry, FL died peacefully in her sleep at her home early on December 11, 2020. She was born on October 17, 1921 – the sixth daughter (including Mary, Sarah, Lydia, Annette, and Julia) and one son (Sam) born to Newberry’s then town doctor, Samuel Pace Getzen, M.D. and his wife Mary Broughton Miller Getzen. The family prospered during Florida’s roaring 20s, and then suffered along with the entire country during the Great Depression of the 1930s selling property they owned for $1 an acre, wearing hand-me-downs, living on local farm produce traded for medical services,... Read More	Katharine Snowden Getzen Barry of Newberry, FL died peacefully in her sleep at her home early on December 11, 2020. She was born on October 17, 1921 – the sixth daughter (including Mary, Sarah, Lydia, Annette, and Julia) and one son (Sam) born to Newberry’s then town doctor, Samuel Pace Getzen, M.D. and his wife Mary Broughton Miller Getzen. The family prospered during Florida’s roaring 20s, and then suffered along with the entire country during the Great Depression of the 1930s selling property they owned for $1 an acre, wearing hand-me-downs, living on local farm produce traded for medical services, and feeding homeless people who came regularly to their doorstep. Graduating from Newberry High School, Katharine attended Stetson University, and completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Music from FSU (then Florida State College for Women). After graduation, she moved to Jacksonville with sisters Annette and Julia and taught school – singing and playing the piano in her spare time for WWII soldiers stationed at Jacksonville’s Naval Air Station. When her father died suddenly, she moved back to Newberry to take care of her mother, and ran into a childhood friend, Robert J. “Bobby” Barry, back from WWII and attending the University of Florida. The two fell in love and married in a double wedding ceremony on June 1, 1947, along with Katharine’s sister Julia and her fiancé Bruce Yongue, at the First Baptist Church of Newberry, in matching dresses made by their mother. Katharine and Bobby had two daughters, Katharine (Kathy) and Julianne, in the early 1950s, and resided in Katharine’s childhood home in Newberry until building a new house in 1968 on their farm in the Jonesville area. Katharine taught 4th grade at Newberry Elementary School for 20 years, earning her Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education at the University of Florida during that time. Bobby, an active farmer/rancher, died in February 2000, at age 78. During her lifetime, Katharine was very involved in her community – playing the piano and organ at the First Baptist Church of Newberry for decades (following in her mother’s footsteps); giving music lessons; playing for countless weddings, funerals, and the Newberry Watermelon Festival Beauty Pageant; volunteering to work at high school football games, school carnivals, and innumerable church activities. In addition to filling her house with the music of her baby grand piano and beautiful voice, she was an excellent seamstress, cook, a creative and loving mother to her girls, and devoted wife to Bob. She and Bob loved camping, hiking, and picnics and outings with family and friends. On her 70th birthday, she hiked 7 miles in the Smoky mountains of North Carolina with Kathy and her family. A beautiful woman inside and out, Katharine is survived by her younger daughter Julianne Barry Browning and her husband Wayne Browning (of Newberry), who was a faithful, loving, and hands-on caregiver for Katharine in her declining years. She is also survived by her daughter Katharine (Kathy) Barry and loving son-in-law Harris Solomon (of Ft. Lauderdale), their son Barry Nicholas Solomon, his wife Ashley, and their two children Ruby Rose and Samuel Fox (also of Fort Lauderdale). For the past several years, Katharine required 24/7 care in her home, and the family will always be grateful for the gentle, thoughtful and tender caregiving provided for her by Jennifer Wilson, Barbara Tanck, Donna Metz, Sherry Gamble and Maureen Warner. Because of the Covid virus, the funeral service will be private and limited to immediate family. Katharine will be interred at the Newberry Cemetery beside her beloved Bobby, and her remains will rest there among generations of family and friends. A woman of faith, her soul is already with God. In lieu of flowers, do a kindness for someone and think of Katharine when you do it. Arrangements have been made through Milam Funeral & Cremation Services in Newberry: 352-376- 5361; www.milamfh.com

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Katharine Snowden Getzen Barry's memorial is located at: Newberry Cemetery, Newberry, Alachua County, USA.
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Katharine Snowden Getzen Barry death on 11 Dec 2020 in Newberry, Alachua County, Florida, USA
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Latitude: 29.6386000
Longitude: -82.6162700

Family Members:

Parent

Dr. Samuel Pace Getzen

(1874 - 1946)

Mary Broughton Miller Getzen

(1885 - 1949)

Spouse

Robert Jones Barry

(1920 - 2000)

Siblings

Samuel Pace Getzen Jr.

(1923 - 2013)

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