**EXHIBIT 32.2**

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**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO**

**18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TOSECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

     In connection with the Quarterly Report of LaBarge, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 29, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I,Donald H. Nonnenkamp, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company, certify, to the best of my knowledge, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
|      | 1.           |     | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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|                     | 2.           |               | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |

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| Dated:  May 8, 2009                               |                                                                                                                                                                  | /S/DONALD H. NONNENKAMP                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                 | Donald H. Nonnenkamp Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |