William Harry Barrett, Sr. – Hookstown

William Harry Barrett, Sr., 81, of Hookstown, PA, passed away peacefully on December 5th, 2022, surrounded by his loving family at the VA Medical Center in Pittsburgh. He was born on March 8th, 1941, in East Liverpool, OH to the late John and Wilda Marie (Sayers) Barrett. He was a decorated military veteran that served in the US Army as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division, Army Rangers and in the elite Special Forces during the pre-Vietnam/early Vietnam era. Upon his discharge, he worked at J&L Steel, J&L Structural as a Maintenance Engineer and as a Structural Superintendent at some of the area’s top heavy construction companies, where he worked on many of the buildings and bridges in the greater Pittsburgh area. Continue reading →