Raymond Frank Barnes

Raymond Frank Barnes : Raymond died Monday at the Boone County Hospital at the age of 91 years, 4 months and 6 days. He had been a resident at the Eastern Star Masonic Home in Boone since February of 2007. Services will be held on Friday afternoon, October 29th, at 2:00 p.m. at the Eastern Star Masonic Home Chapel in Boone with Deacon Darwin Messerly officiating. Friends may call at the Eastern Star Masonic Home Chapel on Thursday afternoon from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. and again Friday from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service with the family present from 12:30 p.m. until service time to greet friends. Following the service in Boone, the casket will be taken to the Garland-Van Arkel-Langkamp Funeral Chapel in Oskaloosa. Survivors include his daughter, Linda Bucheit and husband Larry of Boone, Iowa; a son, Ronald Barnes and wife Toni of Thornton, Colorado; five grandchildren: John Bucheit of Wheaton, Illinois, Maia Barnes Turnbull and husband Adan of Marshalltown, Iowa, Amanda Bucheit Englehardt and husband Rich of Canton, Michigan, Corine Barnes of Marshalltown, Iowa and Travis Barnes of Westminster, Colorado; five great-grandchildren: Briona, Kanaan and Trevian Turnbull, and Marcelite and Lucinda Bucheit; and a sister-in-law, Muriel Jansen of Johnston, Iowa. Raymond was born on June 19, 1919 in Leighton, Iowa, the son of Wilbur Clark and Susan (Mitrisin) Barnes. Raymond graduated from Tracy High School in 1937, at which time he began his chicken hatchery business. On April 20, 1947, he married Barbara Ann Bovee in Oskaloosa, Iowa. After their marriage, he and Barbara owned and operated Barnes Hatchery and Feed from 1947 to 1973, when they sold the business and moved to a farm west of Oskaloosa, near Leighton. In 1997, the couple moved to their home in Oskaloosa. Raymond was a lifetime member of the Central United Methodist Church in Oskaloosa and a former member of the Farm Bureau. In addition to owning and operating a business and returning to farming at age 54, Raymond was an accomplished builder, having built several homes and two hatchery buildings in Oskaloosa. He continued to remodel and ""tinker"" throughout his retirement. His parents; wife, Barbara in September of 2004; a sister, Theresa; two brothers: Thomas and Cecil; a sister-in-law, Ruth Barnes; a brother-in-law, Earl ""Bud"" Jansen; and a daughter-in-law, Monika Rauba Barnes preceded him in death. PDF Printable Version

Raymond Frank Barnes

June 19, 1919 - October 25, 2010