This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2FC.2ACI/1567 Message Board Post: Manitowoc, Wisconsin paper March 1994 Elizabeth Barnes: Mrs. Elizabeth 'Betty' (James) Barnes, 60, 1636 Iris Drive, Manitowoc, died Sunday, March 13,1994 at her residence. She was born on April 13,1933 at St Nazianz, WI to the late Steven and Catherine Stein Meyer. She graduated from Valders High School with the class of 1951. She married James K. Barnes on June 16,1954 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Clark Mills, Wisconsin. Mrs. Barnes worked as a secretary for the Manitowoc County Nurses. Later, she owned and operated the Wishing Well, located on Washington Street in Manitowoc. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Manitowoc and also very active in several of the churches organizations. She was president for many years of the Association for Retarded Citizens. She was also instrumental in starting the first nursery school for the physical and mentally handicapped children. She is survived by her husband, James; two sons, Kenneth Barnes of Manitowoc and Thomas Barnes, at student at Madison; two daughters; Barbara Barnes of Manitowoc and Kristin Barnes, a student at Eau Clair, Wisconsin; and one brother and sister in law, Dick and Bonnie Meyer of Marshfield, along with other relatives and friends. Her parents and a brother, LeRoy P Meyer, preceded her in death. Funeral service will be held at 10:30 am on Wednesday at the Harrigan Parkside Funeral Home and at 11am at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Manitowoc. The Rev. William Zimmer will celebrate the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc. Friends may call at Harrigan Parkside Funeral Home on Tuesday from 5-8pm. Sister Pam Biehl will hold a Prayer service at 7pm lead. A special thank you for the thought and care which Betty received from the American Cancer Society, Holy Family Memorial Hospice, the Sacred Heart Parish and her friends.