Kevin BARE

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• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Bellmont, Wabash Co., Illinois
• Census: 1940, Living with parents in Bellmont, Wabash Co., Illinois

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Duward was the son of Arthur Lorenzo and Edna Josephine Bare. He was one of the nine children born to them.

Arthur, Edna and their children lived on a one acre plot of land in Bellmont, Illinois where Arthur and Edna raised their children.

Duward served his country honorably in the military. He was a B-17 bombardier and a navigator with the 8th Air Force and was shot down over Germany while flying in the "Gung Ho". He was a POW in Stalag Luft until liberated.

After the war, Duward married his English girlfriend, Vera Price, and lived in England for a year where the first of his two children was born. He then moved to Riverdale, Illinois, a south suburb of Chicago where their second child was born.

Duward was an electrical engineer by training and worked at Andrews and Blue M Electric. At one point he also co-owned Bare's Radio and Television store at 142nd and Indiana Ave. in Riverdale. He repaired radios and televisions in the back and sold records in the front of the store.

He was very interested in the workings of the mind and the world around him. He loved to think and talk about reincarnation, love, time, and anything that piqued his interest.

He and Vera moved to Lynwood later and then, after Vera passed, he lived in Lansing, Illinois. The final years of his life were spent near his daughter in DeKalb, Illinois. Duward died at the age of 91. He and his wife are buried in a cemetery in Homewood, Illinois.


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DeKALB ? Duward J. Bare, 91, of DeKalb, Ill., formerly of Lansing and Riverdale, passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2013. He was a U.S. Army veteran.
He is survived by his beloved children, Beverley (Carl) Buehrer and Kevin (Nancy) Bare; cherished granddaughter, Rachel Bare; dear sisters and brother, Evah Veihman, Arlene Peach and Doyle Bare; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Duward was preceded in death by his wife, Vera Bare; and siblings Wilford Bare, Dale Bare, Joan Miles, Shirley Fitzgerald and Edith Corrie.
Family and friends will gather to celebrate Duward's life with a visitation from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 19, and a funeral service at 7:30 p.m. at Castle Hill Funeral Home, 248 155th Place, Calumet City.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to DeKalb County Hospice or South Suburban Humane Society are appreciated. - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/daily-chronicle/obituary.aspx?n=duward-j-bare&pid=164313099#sthash.Ou76wd5y.dpuf

Duward married Vera PRICE. Vera was born on 23 Apr 1926 in England; died on 5 Jun 1996 in Munster, Lake Co., Indiana; was buried in Memorial Gardens, Homewood, Cook Co., Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Vera Price was born in England and lived there until a year after meeting a handsome American B-17 bombardier/navigator, Duward Bare. The two married, lived in England a year where the first of their two children was born, then moved to Riverdale, Illinois where their second child was born. Later in her life, Duward and Vera moved to a home in Lynwood, Illinois on Lake Lynwood.

Vera loved her family and was often a homeroom mother for her children's classes. She loved to bake, sew, knit and crochet. She was also a skilled artisan making beautiful stained glass pieces.

Vera's home was always filled with barking and frolicking dogs. After retiring as a secretary, she worked tirelessly on behalf of those dogs whose lives were not as happy as her own when she did rescue and adoption work for the South Suburban Humane Society.

Vera passed very suddenly on Wednesday, June 5, 1996, at the age of 70. She is buried with her husband in a cemetery in Homewood,Illinois.