Albert Eugene "Barney" Charron, 91, of Emmaus, died January 8, 2013, in the Inpatient Hospice Unit at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, after a brief illness. He was the husband of LaMae E. (Schaffer) Charron. They were married for 44 years. Born in Plainfield Township, Northampton County, he was the son of the late Albert E. and Susanna I. (Deibler) Charron.

He was the proprietor and president of Barney's Diner Inc., in Emmaus for 30 years, retiring in 1986.

During World War II, he was stationed in England where he proudly served in the U.S. Army Air Corps.

He was an avid restorer and collector of antique Ford automobiles and he served as a former president of the Ontelaunee Region of the Antique Automobile Club of America.

He was a long-standing member of Jerusalem Western Salisbury Church where he served from 1989 to 1997 as financial secretary and for many years baked pies for charitable fundraising activities for the church.

He is survived by his wife; daughters, Susan M., of Macungie, and Jacqueline A. and her husband William Driscoll, of Allentown; a son, Albert E. Jr., M.D., and his wife Amy, M.D., of Erie; sister, Ruth D. Tashner; grandchildren, Kate C. and her husband Thomas J. Hendricks Jr., Lindsey, Luke and Lily; great-grandson, Ziven Hendricks; many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his first wife, Virgie Mae (Green); three brothers, George Robert, Lewis Charles and James R.D.; three sisters, Mabel Meyers, Evelyn Griffith, and Lucille Smolenyak; a granddaughter, Allison Marie.

Contributions may be made to the church, 3441 Devonshire Road, Allentown, 18103.

Arrangements were made by the Bachman, Kulik & Reinsmith Funeral Home, Emmaus.