Joseph Donald Barrick passed away Aug. 25, 2024. Joe was born on Aug. 26, 1934, in Kansas City, MO, to Foster Dewey Barrick and Mary Alice (Lill) Barrick. He married Kay Paula Knouse on November 26, 1959, at St. Francis Church in Oklahoma City. Kay passed in 2018. Joe received a PhD from Oklahoma University and taught mathematics, and coached men’s baseball and women’s basketball, at St. Gregory’s College and retired in 1996 after 30 years. Later, Joe enjoyed volunteer service at SSM Hospital and St. Benedict’s Church.
Joe is survived by his three children Timothy Barrick and wife Jamie, Rebecca Mickelson and husband Ryan, and Pamela Baker and husband Douglas; seven grandchildren, Grant Barrick and fiancée Megan Dehn, Jack Barrick and wife Sarah, Ashlee Mickelson and fiancé Dayvon Taylor, Christopher and Marc Mickelson, and Justin and Alexander Baker, and along with many cousins, nieces and nephews and their families.
Services will be held at St. Benedict’s church (632 N. Kickapoo, Shawnee) with a funeral service at 10 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 29. Joe will be buried at Calvary Cemetery in Shawnee.
