Barnum, Arlene Joye (1920 – 2014)

BARNUM, RICHARDS, WILL, MADISON, SHEPARD, GASKILL, BEHM, CLINE, DE LOZIER

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 2/27/2014 at 18:45:59

Name of deceased: Arlene Joye Barnum (nee Richards)

Aged: 93 yrs, 5 mo, 17 days

Residence: Woodbine, IA

Born: Sep. 3, 1920, Irwin, IA

Died: Feb. 20, 2014, Rose Vista Nursing Home, Woodbine, IA

Funeral services: Monday, Feb. 24, 2014; Fouts Funeral Home, Woodbine, IA. Burial was in Woodbine Cemetery, Woodbine, IA.

Survived by: Son, Lyle (spouse, Trilby) Shepard of Sunrise Beach, MO; step-children, Janice (spouse, Carl) Behm of Woodbine, IA, Edward Barnum Jr. and Patti Edwards of Scottsbluff, NE, Cathy (spouse, Rich) Cline of Dunlap, IA, Terry (spouse, Sharon) Barnum of Phoenix, AZ, Deb (spouse, Jim) De Lozier of Dunlap, IA, Marc Barnum of Grand Junction, CO; 21 grandchildren; 43 great grandchildren; 18 great-great grandchildren; sister, Opal Gaskill of Irwin, IA; and many other relatives and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, George and Bertha (nee Will) Richards; husband, Ed (deceased Oct. 15, 2010); daughter, Sandra Madison; daughter-in-law, Nadyne Shepard; grandson, Bryan Shepard; brother and sister-in-law, Norman and Helen Richards; brother-in-law, Jack Gaskill

Education: graduated from Irwin High School, Irwin, IA

Religious affiliation: member of the Missouri Valley Christian Church, Missouri Valley, IA.

Military service: n/a

Marriages: (1) Cloyce Shepard; July 1940; location not provided (2) Ed Barnum; Sep. 26, 1964; Omaha, NE

Employment: employed by Barnum Produce; later worked as an operator at the phone company in Woodbine

Hobbies/Interests: crocheting, needlepoint, playing bingo, playing cards, reading books, and working word puzzles. With her husband, they loved to travel in their motor home and spend winters in Texas. They were also members of the Good Sam's Camping Club.

Sources: harlanonline.com, foutsfuneralhome.com