Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Barnes, Raymond Lincoln 1934
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 17 & 18 Jan 1934

A Grandson of an Ionia Founder Dead
Raymond L. Barnes, a Descendant of Dr. and Mrs. W.B. Lincoln, to Be Buried Here.

Word received late Tuesday night by K.R. Smith to the effect that Raymond L.
Barnes, of Detroit, was improving hour by hour was followed Wednesday by a brief
telegram telling of his death at noon Wednesday.  Mr. Barnes’ condition has been
critical for several days but hope that he might rally after a serious operation
performed last week was felt as the days passed.

Funeral arrangements had not been made Wednesday but it was certain that
interment would be at Highland Park cemetery in the lot where his parents,
brother, and son are buried.

Raymond Barnes was the youngest son of Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Barnes, and a grandson
of Dr. and Mrs. W.B. Lincoln, pioneer settlers of Ionia and members of the
Dexter colony.  He was the last member of his immediate family, his parents and
a brother, Osmond having died years ago and a brother, Dr. William L. Barnes,
last June.  Because of the intimate manner in which preceding generations of his
family have been associated in the founding and the growth of Ionia, as well as
his own life here as a boy and for years of his manhood, Mr. Barnes always
maintained affection and interest in Ionia and never missed an occasion to visit
it and renew the many friendships that existed here.  He was in Ionia to attend
the centennial celebration last June.  But a week before he entered the hospital
he came to Ionia to attend the funeral services for G. Morgan Smith.

Mr. Barnes was born in the present George Curtis residence, formerly the Dr.
H.B. Barnes homestead on East Main street, January 25, 1874.  He attended the
Ionia schools and after leaving the high school entered the employ of Smith &
Smith as a clerk.  in 1894? he became a member of the firm of Smith and Barnes
which continued until 1906 when he left Ionia to begin the manufacture of
theatrical scenery in Birmingham, a life of endeavor in which he had become
deeply interested largely through his active associations with the theater in
Ionia as a manager of the Ionia opera house in the days when the most prominent
men and women of the stage and their companies visited Ionia.

Following the decline of the legitimate stage and the growth in popularity of
the moving picture industry Mr. Barnes went to Detroit where for many years he
had been associated with the Michigan Mutual Liability Insurance company.  His
home was at 85 Moran road, Detroit.

Mr. Barnes is survived by his widow, who was prior to their marriage Miss Jessie
Yates, of Ionia, one son, Austin, a grandson and granddaughter.  He came to
Ionia seven years ago to bury his other son William, who was killed in an
automobile accident.

Announcement of the funeral services in Detroit and of the your of burial here
had not been decided upon late Wednesday.

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Funeral services for Raymond L. Barnes will be conducted in Detroit, Friday
afternoon.  Saturday morning the funeral party will leave Detroit at 8 o’clock
by motor car for Ionia where interment will take place upon their arrival here
at Highland Park cemetery.  The party is expected at about 11:30 o’clock and Fr.
E.G. White, of St. Johns Episcopal church will conduct the burial service at the
cemetery.


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