Richard D. Barany

BARRE – Richard Davis Barany, 87, passed away on Friday, September 14, 2018 at his home in Barre after a long illness.

Born in Bound Brook, New Jersey he was the son of Alexander and Lillian (Davis) Barany.   Dick was raised in Brooklyn, NY attending local schools there. He moved to Waterbury, VT in 1949.

In 1951, he married Sally Gilman. They later divorced in 1972.

Dick served in the U.S. Army for over nine months with the 5 ^th RCT at the Punch Bowl in Korea. After his honorable discharge in 1953, he was employed at Stowe Ski Lifts and Sugarbush Gondolas.

In 1960 he and his family moved to Connecticut where he was employed at Parker-Hartford Machine Shop. The family returned to Waterbury, VT in 1969 and Dick went to work for IBM and was employed there until his retirement in 1991.

Dick was very active as a leader in disaster relief for the American Red Cross from 1985 until 1998, serving in 24 disasters across the U.S. and its territories. It was at the Grand Forks, ND flood in 1997 that he met and then married another volunteer, Kate Leavy, from Cleveland, OH. After their marriage, they made their home in Waterbury until 2000 when they moved to Barre. Also, in 2000, Dick gave his life to Jesus at the Hunger Mountain Christian Assembly in Waterbury Center.

His memberships included the NRA where he was a lifetime member, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (who buy land for the preservation of elk), and the North American Hunters.

Survivors include his wife, Kate Barany of Barre; and his four children, Larry (Janet) of White Bird, ID; Liana (Dee) Walters of Montpelier, VT; Richard A. (Princess) of Lemhi, ID; Robert “Bucky” (Kristin) of Danville, VT; his step-son Chris Leavy of Columbus, OH; his sister Jean Detroi of Cornelius, NC; as well as seven grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, three nephews, and one niece.

In his earlier healthy days, Dick loved to hike, hunt, fish…skills he taught and enjoyed with his sons. They now have lived his dream in Idaho. He instilled honesty and independence in his kids. In his aging, despite the incapacity of increased heart and lung illnesses, he continued to bake exotic breads and can pickles.

Dick did not want a funeral or memorial service. After cremation, his ashes will be scattered by his sons at Panther Creek where he loved to hunt elk and deer with them.