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Virgil Owen Barnes

27 Dec 1931 – 11 May 2014

Birth27 Dec 1931
Death11 May 2014
CemeteryOrd Cemetery
Ord , Valley County , Nebraska , USA
Added byStarlight on 17 May 2015
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SCOTIA — Virgil Owen Barnes, 82, of rural Scotia died Sunday, May 11, 2014, at the Greeley Care Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Ord First United Methodist Church. Pastor Trever Rook will officiate. Burial will be in the Ord Bohemian Cemetery. Military honors will be presented by the Ord VFW Post 7029, American Legion Post 38 and Scotia Reuben Beck American Legion Post 150. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Ord Memorial Chapel. Mr. Barnes was born Dec. 27, 1931, on the family farm northeast of Scotia to George O. and Zena (Sautter) Barnes. Survivors include his wife, Thelma of rural Scotia; a son, Galen of rural Scotia; a daughter and son-in-law, Rhonda and Ron Wilson of Grand Island; five sisters and a brother-in-law, Geneva Edghill of Ord, Lorna Mae Winter of Grand Island, Deloris Thompson of Ord, Mildred and Art Otto and Donna Voyek, all of Kearney Others surviving include two grandchildren, Katelyn and AJ Wilson of Grand Island; one brother, George Barnes Jr. Lincoln; and a sister-in-law, Rita Tolen, and her husband, Tom, of Ord. He spent his childhood on the farm and received his education at Fish Creek School and graduated from Scotia High School in 1950. Following high school, Virgil worked on the family farm until he entered the United States Army in January of 1953. He served on the front line during the Korean War, earning a Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, ROK Presidential Unit Citation, Good Conduct Medal and National Defense Service Medal. After serving his country, Corporal Virgil Barnes returned to the family farm on Jan. 14, 1955. On Sept. 16, 1958, Virgil was united in marriage to Thelma Moudry at the Methodist Church in Ord. They made their home on the Barnes Farm. Virgil lived his entire life on the family farm northeast of Scotia. He loved to farm and care for his livestock. For the past year, he has resided at the Greeley Care Home. Virgil was a member of the Ord VFW Post 7029, Reuben Beck American Legion Post 150 of Scotia and a charter member of the Ord Elks Lodge 2371 and then the Broken Bow Elks Lodge 1688. He enjoyed attending softball and baseball games and polka dances. His hobbies were playing cards, visiting with friends and he especially enjoyed his two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Louis and Verlon Barnes; and four brothers-in-law, Bob Edghill, Malvin Winter, Floyd Thompson and Bill Voyek. Memorials are suggested to the Scotia Fire and Rescue Department or Greeley Care Home. The Grand Island Independent on-line - May 14 2014

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