Taken from West Chester, PA Daily Local News- online obit Charles P. Barnard, 83, a Devon resident since 1950, died Wednesday, April 13, 2005, at Paoli Hospital. Born May 2, 1921, on the family farm in Unionville, he was the son of the late Jane Wickersham Barnard and C. Percy Barnard. Charles was a graduate of Unionville High School, class of 1939, and of George School in 1940. He was a member of Marlborough Friends Meeting, where he spoke regularly, and for much of his adult life traveled in the ministry of the Society of Friends throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, speaking at many meeting houses during Meetings for Worship. For 25 years, he served as President of the Bible Association of Friends in America. He also served with the Friends Tract Association for many years. He operated his business, C.P. Barnard Insurance and Real Estate Agency in Berwyn, beginning in late 1960s through the 1980s. For a time, in the 1970s, he served as President of the Devon-Berwyn Business Association. He also was the owner of Embden Resorts near Skowhegan, Maine, in the 1980s. After retiring from his business in 1989, he was employed by Adelbergers Florist in Wayne for 10 years. Charles is survived by his wife, Isabel Downing Barnard of Devon; his brothers, Richard W. Barnard and Samuel M. Barnard, both of Kennett Square; and nieces and nephews, Phillip Chambers of Williamsport, Diana Chambers Bausman of Glen Arm, Md., Anne Barnard Nuse of Kennett Square, Mary Chambers Humpton of Newark, Del., Richard W. Barnard of Whitehall, Md., Lewis M. Barnard of Kennett Square and Jon Taylor of Kennett Square. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, at the Marlborough Friends Meeting. Interment will be at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Marlborough Friends Meeting c/o Penny Thomas, 843 Marlborough Springs Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348. CDaily Local News 2005 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Judith Walter Heald jheald@pennswoods.net Spring Mills, PA 16875 Our roots include: Lots of Quakers from 1600's to present. . . Surnames: Barnard, Dickson, Ely, Heald, Hilaman, Hoopes, Kirk, Kline, Lippincott, Marshall, Mercer, Moore, Ogden, Paxson, Plankinton, Pownall, Pusey, Pyle, Rodgers, Sellers, Sharpless, Swayne, Taylor, Thompson, Walter, Watson, Way, Webb, Wickersham. . . PA Counties, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Bucks, Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson, Elk, . . .