The family invites you to help us remember Bob at his Celebration of Life Service, 11:00 am on Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at Helmer United Methodist Church, in Hudson, IN. Burial will be at Marion National Cemetery.

Robert “Bob” Frederick Barge, 83, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother passed away peacefully at home on June 16, 2017, in Angola, IN.  He is survived by his wife, Janet, in their 60th year of marriage; children, Robert, “Bob” (Beth) of Fishers, IN, and William, “Bill” (Marie) of Angola, IN. He was blessed with six grandchildren: Elizabeth, Andrew, Megan, Anna, Emily, and Grace. Siblings, Roland (Mariann) Barge and Janet (Stan) Perry, and many loving nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Roland and Elsie Barge, and grandson, David Barge.

Bob was born in Elizabeth, NJ, on April 21, 1934. He was raised in Union, NJ, where he graduated from Union High School. He attended Union Junior College & Pratt Institute. He then went to work at AT&T Bell Laboratories as a draftsman where he met his wife, Janet. He was drafted and served in the US Army as a radar instructor at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. After his military service, he returned to AT&T Bell Laboratories working in development and systems engineering for 35 years at Murray Hill, NJ, Holmdel, NJ, and Naperville, IL.

Bob grew up as an avid baseball fan, following the New York Yankees, coaching Little League Baseball in Naperville (IL) for over ten years, and later coaching his granddaughter’s Angola Kids League T-ball team.

He served on the senior advisory council for Aging & In-Home Services, representing Steuben County, and the Herrington Heights Homeowners Association Board.

Bob enjoyed spending time after retirement at baseball spring training in Tampa, FL, watching the Yankees, exercising at the YMCA, taking cruises around the Caribbean, and ballroom dancing. He loved his grandchildren and attended many of their sports games, ballet recitals, plays, and musicals.

The family invites you to help us remember Bob at his Celebration of Life Service, 11:00 am on Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at Helmer United Methodist Church, in Hudson, IN. Burial will be at Marion National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to either Helmer United Methodist Church (7530 S. State Road 327, Hudson, IN 46747) or Fairview Missionary Church (525 E. 200 N., Angola, IN 46703). Arrangements entrusted to Indiana Funeral Care.