Barry Poorman, 63, of Kennewick, passed away on December 21, 2012 at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington.
He was born on June 29, 1949 to Raymond and Alice (Dreher) Poorman in Medina, Ohio. He attended school at Medina High School and Athens College Georgia and WSU Tri-Cities for his PhD for years. Barry worked as a Rad Tech at Fluor Hanford/ Washington Closure. He moved to the Tri-Cities in the early 1980's.
Barry is survived by his son - Eric and Cheri Poorman; 3 daughters Tracy, Carrie, Aubrey; 9 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; 2 brothers; 1 sister; and good friends Al Stockburger and Denny Ingram.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, December 27, 2012, 1:00 p.m. at Mueller's Tri-Cities Funeral Home, 1401 S. Union Street, Kennewick, with visitation beginning at 11:30 a.m. Burial will follow at Desert Lawn Memorial Park.
The family invites you to sign their online guestbook at www. muellersfuneralhomes.com.
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Sorry to hear :-( I've worked with Barry since 1993...Great guy
RIP Barry
105KW
:'( Worked shift with him at 100N during the operating days with BT. He loved his guns. It sucks when people you worked with start dropping.........................
I also worked with Barry at 100-N back in its heyday. The reactor would shut down about very 6 weeks for scheduled/unscheduled repairs and when the reactor was down, we worked enormous amounts of overtime. All of us Techs were union and the company was required to ask us to work overtime. Often this would mean that somebody from the plant would call you in the middle of your night (rotating shifts) and ask if you could come in for the next shift. My only question would be what shift I would be working on? (ABC or D). If the answer was "B" I would always say yes. Barry was the Supervisor on B shift and you knew that you would always be treated right. Barry Poorman was a good man and he always tried to do the right thing even when he knew that doing that thing was going to limit career prospects and future compensation. I am sorry to say that I haven't met too many people like that in this lifetime. God bless you Barry.
Conan Wade