Juanita (Pyle) Barnebee |
| Posted 2009-04-16 by Sharon |
| The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ August 29, 2001 A14 Juanita (Pyle) Barnebee of Plainwell, Mich., and formerly of Wickenburg, died Aug. 26 in Plainwell. She was 91. Juanita was born May 2, 1910 in LaGrange, Ind., the daughter of the late Edward and Minnie Pyle. In 1929 she graduated from LaGrange High School and later that year on Oct. 12, Juanita married Hosie Barnebee of Vicksburg, Mich. While living in Vicksburg she belonged to the Garden Club, Extension Club, Card Club and St. Martin Catholic Church. In 1943 Juanita went to work at the Upjohn Company in Kalamazoo, Mich., and both she and her husband retired from there in June of 1972. Three months later they sold their home in Vicksburg and moved to Wickenburg, Ariz. In Wickenburg, Juanita was a member of AARP and St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church. Hosie Barnebee died in 1994, and a few years later she moved back to Plainwell to be near her four nieces and their spouses. She is survived by her nieces and spouses who include Lois and Robert Murphy and Sandra Nyberg of Plainwell, Reva and Don Aukerman of Delton, Mich., and Winnie and Jim Dennis of Otsego, Mich. Rosary will be held at Frey Funeral Home in Wickenburg at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 31 at St. Anthony's Catholic Church. Fr. John Vogt will officiate. Burial will follow in the Wickenburg Municipal Cemetery. Memorials can be made to St. Vincent DePaul Society Conference in St. Anthony's Catholic Church, or to St. Margaret's Church in Otsego, Mich. All arrangements were by Frey Funeral Home and Cremation Service. See Also: Find a Grave |
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