He was born Feb. 6, 1940, in Ottawa, Kan., the son of Clarence Clifford and Pearl Olive (Firestone) Barnhart. He grew up in the Centropolis, Kan., area and attended area schools, graduating from Overbrook High School in 1958.

Mr. Barnhart attended U.S. Trade School and was a diesel mechanic for Victor L. Phillips Construction Equipment in Kansas City, Mo., for the past 15 years. He was an Army veteran, serving with military police in Hawaii from 1962 to 1964.

He married Wanda Shakleford in 1970. They later divorced.

Survivors include two daughters, Melissa Kay Shelf, Grain Valley, and Beverly Lynn Barnhart, Columbia; a son, Keith Alan, Colorado Springs, Colo.; a sister, Sharon Lair, Smithville; two brothers, LaVern, Carbondale, Kan., and Clifford, Havensville, Kan.; and a grandson.

The family will receive friends after 6 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church and after 10 a.m. Thursday at Washington Creek Church of the Brethren.

The family suggests memorials to the Beverly Lynn Barnhart Education Fund, sent to Greenwood-Roberts-Heise Funeral Home, P.O. Box 268, Overbrook 66524.