Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Barnes, Gary James 2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net July 21, 2018, 2:03 pm Portland Review, Jan 2008 Gary James Barnes, 63, of Portland and Dickerson Lake, passed away at home surrounded by his family. He was born on Nov. 29, 1944 in Portland the son of Richard and Lucille (Gilbert) Barnes. On Aug. 2, 1969 he married Marcia Fletcher. He worked at Diamond REO and is retired from General Motors. Gary enjoyed collecting various items and going to garage sales and often times finding hard to find items for his family. He always had an interest in the latest electronic technology. He enjoyed going to classic car shows, taking his 1928 REO with his wife Marcia. Gary loved being at his cottage on Dickerson Lake and he also loved having his family around, especially his grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, and a sister, Joan Green. Surviving are his wife, Marcia; children Gregory (Kelly) Barnes of Portland and Sheri (Russell) Smith of Lyons; grandchildren Tyler, Emily, Rikki and Dominic; brother Richard (Kay) Barnes of Greenville; sister Carol (Corky) Church of Grand Ledge. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Marilyn V. Danileson on Jan. 14 at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, 210 E. Bridge St., Portland. Interment followed at Portland Cemetery. Military Honors were provided by the V.F.W. Post #4090. Arrangements were entrusted to the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, Portland. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Ionia Area Hospice in memory of Gary. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/barnes7932gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb