Funeral services for Glenn L. ‘Barney’ Barnard, 91, Linwood, will be at 9 am Saturday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial with full military honors will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Barney died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, at Delmar Gardens of Lenexa.
He was born Apr. 16, 1925, in Yuma, Ariz., the son of Jesse J. and Evelyn A. Alexander Barnard. He grew up and attended schools in Coffeyville, and later served in the United States Army during World War II in the Pacific Theater, and earned a Purple Heart. Barney had owned Glenn Barnard Sign Co. for many years, and also owned and operated the Flamingo Supper Club in North Lawrence until the early 70’s. He was a former Golden Gloves boxer, and enjoyed listening to and playing banjo, mandolin, and guitar in several bluegrass bands, including The Billy Spears Band. He also enjoyed horses and ponies and glassblowing. He was a member of Linwood United Methodist Church.
Barney married Lois Keller. They later divorced. Survivors include a son, Mark Barnard, Linwood; four grandchildren, Sharie Hohn and husband Shane, Perry, Shane Barnard and wife Katherine, Lenexa, and Janelle Edwards and Megan Kowalewski, both of Texas; six great grandchildren; and a former daughter-in-law, Julie Barnard, Lawrence. He was preceded in death by a son, Monte Barnard
The family suggests memorial contributions to Delmar Gardens of Lenexa, in care of the funeral home, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence, KS, 66044.
