Ingleside, Texas – Ruth H. Barr passed away on January 27, 2012. Ruth was born on January 14, 1922 in Port O’Connor, Texas to William & Elizabeth Heinroth. She was raised at the Matagorda Light House where her grandfather and father were the lighthouse keepers.

She was a prior resident of Port O’Connor and moved to Ingleside in 1998, where she was a member of Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Arthur B. Barr and brother, Albert Heinroth. She is survived by two daughters, Cecilia (Charles) Campbell and Lorna Barr, both of Ingleside; grandchild, Chris Reis of Portland; and extended family, Mary Ann and Margaret Claiborne of Port O’Connor.

A mass was celebrated on Monday, January 30, 2012, 10:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Ingleside. Burial followed at the Port O’Connor Cemetery at 3:00 p.m. in Port O’Connor, Texas.