BARNETT, William Daren 1980 - 2017
BARNETT, GROSS, GRILL, MANAHAN, RUSSELL
Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 10/26/2017 at 13:18:32
William Daren Barnett, 37, of Clear Lake, died Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, at University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 810 State St., Garner, with Pastor Scott Kozisek officiating.
Following a luncheon at the church, burial will be in Clear Lake Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake.
In lieu of flowers, family suggests memorial contributions to the William Barnett Memorial Fund.
William was born on Jan. 24, 1980, the son of Richard and Pam Barnett. He married Mary Gross on Aug. 31, 2001, in Clear Lake.
A graduate of Clear Lake High School, class of 1998, William played football, ran track, and was a part of the Mason City Hockey Club. During the summer months he spent his time helping his stepdad install grain dryers.
Following graduation, he enlisted in the Air Force, spending the next 14 years serving his country in four tours in the desert. He trained at Lackland AFB and Shepard AFB, and was stationed at Scott AFB in Illinois, Aviano AFB in Italy, and Seymour Johnson AFB in North Carolina.
After being honorably discharged by the Air Force on Feb. 1, 2015, as a staff sergeant, he moved back to Clear Lake and began working for Burtness and Lundgren Plumbing.
He was involved in Civil War reenactments with the 32nd Iowa Company B, and Boy Scouts. He had a passion for hockey, baseball, football, and NASCAR, and loved supporting his children’s education, sports, and music.
He enjoyed fishing with his grandfather, and later teaching his children to fish. He also loved his family and would do anything for them.
Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Mary Barnett of Clear Lake; two children, Daren James and Cheyenne Lenaye Barnett of Clear Lake; parents, Pam (Dave) Grill of Clear Lake and Richard (Diane) Barnett of Des Moines; siblings, Amanda Manahan and family of Clear Lake and April Barnett of Clear Lake; a grandmother, Florence Russell of Clear Lake; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.
He was preceded in death by a grandfather, Daren Russell.
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake. 641-357-2193. ColonialChapels.com.
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