Glenn Arthur "Poke" Barnaby, 91, longtime resident of Longton, died March 20, 2007, at Fredonia Regional Medical Center.
Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the Longton United Methodist Church. Pastors Ron Bradley and Robin Haines will officiate. Burial will be in Longton Cemetery.
Visitation will be held at Zimmerman Funeral home from 1 to 9 p.m. Friday. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7.
A memorial has been established with the Elk County Free Fair Association. Contributions may be left with the funeral home.
Barnaby was born May 21, 1915, on a farm in Elk County, near Howard, to O.S. "Sam" and Jessie Eva(Draper) Barnaby. He attended rural schools near Longton and graduated from Longton High School in 1934.
Barnaby was employed by Longton area farmers after graduating from high school.
On Nov. 26, 1941, he married Agnes Mae Weber at the Methodist parsonage in Longton.
He joined the United States Army in 1942 and served in the European Theatre during World War II. After his discharge from the Army in 1946, Barnaby returned to Kansas and bought his first farm north of the Upola community near Longton. He remained a farmer and rancher in the Longton area throughout his life. He was a resident of Fredonia in recent years.
An active member of the Longton community, he served as mayor for 18 years. He was a member of the Longton Senior Citizens, the Veterans of Foreign Elk County Free Fair at Longton and managed the pop stand concession for many years.
His wife, Agnes Mae Barnaby, died Dec. 22, 1996. A daughter, Elizabeth Labhart, died in 2000.
He is survived by his sons, Art Barnaby, Manhattan, and Richard Barnaby, Valley Center; his sister, Mildred Bryan, Independence; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
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