Angela Meister Barry passed away at the Clairmont Nursing Home in the early morning of March 5th, the First Sunday of Lent.
She moved to Beaumont in 1984, joining Redeemer Lutheran Church after retiring from work as a legal secretary in Corpus Christi where she was a member of South Bluff Methodist Church since 1947. Born in Coupland, Texas, on December 21, 1908, she went to school, lived and worked in Austin-Taylor area. During the World War II era she worked for Brown and Root in Houston and in Corpus Christi during construction of the Naval Air Station and later for the Judge Advocate General at Camp Swift.
She is survived by her son, John E. Barry and his wife Dana of Beaumont; grandchildren, Daniel E. Barry and his wife Kelly of Cedar Park, Sgt. John Barry and his wife Sara of San Antonio and Laura Atchison and her husband Sammy of Beaumont; great grandchildren, Daniel Barry, Kathryn Barry, John Barry and Sean Barry; a favorite niece, Gayle Haller and her husband Bill of Corpus Christi; and numerous other nieces, nephews and relatives throughout Texas and beyond.
Graveside services will be 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at the August Meister Family plot at Taylor Municipal Cemetery in Taylor, Texas, under the direction of Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont.