Edwin Forest Barnum, 73, died Thursday morning at his ranch near Proctor of natural causes. He was born Nov. 11,1911 to Henry and Blanche Barnum in Oakdale, Neb. As a youngster, he moved to South Dakota. In 1937, he married Margaret Ramey in Miller, S.D. The couple resided on a prairie ranch near Highmore, S.D. Following a move to the state of Washington, Barnum worked in a lumber mill at Raymond, Wash. The family returned to South Dakota and then moved to Montana, where they settled on a ranch in the Bitterroot Valley in 1956. After a divorce, Barnum moved to Proctor on the west shore of Flathead Lake, where he owned and operated a ranch. In 1969, he married Mary Derkson. He was preceded in death by a son, Wayne, who died in Vietnam in 1968. Survivors Include his wife, who lives in Proctor; a son, Glen of Polson; two stepchildren, Mark Wentzel of California and Angela Wentzel of Proctor, two brothers, Flavious Barnum, Raymond, Wash, and Eugene Barnum of South Bend, Wash.; three sisters, Mary Swanson of Raymond, Wash., Ada Selting of Faulkton, S.D. and Mabelle of Sioux Falls, S.D. and by two grandchildren, Glen and Gary Barnum of Polson. Burial will follow in Mountainview Cemetery in Ronan. (Full obit is in Ravalli Republic, Hamilton, Montana, Tuesday, April 30, 1985)
Contributor: Ferry (46589713) •
Contributor: Ferry (46589713) •
Edwin Forest Barnum, 73, died Thursday morning at his ranch near Proctor of natural causes. He was born Nov. 11,1911 to Henry and Blanche Barnum in Oakdale, Neb. As a youngster, he moved to South Dakota. In 1937, he married Margaret Ramey in Miller, S.D. The couple resided on a prairie ranch near Highmore, S.D. Following a move to the state of Washington, Barnum worked in a lumber mill at Raymond, Wash. The family returned to South Dakota and then moved to Montana, where they settled on a ranch in the Bitterroot Valley in 1956. After a divorce, Barnum moved to Proctor on the west shore of Flathead Lake, where he owned and operated a ranch. In 1969, he married Mary Derkson. He was preceded in death by a son, Wayne, who died in Vietnam in 1968. Survivors Include his wife, who lives in Proctor; a son, Glen of Polson; two stepchildren, Mark Wentzel of California and Angela Wentzel of Proctor, two brothers, Flavious Barnum, Raymond, Wash, and Eugene Barnum of South Bend, Wash.; three sisters, Mary Swanson of Raymond, Wash., Ada Selting of Faulkton, S.D. and Mabelle of Sioux Falls, S.D. and by two grandchildren, Glen and Gary Barnum of Polson. Burial will follow in Mountainview Cemetery in Ronan. (Full obit is in Ravalli Republic, Hamilton, Montana, Tuesday, April 30, 1985)
Contributor: Ferry (46589713) •
Contributor: Ferry (46589713) •
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