Dr. Mabel Schmeiser Barnes

BARNES, WEHMEYER, SMALL, BERKEY, WALKER

Posted By: Jeannette Mahony
Date: 4/15/2009 at 07:39:19

Dr. Mabel Schmeiser Barnes 1905-1993 of Los Angeles, CA died at the UCLA Medical Center on February 22, 1993.

Mrs. Barnes was born at Wapello, IA on July 29, 1905, the daughter of Emanuel and Christena Wehmeyer Schmeiser. On July 3, 1935 she was married to Dr. John L. Barnes of Haddonfield, NJ.

Mrs. Barnes attended school at Wapello, Cornell College, Ohio State and received her doctorate in Math at Princeton. She was a longtime professor at Occidental College in Pasadena, CA.

Mrs. Barnes was preceded in death by her husband. She is survived by a son, George Barnes, Palo Alto, CA and a daughter Lynne Small of Del Mar, CA and four grandsons. She is also survived by sisters Agnes Berkey, Iowa City, IA and Jo Walker of State College, PA and brother Maurice Schmeiser of Wapello. One brother and one sister preceded her in death.

The body has been donated to the UCLA Medical Center.