William E. Barricks

Birth date: Apr 9, 1928 Death date: Aug 30, 2012

William E. Barricks, 84, of Mechanicstown, died on Thursday, August 30, 2012, at 9:32 p.m. at Alliance Community Hospital. Born on April 9, 1928 in Alliance, he lived in Damascus most of his life, moving to his tree farm in Mechan Read Obituary

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Jeremy Scherf

551w ago

When I was hired 12 years ago as the local Service Forester, Bill took me under his wing. I will never forget our time together in his woods and the lessons he taught me. I only worked that county for a few years, but we kept in touch off and on. He was opinionated, but he would also listen. We had some lively discussions over the years. Ironically, I was in a pine stand on Friday with a landowner who told me his pine was worthless and not worth managing. I shared Bill's story with him, and I think I changed the guys mind. I had no idea at the time that Bill was already gone. While he will be missed, his legacy lives on in many, many ways. Jeremy

John Fussell

551w ago

Anyone who knew Bill is sad today. If there were an owner�s manual for how to be a good person, it would be based his life. He has taught me (and many others) what it means to be a human being, and a man. He was interested in people not for what he could get from them, but for what he could give them. In the thirty plus years I have had the honor to know Bill, there has been no one as altruistic as him. Additionally, who do YOU know that could plant some trees, cut them down, build his dream from them and write a poem about it? He was truly a renaissance man. Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other Leo Buscaglia

Willys L Smith

551w ago

I met Bill Barricks when i started to work for United Tool and DIe. Bill was the general foreman of the shop. Bill taught the skilled trades classes at the salem memorial building. While being the boss, Bill still found time for personal time with each of us apprentices'. I have a couple of Bill's poem books. When I moved on to Lordstown General Motors, Bill found his way there after the UTD shop closed. Bill was one of the hardest working die makers there. That is one thing about Bill, you always got 100%. I will go back now and reread the books of poems that Bill gave to me. Our condolences, we send to each of the family. Many GOOD memories from knowing Mr. William Bill Barricks. God Bless Willys and Sandy Smith

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