BARNES, Patricia Ruth "Pat" (PAULSEN)
PAULSEN, BARNES, BERKENMEIER, FRIMML, CLAY, GARCIA
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 10/30/2016 at 02:16:38
Obituary ~ Patricia Ruth "Pat" (Paulsen) Barnes
December 08, 1922 ~ October 14, 2016The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Monday, October 17, 2016SHEFFIELD — Patricia Ruth “Pat” Barnes, 93, formerly of Sheffield, Iowa, passed away Friday, October 14, 2016, at Rockwell Community Nursing Home.
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Rockwell, Iowa.
Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Retz Funeral Home in Sheffield. Burial will be at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Rockwell, Iowa.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Pat was born on December 8, 1922, in rural Mason City, to Thomas N. and Frances C. (Berkenmeier) Paulsen; she was the seventh of their twelve children. She graduated from Saint Joseph School, where she was a guard on the girls’ basketball team.
She married George C. Barnes Jr. on January 10, 1942, at Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Mason City. To this union were born ten children.
George and Pat farmed northwest of Sheffield all of their married lives. Her life was spent raising children and working for her Church. As her children grew up, she became involved in various interests and activities, including the neighborhood ladies’ group the “U-Go-I-Go Club,” 4-H, Music Mothers of the local school, volunteering as an evening CCD/Faith Formation teacher, and Sacred Heart Guild.
She was active in the Dubuque Archdiocese’s Council of Catholic Women, attending regional meetings and serving on its committees for Prison Ministry, Pro-life, and Rural Life. She was also involved in migrant worker programs and became a hospice volunteer.
When she and George wintered in Texas, their group helped with housing projects for the poor in Progress, Mexico. After George’s death, she moved to town, where she continued her interest in community events, volunteered to read to residents at Sheffield Care Center, attended concerts at NIACC, and was active in the local Red Hat Ladies Club.
Pat is survived by two daughters: Mary (Gerry) Frimml, Atkinson, IL, and Jane (Mike) Clay, Boone, IA; seven sons: George III (Sheryl) Barnes, Ida Grove, David (Monica) Barnes, Plymouth, Jon (Joan) Barnes, Plymouth, Paul (Colleen) Barnes, Sheffield, Andrew (Janet) Barnes, Emmetsburg, Martin (Debbie) Barnes, Sheffield, Dan Barnes, Plymouth; 25 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren; one sister, Pauline Garcia, Clear Lake; and one sister-in-law, Helen Paulsen, Mason City; many nieces, nephews and very special friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, George (1994); and her son, Donald (2015); her parents; five brothers (Leonard, Tommy, Kenny, Howard and Don) and five sisters (Lauretta, Clara Mae, Doris, Shirley, and Barbara).
Pat’s family wishes to extend their sincere gratitude to the staff of Rockwell Community Nursing Home for the excellent care she received while a resident there.
Retz Funeral Home, www.retzfh.com.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2016
Cerro Gordo Obituaries maintained by Lynn Diemer-Mathews.
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