Thomas G. Barron Sr., who had been a streetcar motorman as well as a bus and trackless trolley driver, died of cancer Sunday at his home on Waltham Woods Road in Parkville. He was 84.
Services for Mr. Barron were being held today at the Loring Byers funeral establishment, 8728 Liberty Road, Randallstown.
Born in the Charlestown, W. Va., area, he came to Baltimore as a youth and worked for a time at the American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Co. before joining the transit company.
He is survived by his wife of 63 years, the former Elsie L. Reathman; three daughters, Gloria M. Schaefer of Baltimore, Patricia A. Johnson of Rialto and Mary Lou Martin of San Bernardino, Calif.; a son, Thomas G. Barron 2nd of Westminster; a sister, Mary Ann Brockmann of Waynesboro, Pa.; 11 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.