Kathy Barnes

KATHY BARNES

Anamosa

Kathy Barnes, 86, of Ankeny, formerly of Anamosa, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, at Vintage Hilla in Ankeny. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, at the First Congregational Church, Anamosa, with interment in the Riverside Cemetery. Pastor Greg Griffin will officiate at the services. Friends may call from 9:30 until 10:45 a.m. Thursday at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamosa.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Camp Courageous or St. Jude's Hospice in Ankeny.

Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.

Surviving include a daughter, Mary (Arland) Halverson, Ankeny; four grandchildren, Shawn (Faith) Walderbach, David (Wendy) Walderbach, Keith (Jan) Halverson and Eric Halverson; nine great-grandchildren, Michele (William) Johnson, Grant and Landon Walderbach, Shaelee and Mahala Walderbach, Kobey Russell, Keisha (Tyler) Graham, Matthew and Joshua Halverson; and two great-great-grandchildren, Bentley and Jaelynn.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Bud; a sister, Minnie Seeger; and a brother, Kenneth Daub.

Katheryn Mae Daub was born April 1, 1928, at Martelle, Iowa. She was the daughter of Ira and Minnie Eye, Daub. Kathy graduated from the Morley, Iowa, schools. She married John "Bud" Barnes on Dec. 31, 1945, at the E.U. B. Parsonage in Morley. Kathy was employed for 33 and a half years at Collins Radio as a utility leader. She was also a union steward for IBEW Local 1362. She retired in 1985. Her dream was to buy Reese's Pony Farm on the Ridge Road and the couple accomplished that in 1960. Bud preceded her in death in 2007.

Kathy had been a member of the Rebekah lodge. For 38 years, she was a volunteer for the American Cancer Society. She worked in the child and adult education area and would do programs dressed as an apple known as "Kathy Healthy Chew." She received the American Cancer Society "Life Saving Award" for the State of Iowa in 2001. She also served on the Jones County Relay for Life committee. Kathy volunteered at hospice, driving people to and from treatments. She crocheted in her spare time and gave many prayer shawls to friends and patients. She operated Kathy's Craft Corner at her home as well. In yearly years, she taught vacation Bible school and was a Camp Fire leader.