Joe Barnes 1931-2018

Joe Barnes, 87, Holton, died Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, at Holton Community Hospital.

He was born Feb. 23, 1931, on the family farm south of Holton, the son of Russell and Aileen Pollock Barnes. He graduated from Holton High School in 1949.

Mr. Barnes was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a combat veteran and paratrooper in the Korean War. He had worked as a mechanic for Mosby-Mack Ford and later for Laird Noller Ford in Topeka for a total of 45 years.

He was member of First Christian Church in Holton.

He married Annette Biswell on Dec. 31, 1967, at Central Presbyterian Church in Topeka. She survives.

Other survivors include two sons, Jason Barnes, wife Lori and children Jacee and Jake, all of Holton, and Joe Barnes Jr., wife Carol and children Joe Barnes III, Des Moines, Iowa, and Nicole Karr and husband Dustin, Topeka; two daughters, Debbie Barnes-Waylan, son William Mabry and daughter Simone Anderson and husband Paul, all of Topeka, and Pam Webb and husband Mike, San Jacinto, Calif., and their children, Waylan Webb, St. Louis, and Danielle Ryder and husband Adam, San Jacinto, Calif.; and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Patrice Jo Barnes, in infancy; and a brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Alma Jean Barnes.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Holton. Burial with military honors will follow in Holton Cemetery. Mr. Barnes will lie in state at the funeral home where family and friends will meet from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Joe Barnes Memorial Fund, to be designated later and sent in care of Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, P.O. Box 1034, Holton, KS 66436.