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- Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 3/7/1963
BURT - Mrs. Violet Barnes,
65, of 6435 Phillips Road, former
Union - Sun and Journal corre-
spondent, died early today (March
7, 1963) at Inter - Community Me-
morial Hospital, Newfane
She had been a patient the
past four weeks but had been ill
since December. She was a pa-
tient at Buffalo General Hospital.
Mrs. Barnes was born July 20,
1897, on Charlotteville Roaad, New-
fane, daughter of Richard and
Julia Nye Norris. She lived in
the town of Newfane with the ex-
ception of a few years in Mich-
igan.
She married John Edward
Barnes, Nov. 28, 1919. He died
Dec. 14, 1959.
Mrs. Barnes was a member of
the Hess Road Wesleyan Meth-
odist Church and the Ladies Aid
of St. John's Lutheran church,
and a correspondent for the
Union Sun & Journal.
She was employed at the Har-
rison Radiator Division, General
Motors Corp., for 10 years in De-
partment 469.
She is survived by two sons
and two daughters: John R.
Barnes, Lockport, Mrs. Robert
Fox and Allen Barnes, Burt; and
Mrs. William Bartlett, East Wil-
son; 14 grandchildren. Also two
sisters, Mrs. Carrie Stratton, Falls
Church, Va. and Mrs. Allan Park-
er, Flint, Mich.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Rut-
land - Corwin Funeral Home,
Inc., 2670 Main St., Newfane. In
terment in Corwin Cemetery
when weather permits.
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