Tracy Barr

TRACY TYLER BARR, 45 BELVIDERE - Tracy Tyler Barr, 45, of Belvidere died Thursday, May 13, 2010, in his home, surrounded by his loving family, after a long and courageous fight with kidney cancer. Tracy was born Feb. 12, 1965, in Belvidere, the son of Butch and Priscilla (Smith) Barr. Graduated from Belvidere High School in 1983 as valedictorian. He then graduated from Augustana College also as valedictorian. Married Cindy K. Sanford on July 22, 1989, in Jefferson Prairie Lutheran Church in rural Poplar Grove. He was the vice president of project management and planning for Anderson Packaging. Tracy was an amazing man, loving husband, father, son, brother and friend who will be missed and loved by all including wife, Cindy; children, Dalton and Delaney; mother, Pat Barr of Belvidere; grandmother, June Barr of Belvidere; sister, Debbie (Mike) Clanin of Belvidere; uncles, Jeff (Jan) Barr, Mike (Sharon Reynolds) Barr and Richard (Pat) Smith, all of Belvidere; father and mother in-law, Donald and Patricia Sanford of Rockford; sisters-in-law, Carmen Matus of Belvidere and Cheri Sanford of Caledonia; nieces and nephews, Nathan and Benjamin Clanin, Jeremy and Mandi Matus, Dugan (Erica Caruana), Cormaic and Aubrey Winkie. Predeceased by father, Butch, and grandparents, Eldon (Bud) Barr and Fred and Maude Smith. Memorial service at 11 a.m. Monday, May 17, in Jefferson Prairie Lutheran Church, 23184 Bergen Road, Poplar Grove, with the Rev. Thomas Groth, pastor, officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be given in care of the Kidney Cancer Association in Tracy's memory. Arrangements by Buck-Wheeler-Hyland Funeral Home, 218 W. Hurlbut Ave., Belvidere, IL, 61008. To light a candle or to share a memory, please visit buckwheelerhyland.com.>