Lorne Melvin Barringer

Our Lorne was accomplished. Japanese, Chinese, Russian, and German were languages he could read, write, translate, and/or speak. All self-taught. He knew much about music but particularly loved classical and opera. The history, the composers; he even wrote music himself. Ever since Mom took him to the symphony when he was four years old, he was smitten. As a teen, he read music scores the way other people read books. And when he was finally able to afford a musical instrument, he played beautifully, especially the piano. All self-taught. And his art. Some of his best work happened before he was twenty and his landscapes are museum worthy. Again, all self-taught. Lorne attracted knowledge like static electricity. As teens, I was baffled at how I had to work so hard studying to be a good student in school and he never seemed to study at all. He acquired knowledge unconventionally.

And Lorne cherished his immediate family; his sister, Nancy (the one who envied this phenomenal skill), his two nieces, Natalie Kay Mintz and Amanda Ruth Mintz, and a few close friends. And when the acceptable paths to mainstream success in life eluded him, he took comfort in his accomplishments. And so did we.

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Arrangements entrusted to Bleitz Funeral Home of Seattle, Washington.