Obit., mid-Missouri newspaper, 1972: "Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 21, for Mrs. Stella Leona Barnhart, 87, who died at Charles E. Still hospital in Jefferson City on June 18, 1972 after an illness of three months. She was a resident of Jefferson City to where she had moved in 1948 from Meta. She was born November 17 (no year given) at Meta, the daughter of William and Betsy Jane Barnhart. She was married November 13, 1904 to Robert Barnhart who preceded her in death in 1963. She was educated in the Meta public schools and was a charter member of Ricker Memorial Nazarene church at Meta. She is survived by one son, Leonard of Jefferson City; two daughters, Mrs. Harvey Rolling of Jefferson City and Mrs. Clay Scott of Meta; a brother, Harvey Barnhart; two sisters, Ida Stokes of Stapleton, California; and Etta Barnhart of Ottawa, Kansas; five grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. The funeral was from the Buescher Memorial Chapel with burial in Riverview cemetery with the Rev. Milton Wilson officiating."