Obituary of Richard Joseph Barber

Richard Joseph Barber passed away Wednesday, July 7, 2021 from complications of heart surgery at the age of 77. Husband to Nancy Barber, father of four, grandfather to eleven, father figure to hundreds of students.Richard was born June 21, 1944 to Joe and Frannie Barber. He grew up to love music, trained in operatic singing, and spent his early adulthood years teaching theater, choir, band, and orchestra in private and public schools. In his early forties, he went to Bible school, graduated, and became ordained as a minister of the Gospel. He served in two churches as pastor and many more churches as interim pastor and choir director. Through several years of study, he acquired certification as a piano tuner and had a small business tuning pianos for the last nineteen years of his life.He loved Jesus. He loved his family. He loved animals and children and all good things God created. He loved to write music that reflected the beauty of God and gave all who listened to it and performed it a glimpse of that beauty. He will be greatly missed.Visitation, 11:00AM-12:00PM, Funeral Service immediately following, 12:00PM, Thursday, July 15, 2021, High Country Baptist Church, 865 Westmoreland Road, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80907.The family has provided live streaming of the service via Zoom for those who cannot attend in person. The link to watch is located on Richard's obituary page in the Events section on The Springs Funeral Services website. If prompted for a passcode, please enter 210293.Interment, Evergreen Cemetery, 1005 Hancock Expressway, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903. Events Visitation Thursday, July 15, 2021 11:00AM - 12:00PM High Country Baptist Church 865 Westmoreland Road Colorado Springs, CO 80907 Phone: (719) 473-2446 Funeral Service Thursday, July 15, 2021 12:00PM High Country Baptist Church 865 Westmoreland Road Colorado Springs, CO 80907 Phone: (719) 473-2446 Final Resting Place Evergreen Cemetery 1005 Hancock Expressway Colorado Springs, CO 80903