Lynn Shumate passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the Ottumwa Daily Courier on 2024-02-09.
PULASKI â Former state Sen. H. Douglas Barclay died Sunday, leaving behind a legacy of exemplary public service.
Mr. Barclay, 88, was over the course of his vast career an attorney, state senator, U.S. ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, military veteran and businessman, all while never straying far from the Oswego County land his family has farmed since 1807, now known as Douglaston Manor.
Educated as a child at Pulaski Academy, including for a time in a one-room schoolhouse, Mr. Barclay later attended St. Paulâs School in Concord, N.H., before obtaining his bachelorâs degree at Yale University, New Haven, Conn., in 1955.