Clifford Barness, 1938-1965

BARNESS, KLEPPE, STRAND, REINERTSON, THOMPSON, MONA

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Date: 8/24/2014 at 15:16:18

Fayette County Union
West Union, Fayette Co.,Iowa
Thursday, March 4, 1965
Page 6 column four

BARNESS RITES CONDUCTED HERE

Funeral services for Clifford Barness, 26, were conducted Friday afternoon from Bethany Lutheran church by Rev. Wallace Jackson. Burial was in the nearby cemetery with Burnham-Wood Funeral home in charge. Pallbearers were Arnold Kleppe, Richard Kleppe, Marvin Strand, Kenneth Reinertson, Wayne Barness and Alvin Thompson.

Clifford Orville Barness, son of John and Gladys Barness, was born Dec. 4, 1938, in Winneshiek county. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith on Jan. 1, 1939, by Rev. G.O. Mona.

At the age of five he entered the State Institution at Woodard, where he was a resident until the time of his death on Feb. 23.

Surviving are his parents, two brothers and three sisters, Lloyd, West Union; Marvel, who is stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Sharon, Joyce and Janet at home, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Barness, West Union; a niece and a nephew, aunts, uncles, and cousins. He was preceded in death by a brother Gordon, who was accidentally killed in July of 1956.