John Peter Barclay Jr

John Peter Barclay, Jr., chairman and CEO of Wire Rope Corporation of America, died Saturday February 6 2021. Barclay, also known as Jack, was 90. The Corporation and Barclay family moved to St. Joseph in 1950. Barclay took over the position of CEO in 1962. He spent his entire career with the corporation. Barclay was a board member and past president at Albrecht Art Museum. He was a board member for the St. Joseph Country Club, the St. Joseph Symphony and United Way of Greater St. Joseph. He also was a past member of the Executive Committee of the Boy Scouts of America, Pony Express Council, as well as a member of the Mic-o-say tribe. Barclay was born in New Haven, Connecticut on Jan. 16, 1930. He attended Dartmouth College where he received his MBA in 1954. On Dec. 12, 1967, Barclay married Billie Jewel Kissane. She died in 2003 after a long battle with cancer — just three days before their 36th wedding anniversary. Barclay was preceded in death by his wife, his father John Peter Barclay Sr., his mother Leola Mae Judkins and his son Jeffery Stuart Barclay. Barclay is survived by four children, Robin Lee Barclay, Victoria Page Barclay, Margaret Lynn Barclay and John Peter Barclay III.