Robert A. Lindberg, a World War II Army veteran and prisoner of war in France in 1944, spent decades as building supervisor for a Barrington bank, said his son Terry. Mr. Lindberg, 83, died of a heart attack Sunday, March 14, in Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington. Born in Chicago, he was raised in Barrington. After graduating from high school, he joined the Army Signal Corps in 1942 to be a radioman. In 1943, he married his wife, Ruth, then was transferred to Europe, where he carried canisters of machine gun ammunition, his son said. His wife received word that her husband was missing in action in December 1944, his son said. “He picked potatoes for the German Army,” he said. “They kept moving him as the Allied forces would advance.” After Mr. Lindberg’s liberation in 1945, he spent some time recovering from malnutrition and other ailments, and returned to Barrington. For several years, he delivered laundry in Arlington Heights and Palatine. He left that job to join First National Bank of Barrington, now Harris Bank, where he was building supervisor until his retirement in 1990. “My dad could fix anything. I remember after breaking a window, he showed [his children] how to change it and made us do it,” his son said. He was on the building and grounds committee at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Barrington, where he taught Sunday school for 40 years. In addition to his wife and son, survivors include another son, Bob; a daughter, Karin Poremba; two sisters, Joy and Florence Bennett; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Davenport Family Funeral Home, 149 W. Main St., Barrington, and at 10 a.m. Friday in St. Paul United Church of Christ, 401 E. Main St., Barrington, followed by funeral services at 11 a.m.
