It is with a saddened heart that we announce the passing of Irene Barry-Gonzalez, who died after a brief illness on July 4 in Austell, Ga. She was born on Jan. 10, 1939, on Tortola, British Virgin Islands, to her late parents Phillip and Floresa Barry of Mt. Fertile, Tortola. She resided on St. Thomas at the Michael J. Kirwan Terrace Housing Community for over 50 years.