The Bellingham Herald (WA) 19 Nov 1996, Tue
Visitation for Clarence A. "Doc" Barnes Jr. of Lynden will be until 9 tonight and from 9 am to noon Wednesday at Gillies Funeral Home in Lynden. Burial will be at 1 pm Wednesday in Greenacres Memorial Park, followed by a funeral at 2 pm at Lynden United Methodist Church with the Rev. Joyce O'Conner-Magee officiating. Mr. Barnes died at home Saturday, Nov 16, 1996. He was 81.
Born May 23, 1915 in Offerle, Kan to Clarence and Erma Gee Barnes Sr., he grew up in Mullinville, Kan, graduating from Mullinville High School in 1934.
He married his first wife Leola in 1941. The same year, he joined the US Army Air Corps. After his discharge in 1945, he worked for what is now Northwest Pipeline.
Mr. Barnes first came to the Sumas area in 1954 when he worked at the pipeline's compressor station. He moved to Idaho for a few years, then returned to Sumas, where he retired in 1976 as superintendent of the station.
After his first wife's death in 1973, he married Marjorie Ayer in Clyde, Texas. They lived in Lynden since 1976.
Mr. Barnes was a member of Lynden United Methodist Church and the Sumas Veteran of Foreign Wars.
In addition to his first wife, he was preceded in death by a son Tommie Barnes in 1988.
Survivors include his wife of the family home; son C. A. "Butch" Barnes of Qatar; sisters Lena Hawkins and Ethel Price, both of Greensburg, Kan; stepdaughters Rita Lahman of Everett and Lynn Abbott of Farmington, NM; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives.
Memorials may be made to Lynden United Methodist Church.
Visitation for Clarence A. "Doc" Barnes Jr. of Lynden will be until 9 tonight and from 9 am to noon Wednesday at Gillies Funeral Home in Lynden. Burial will be at 1 pm Wednesday in Greenacres Memorial Park, followed by a funeral at 2 pm at Lynden United Methodist Church with the Rev. Joyce O'Conner-Magee officiating. Mr. Barnes died at home Saturday, Nov 16, 1996. He was 81.
Born May 23, 1915 in Offerle, Kan to Clarence and Erma Gee Barnes Sr., he grew up in Mullinville, Kan, graduating from Mullinville High School in 1934.
He married his first wife Leola in 1941. The same year, he joined the US Army Air Corps. After his discharge in 1945, he worked for what is now Northwest Pipeline.
Mr. Barnes first came to the Sumas area in 1954 when he worked at the pipeline's compressor station. He moved to Idaho for a few years, then returned to Sumas, where he retired in 1976 as superintendent of the station.
After his first wife's death in 1973, he married Marjorie Ayer in Clyde, Texas. They lived in Lynden since 1976.
Mr. Barnes was a member of Lynden United Methodist Church and the Sumas Veteran of Foreign Wars.
In addition to his first wife, he was preceded in death by a son Tommie Barnes in 1988.
Survivors include his wife of the family home; son C. A. "Butch" Barnes of Qatar; sisters Lena Hawkins and Ethel Price, both of Greensburg, Kan; stepdaughters Rita Lahman of Everett and Lynn Abbott of Farmington, NM; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives.
Memorials may be made to Lynden United Methodist Church.
The Bellingham Herald (WA) 19 Nov 1996, Tue
Visitation for Clarence A. "Doc" Barnes Jr. of Lynden will be until 9 tonight and from 9 am to noon Wednesday at Gillies Funeral Home in Lynden. Burial will be at 1 pm Wednesday in Greenacres Memorial Park, followed by a funeral at 2 pm at Lynden United Methodist Church with the Rev. Joyce O'Conner-Magee officiating. Mr. Barnes died at home Saturday, Nov 16, 1996. He was 81.
Born May 23, 1915 in Offerle, Kan to Clarence and Erma Gee Barnes Sr., he grew up in Mullinville, Kan, graduating from Mullinville High School in 1934.
He married his first wife Leola in 1941. The same year, he joined the US Army Air Corps. After his discharge in 1945, he worked for what is now Northwest Pipeline.
Mr. Barnes first came to the Sumas area in 1954 when he worked at the pipeline's compressor station. He moved to Idaho for a few years, then returned to Sumas, where he retired in 1976 as superintendent of the station.
After his first wife's death in 1973, he married Marjorie Ayer in Clyde, Texas. They lived in Lynden since 1976.
Mr. Barnes was a member of Lynden United Methodist Church and the Sumas Veteran of Foreign Wars.
In addition to his first wife, he was preceded in death by a son Tommie Barnes in 1988.
Survivors include his wife of the family home; son C. A. "Butch" Barnes of Qatar; sisters Lena Hawkins and Ethel Price, both of Greensburg, Kan; stepdaughters Rita Lahman of Everett and Lynn Abbott of Farmington, NM; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives.
Memorials may be made to Lynden United Methodist Church.
Visitation for Clarence A. "Doc" Barnes Jr. of Lynden will be until 9 tonight and from 9 am to noon Wednesday at Gillies Funeral Home in Lynden. Burial will be at 1 pm Wednesday in Greenacres Memorial Park, followed by a funeral at 2 pm at Lynden United Methodist Church with the Rev. Joyce O'Conner-Magee officiating. Mr. Barnes died at home Saturday, Nov 16, 1996. He was 81.
Born May 23, 1915 in Offerle, Kan to Clarence and Erma Gee Barnes Sr., he grew up in Mullinville, Kan, graduating from Mullinville High School in 1934.
He married his first wife Leola in 1941. The same year, he joined the US Army Air Corps. After his discharge in 1945, he worked for what is now Northwest Pipeline.
Mr. Barnes first came to the Sumas area in 1954 when he worked at the pipeline's compressor station. He moved to Idaho for a few years, then returned to Sumas, where he retired in 1976 as superintendent of the station.
After his first wife's death in 1973, he married Marjorie Ayer in Clyde, Texas. They lived in Lynden since 1976.
Mr. Barnes was a member of Lynden United Methodist Church and the Sumas Veteran of Foreign Wars.
In addition to his first wife, he was preceded in death by a son Tommie Barnes in 1988.
Survivors include his wife of the family home; son C. A. "Butch" Barnes of Qatar; sisters Lena Hawkins and Ethel Price, both of Greensburg, Kan; stepdaughters Rita Lahman of Everett and Lynn Abbott of Farmington, NM; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives.
Memorials may be made to Lynden United Methodist Church.
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