OBITUARY: Genevieve Ilene Barclay, Worth County, Iowa


[ Mason City Globe Gazette Online Obituaries ]
Saturday, May 8, 1999


                   GENEVIEVE 'JAY' ILENE BARCLAY

MANLY - Genevieve "Jay" Ilene Barclay, 83, of Manly, died Thursday
(May 6, 1999) at her home.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 11, at the Bethlehem
Lutheran Church in Manly, with the Rev. Wayne Hagen officiating. Burial
will be in the Manly Cemetery.

Friends may call from 5 until 7 p.m. on Monday at the Bride Colonial Chapel,
110 E. Spring St., Manly, and one hour prior to service time on Tuesday at
the church.

The family of Genevieve "Jay" Ilene Barclay has requested that
memorial contributions be made to Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in
Mason City, in her memory.

Genevieve "Jay&" Ilene Barclay was born on Dec. 25, 1915, in her
parents' home in Manly, the daughter of William H. and Ida Marie
(Trebilcock) Chapman. She attended and received her education in the Manly
school system, graduating from Manly High School in 1934.

She was united in marriage to Paul D. Barclay on June 20, 1937, in Mason
City, and they were married for 26 years.

Jay was well known as Manly's local Avon Lady. She sent in her first Avon
order on July 7, 1965, and continued selling Avon products throughout her
cancer treatments and until her death. During those 34 years of sales, she
missed only two orders.

Since 1967, she was a "second mother" to several North Central Community
School teachers as she primarily rented out her three apartments to
teachers. She also organized the Manly Rhythm Band at the Manly Nursing &
Rehab Center, which played for the residents.

She enjoyed people, giving gifts, music, singing, laughing, and giving of
herself to others.

She was a member of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, the Church Alter Guild,
and the church circle, all in Manly.

Left to cherish Jay's memory are several nieces and nephews and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her mother in 1918; her father in 1961; her
husband in 1967; three brothers, Olwyn, Harley, and Ivan Chapman; and two
sisters, Zelda Loomer and Zona Chapman who died in infancy.

Bride Colonial Chapel (515) 454-2242.




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