Phyllis Phynetta Barney 1929 - 2007

BARNEY, BOYD, COMFORT

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 3/5/2014 at 13:13:08

Onawa Democrat
4 April 2007

Funeral services for Phyllis Barney, 77, of Aurelia will be held Saturday, March 31, 2007 at 10:30 A.M. at the First Congregational Church in Aurelia with Pastor Bruce Rapp officiating.

Graveside serve will be Monday at 10:30 A.M. in the Onawa Cemetery, Onawa, Iowa.

Visitation will be from 2:00 to 8:00 P.M., with the family present from 6:00 to 8:00, at the Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia.

Phyllis Phynetta Comfort was born December 10, 1929 on a farm northwest of Blencoe, Iowa, the daughter of Richard and Etta (Boyd) Comfort. She graduated from the Blencoe High School in 1947. She then attended National Business Training School in Sioux City and was employed with Mutual of Omaha Insurance Business for fifteen years in Omaha, NE. On July 11, 1959 she was united in marriage to Farrell Barney at the Congregational Church in Blencoe. They resided in Omaha where their two daughters, Pamela and Patricia were born. In 1971 they moved to Aurelia, Iowa.

Phyllis was employed in the City Clerks office for nine years. She was an active member in the First Congregational Church in Aurelia, serving on several boards and as a member of the Women's Fellowship and Circles.

Phyllis died Wednesday. March 28, 2007, at the Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa.

Preceding Phyllis in death were her parents, and two brothers, Kenneth and Donald Comfort.

Survivors include her husband Farrell of Aurelia, two daughters, Pam and her husband Kevin Sligar of Monett, MO, and Pat and her husband Marlyn Fry of Estherville, two grandchildren, Haleigh and Drew Sligar, two brothers, Merle and his wife Theo Comfort of Omaha, and John and his wife Joyce Comfort of Blencoe, two sisters-in-law, Doris Comfort of CT, and Edna Comfort of Onawa, mother-in-law Esther Barney of Onawa, nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.