Christine Marie (Forrest) Barnes |
| Posted 2024-08-25 by Pat R |
| Wickenburg Sun (Wickenburg, Arizona) Wednesday, June 26, 2024, p. A-5 Christine Marie Barnes, age 55, passed away suddenly on March 27, 2024. Chrissy was born on May 8, 1968, in Panorama City, Calif., to Don and Arleen (Gocke) Forrest. Chrissy graduated from La Canada High School in California in 1986. She went on to earn her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1999 at Cal State Dominguez Hills in Long Beach, Calif. After earning her teaching credential, she taught for the Long Beach Unified School District for two years. She then married Tyler Barnes, and her son Russell was born of that union. Chrissy was a stay-at-home mom to Russell for several years. She then worked as a nanny and as a secretary for Farmers Insurance. After Russell graduated from high school and moved to San Luis Obispo to attend college, Chrissy decided to move to Wickenburg in late 2022, to be closer to family. She was a full-time substitute teacher at Vulture Peak Middle School. Chrissy was a caring and compassionate person who loved her son first and foremost, and had a very tender heart for animals of all kinds, except for the tarantula that invaded her home not long after she moved in. Even then she made sure it was safely relocated. She enjoyed anything having to do with crafts. She was artistic and creative. She was also a true California girl who loved sitting on the beach and reading a good mystery and watching Russell surf. Chrissy was preceded in death by both sets of grandparents and her uncle James Gocke. She is survived by her son, Russell Anthony Barnes of Long Beach, Calif.; her mother, Arleen Younkman; stepfather, John of Wickenburg; father, Don Forrest; stepmother, Heidi of Long Beach, Calif; sister, Debora Berner of Wickenburg; aunt, Kathleen Gocke of Buckeye; cousins, Joanna Netzke of Kona, Hawaii; Kimmy Krost of Whitefish, Montana; stepchildren, Tommy and Tatum of Long Beach; and her fur babies Boo and Bella. There will be a commemorative get together at her father's home in Long Beach, Calif. in remembrance of Chrissy. |
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