Delores Beulah Barnes

Graveside services for Delores Beulah Barnes, 76, Eudora, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Barnes died Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
She was born Jan. 7, 1935, in St. Louis, the daughter of Ernest and Juanita Harrison Acton.
She received her General Educational Development diploma at the age of 52 from Lawrence High School. She worked for Bendix King for many years
She married William “Bill” Barnes on Oct. 14, 1950, in Rolla, Mo. He preceded her in death April 16, 2002.
She was also preceded in death by one son, Frank Barnes, who died Feb. 14, 1986.
Survivors include four daughters, Fran Newby, Crystal City, Mo., Sandy Barnes, Ozawkie, Norma Mayfield, Oskaloosa, and Nancy Barnes, Lawrence; one son, Paul Barnes, Osage City; two sisters, Eva Wittler, Quincy, Ill., and Mary Workel, Vacaville, Calif., 12 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Friends may call from noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, where the family will receive them from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The family suggests memorials to the Lawrence Humane Society, sent in care of the funeral home, 601 Ind., Lawrence, KS 66044.
Online condolences may be sent at rumsey-yost.com.