Floyd F. Barnes Obituary (1920

Floyd Franklin Barnes was born in Chicago, Ill. on Sept 27th 1920 to Olive Gem and Floyd Foster Barnes. Floyd grew up and attended schools in the Queen Anne School District of Seattle. He had 3 sisters; Kay Caswell, Wilma Leach, Marguerite Orton. Floyd's natural father died at age 33 and his mother remarried Charles Spaw who became a good step-father to Floyd and his sisters. Floyd worked from an early age, being hired by the Seattle Post Intelligencer, and working with them for approximately 45 years, most of them as a motor route carrier on Hood Canal. Floyd married his beloved wife Jean on June 26th, 1943. She was the love of his life and she preceded him in death in August of 2003. They raised five children together; Ronald (Carol) Barnes of Mercer Island, Floydean (Mitsy) Barnes of Bremerton, twin sons Douglas (Claudia) of Carriere, MS and David (Alice) of Port Arthur, Tx, and Marilee (Ron) Tate of Bremerton. Floyd was a veteran, serving on a mine sweeper in the Aleutian Islands as a gunners mate during WWII. They lived in Bremerton for many years and eventually Ron and Marilee bought their home. In 1981, Floyd and Jean had a new home built and lived on Hood Canal for another 20 years, which made them very happy. Floyd considered himself a blessed man with his wife and family, and greatly enjoyed his many years of fly fishing and playing handball, the latter of which he won many master level trophies across the state. Photography was another love of Floyds, taking many pictures of the family and of Hood Canal, selling many of his landscapes on postcards of Hood Canal. He enjoyed Civil War history and traveling with Jean in their RV. Floyd's family wishes to thank Martha and Mary At Home, for their wonderful care giving services which enabled Floyd to stay in his home. Surviving Floyd are his five children, and his grandchildren Michael, Kristen, Gregory, Matthew, Christina, Shawna, Ryan, Timothy, and many great grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. Until we meet again in Heaven, we'll miss you Dad. We love you.