Barry Michael Pikolas, 59, of Asheville, NC, passed into eternal life on Wednesday, January 28, 2009. A native of Lancaster, PA, he was a son of the late Tony and Helen Simmons Pikolas.

Barry attended J.P. McCaskey High School in Lancaster, where he was a co-captain of the track team and played football. He was also inducted into the J.P. McCaskey Hall of Fame, where his shot put record, set in 1967, still stands to this day. After high school, he enrolled at West Chester University, where he pursued weightlifting and held the national collegiate record for the dead-lift.

Barry was passionate about antiques, fishing, the beach and nature in general. Most importantly, his daughters and granddaughter are his true "Hall of Fame".

He will be greatly missed and always loved by his two daughters, Brooke Babiker and her husband, Sami, of Asheville and Ashley Pikolas and Randy Graffa and their daughter, Kaia Yalena Sage Graffa, also of Asheville and one brother, John Pikolas and his wife, Beverly, of Lancaster, PA.

A Celebration of Life service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, February 14, 2009 at Charles F. Snyder Funeral Home, 414 E. King Street, Lancaster, PA 17602.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial donations be made to one's local Boys and Girls Club of America ( www.bgca.org ).