Charles Edward Harshbarger Jr.

HARSHBARGER, JR. Charles Edward Harshbarger, Jr., 72, Great Falls, Fairfax County, Va., formerly of Overland Park, Kan., died Sunday, January 20, 2013. He courageously fought numerous battles with Cancer over 18 years, and died peacefully at home surrounded by family. He was born Oct. 12, 1940, in Tuscola, Ill., to Charles Edward Harshbarger, Sr. and Alma Grace Swick Harshbarger. His childhood years were spent in Arcola, Ill. He graduated from Arcola High School where he excelled in both academics and athletic abilities. He was most proud of being a part of the 1958 Arcola High basketball team, and led the team to the "Sweet 16" for the first time in school history. He graduated with an agricultural economics degree from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He completed a Master's degree at the University of Illinois and then earned a Ph.D. degree in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University. He was an Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri for four years. He was an officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, before 1983, when he joined the Farm Credit Administration in Washington, DC. On June 30, 1962, he married Lianne Allen Harshbarger. This marriage was blessed with two daughters and one son. The surviving children and spouses include Shannon (John) Mullen of Shawnee, Kan., Lance (Sonya) Harshbarger, Olathe, Kan., Allison (David) Adams, Mineral Wells, Texas. Ed remarried in May of 1987. His wife, Mehrangiz "Mary" Khanizadeh Harshbarger, of Great Falls, Va., survives, as do her two children, Yassie (Matt) Hatley, Sterling, Va., and Kayvan Khanizadeh, Great Falls, Va. Ed is survived by his mother, Alma G. Harshbarger of Arcola, Ill., and two brothers, Bill Harshbarger (Lynne), Arcola, Ill., and Bob Harshbarger (Vicki) Lithia Springs, Ga. He is also survived by 11 grandchildren, Shelby, Shane and Paige Mullen, Shawnee, Kan., Olivia, Caroline and Julia Harshbarger, Olathe, Kan., Chloe, Jett, Miles Adams, Mineral Wells, Texas, Liam and Ruby Hatley, Sterling, Va. Ed had an adventuresome spirit and enjoyed golf, white water rafting, skiing, and Civil War history, his family farm and visiting his children and grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father, Charles Edward Harshbarger, Sr. A Memorial service was held Saturday, Jan. 26, at Adams-Green Funeral Home in Hendon, Va. A Memorial service is also being held Feb. 2, at the Arcola Presbyterian Church in Arcola, Ill. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society online at www.cancer.org.