Barrett Ryan Palsa, a great man, one many cannot begin to live up to. Barrett was wrapped in the arms of Jesus late Saturday night, September 27th, 2025; to go do something beyond the good that he could do here on Earth. He was born on January 5th, 1975 and graduated high school with the class of 1993, where he made his best friends Todd Miles and Traci Ward. He is preceded in death by his father, George Samuel Palsa; his brother, Brent Matthew Palsa. He is survived by his daughter, Abby Palsa, a love of his life, Michelle Strickland; his stepdaughter’s, whom he considered his own, Haley Campbell (Josh Campbell), Heather Alexander (Bryan Alexander), and Holly Pierce (Timothy Pierce); his grandson, his light, as he called him his “son” (sun), Bryght Barrett Lee Bookout; his grandson, Kaleb Boyle; his granddaughters, Brooke Boyle, Calee Fuller, Saygan Ashcraft, Hadley Fuller, Teagan Pierce, Birkley Alexander; his great-grandson, Maverick Blalock; his nephew, Trenten Palsa; his mother Betty; and loved ones, P.J. Bookout & Zach Reed.
He worked hard, for 30+ years for Bigham Ag, where he was a machinist and a prominent welder. While working here Barrett met some of his best friends, George, James, Bobbi, Mark, LaTonya, Sheila, and many more could be listed. He worked hard and he put his all into everything he did. This includes family, which was a second job, seemingly being he was the glue that held it all together. The thing about Barrett is he never had a complaint. Materialistic things did not make him happy, making others happy made him happy, providing for others made him happy. As well as playing with his grandson, family, fishing, car races and thinking his jokes he’d tell were funny (they were… and honest). He was the sun shining down that could not be turned into night, if ever he were flickering, he’d stand tall, putting a smile on his face, never acting as if he was in pain. Hard Headed, he was. He is and was an exceptional father, a sunbeam of a grandfather, and a better half and friend that was hard to find. An honest man. When he loved, he meant to.
A visitation will be Thursday, October 2, 2025 beginning at 1:00PM until 2:30PM at Westbrook Funeral Home in Hazen. Funeral services will follow beginning at 3:00PM at the Carlisle Cemetery Pavilion in Carlisle.