Oroville Mercury Register
Oroville, California
13 Dec 1985, Fri • Page 2
FLORA M. BARNES
Graveside services for longtime Gridley resident Flora Barnes, 87, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Gridley-Biggs Cemetery.
Officiating at the service will be the Rev. Sandy Brown of Gridley Presbyterian Church.
Following a long illness, Mrs. Barnes died Tuesday at Hillhaven Convalescent Hospital in Yuba City.
She was born Nov. 4, 1898, in Hurley, Mo. and moved to Gridley in 1937. She was a cannery worker at the Libby’s Canning Company for 28 years. Mrs. Barnes was preceded in death by her husband, James, who died in 1975.
Among her survivors are a son, Sterlin Barnes of Galt; five daughters, Goldie Lewis of Gridley, Neda Massey of Bonnerdale, Ark., Velva Massey of Yuba City, Bonnie Winters of Sacramento and Wanda Keen of Redding; 24 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.
Visitation will be at the Gridley Block Funeral Home on Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Visitation will also be held Sunday evening from 7 to 9 p.m.
Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, American Cancer Society or Crippled Children’s Foundation. The contributions can be left at the funeral chapel.
Oroville, California
13 Dec 1985, Fri • Page 2
FLORA M. BARNES
Graveside services for longtime Gridley resident Flora Barnes, 87, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Gridley-Biggs Cemetery.
Officiating at the service will be the Rev. Sandy Brown of Gridley Presbyterian Church.
Following a long illness, Mrs. Barnes died Tuesday at Hillhaven Convalescent Hospital in Yuba City.
She was born Nov. 4, 1898, in Hurley, Mo. and moved to Gridley in 1937. She was a cannery worker at the Libby’s Canning Company for 28 years. Mrs. Barnes was preceded in death by her husband, James, who died in 1975.
Among her survivors are a son, Sterlin Barnes of Galt; five daughters, Goldie Lewis of Gridley, Neda Massey of Bonnerdale, Ark., Velva Massey of Yuba City, Bonnie Winters of Sacramento and Wanda Keen of Redding; 24 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.
Visitation will be at the Gridley Block Funeral Home on Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Visitation will also be held Sunday evening from 7 to 9 p.m.
Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, American Cancer Society or Crippled Children’s Foundation. The contributions can be left at the funeral chapel.
Oroville Mercury Register
Oroville, California
13 Dec 1985, Fri • Page 2
FLORA M. BARNES
Graveside services for longtime Gridley resident Flora Barnes, 87, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Gridley-Biggs Cemetery.
Officiating at the service will be the Rev. Sandy Brown of Gridley Presbyterian Church.
Following a long illness, Mrs. Barnes died Tuesday at Hillhaven Convalescent Hospital in Yuba City.
She was born Nov. 4, 1898, in Hurley, Mo. and moved to Gridley in 1937. She was a cannery worker at the Libby’s Canning Company for 28 years. Mrs. Barnes was preceded in death by her husband, James, who died in 1975.
Among her survivors are a son, Sterlin Barnes of Galt; five daughters, Goldie Lewis of Gridley, Neda Massey of Bonnerdale, Ark., Velva Massey of Yuba City, Bonnie Winters of Sacramento and Wanda Keen of Redding; 24 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.
Visitation will be at the Gridley Block Funeral Home on Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Visitation will also be held Sunday evening from 7 to 9 p.m.
Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, American Cancer Society or Crippled Children’s Foundation. The contributions can be left at the funeral chapel.
Oroville, California
13 Dec 1985, Fri • Page 2
FLORA M. BARNES
Graveside services for longtime Gridley resident Flora Barnes, 87, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Gridley-Biggs Cemetery.
Officiating at the service will be the Rev. Sandy Brown of Gridley Presbyterian Church.
Following a long illness, Mrs. Barnes died Tuesday at Hillhaven Convalescent Hospital in Yuba City.
She was born Nov. 4, 1898, in Hurley, Mo. and moved to Gridley in 1937. She was a cannery worker at the Libby’s Canning Company for 28 years. Mrs. Barnes was preceded in death by her husband, James, who died in 1975.
Among her survivors are a son, Sterlin Barnes of Galt; five daughters, Goldie Lewis of Gridley, Neda Massey of Bonnerdale, Ark., Velva Massey of Yuba City, Bonnie Winters of Sacramento and Wanda Keen of Redding; 24 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.
Visitation will be at the Gridley Block Funeral Home on Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Visitation will also be held Sunday evening from 7 to 9 p.m.
Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, American Cancer Society or Crippled Children’s Foundation. The contributions can be left at the funeral chapel.
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