UPDATE: The celebration of life service for Paul Barbarick has been postponed, and a new date has not yet been scheduled. Please share this information with anyone you know who might be planning to attend.
Sympathy is extended to family and friends of Paul Barbarick, former longtime teacher and coach at Ray-Pec High School, who passed away on July 15 at his home in Pleasant Hill. Paul was a teacher for 30 years at Ray-Pec High School. He also coached athletes in football, wrestling, and baseball, and was the head wrestling coach for 28 years. He led his wrestlers to the state championship in 1990. Paul founded the Raymore-Peculiar Youth Wrestling program, which began in 1987. He was inducted into the Missouri USA Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2010. Obituary Survivors include son Brett Barbarick, a teacher and coach at Ray-Pec High School, and daughter-in-law Stacy Barbarick, a teacher at Eagle Glen Elementary School.