Cemetery Records: Parents: William Brauch & Leona Zinser -- Spouse: No Listing -- Died Age 87 -- Buried May 8 2013
Edythe Loretta Barnes (nee Brauch), age 87, passed away peacefully at home in Bright, Indiana, 12:52 PM, May 2, 2013, in the company of family, the result of a severe stroke suffered on April 21, 2013. She was born in the Fairmount neighborhood of Cincinnati, OH on September 25, 1925, daughter of the late William Brauch and Leona Zinser.
She majored in Chemistry and Biology at the University of Cincinnati and Our Lady of Cincinnati College (Edgecliff College), earning a B.S. from Edgecliff in 1949.
Pursuing graduate studies at the University of Cincinnati in 1951, she married Thomas Lucien Barnes, also of Fairmount and St. Bonaventure Elementary School, recently discharged from the U.S. Navy and a future probation and parole officer with the U.S. Justice Department.
In rapid succession from 1951 to 1967, Edythe and Tom produced ten sons and daughters: Mark Donald, Phillip Thomas, Paul William, Carl Martin, Fred Joseph, Janet Patricia, Susan Marie, Mary Lee, Cheryl Ann, and Theodore Peter. From 1951 to the mid-1970s, Edythe was fully occupied as a housewife and mother, moving from Fehr Road in Delhi to Monfort Heights Drive and finally Kleeman Road in Monfort Heights as the family grew in size. Her attention and devotion to her diverse and active pack of kids was noted by many. One the most frequently heard questions around the Barnes home was, "Did you get anything to eat, hon? Want me to fix something?" Son Mark recalls that, while attending Thomas More College, he had a part-time job at Holmes Hospital that required him to get up at 5:00 AM every day. "I had to be really quiet and sneak out of the house so Mom wouldn't hear me and get up to force me to eat something before I left." Edythe and Tom agreed to dissolution of marriage in 1981.
As if raising ten kids was not enough, Edythe went back to work at Cincinnati General Hospital (now University Hospitals) from the mid-1970s until she retired in 1981, working variously in the Metabolism Laboratory and the Radiology Laboratory. Friend Lea Kaljs, who met Edythe at this time, recalls that, when not at work, Edythe could always be found in the woods with her dogs at the Kleeman Road home. She and Lea liked to pay visits to mediums and psychics. After retiring from Cincinnati General Hospital, Edythe continued to work sporadically at Ingrid's German Restaurant, the Pretzel Shop, and other temporary jobs in the North Side neighborhood of Cincinnati.
Edythe's favorite pastime was reading. When she could sneak a moment away from child care, grocery shopping, doing laundry, and cleaning house, she could often be found on the living room sofa with a book. She also loved animals, with at least two but sometimes three or four dogs and innumerable cats around the residence at any given time. Son Phil fondly remembers, "As kids, Mark, Paul, Carl, Fred, and I had turtles, frogs, snakes, guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, tadpoles, roosters, moles, dogs, cats, and other critters in the basement, back yard, and running loose in the neighborhood, much to the consternation of some neighbors, but Mom welcomed and loved these as part of the family." Mark and Phil attribute their interest and subsequent graduate degrees in zoology to support, encouragement, and tolerance by Edythe.
Grandson Jessie Beyrer observed of Edythe, "She went to college in the 40's and got degrees in Biology and Chemistry, often the only woman in her classes. She lived through the Great Depression, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Moon Landing, the rise and fall of Communism, and fifteen different Presidents. She worked into her 70s and for the last twelve years has battled Alzheimer's. Through all of this she was the most unassuming and kind individual, rarely with a harsh word for anyone, and always quick to smile. She gave more than she got and loved her family with all her heart.
She is survived by ex-husband, Thomas; sister, Hilda; six sons; three daughters; 15 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.
Daughter Cheryl Ann predeceased Edythe in 2010, brother Bill in 1965, and brother Lawrence in 1933. Sister Ruth passed away on 3 May 2013, a day after Edythe, no doubt to be sure that Edythe behaved herself in heaven.
Memorial service at the Minges Funeral Home, 10385 New Haven Road, Harrison OH. Interment at St. Joseph New Cemetery, Cincinnati OH.
Edythe Loretta Barnes (nee Brauch), age 87, passed away peacefully at home in Bright, Indiana, 12:52 PM, May 2, 2013, in the company of family, the result of a severe stroke suffered on April 21, 2013. She was born in the Fairmount neighborhood of Cincinnati, OH on September 25, 1925, daughter of the late William Brauch and Leona Zinser.
She majored in Chemistry and Biology at the University of Cincinnati and Our Lady of Cincinnati College (Edgecliff College), earning a B.S. from Edgecliff in 1949.
Pursuing graduate studies at the University of Cincinnati in 1951, she married Thomas Lucien Barnes, also of Fairmount and St. Bonaventure Elementary School, recently discharged from the U.S. Navy and a future probation and parole officer with the U.S. Justice Department.
In rapid succession from 1951 to 1967, Edythe and Tom produced ten sons and daughters: Mark Donald, Phillip Thomas, Paul William, Carl Martin, Fred Joseph, Janet Patricia, Susan Marie, Mary Lee, Cheryl Ann, and Theodore Peter. From 1951 to the mid-1970s, Edythe was fully occupied as a housewife and mother, moving from Fehr Road in Delhi to Monfort Heights Drive and finally Kleeman Road in Monfort Heights as the family grew in size. Her attention and devotion to her diverse and active pack of kids was noted by many. One the most frequently heard questions around the Barnes home was, "Did you get anything to eat, hon? Want me to fix something?" Son Mark recalls that, while attending Thomas More College, he had a part-time job at Holmes Hospital that required him to get up at 5:00 AM every day. "I had to be really quiet and sneak out of the house so Mom wouldn't hear me and get up to force me to eat something before I left." Edythe and Tom agreed to dissolution of marriage in 1981.
As if raising ten kids was not enough, Edythe went back to work at Cincinnati General Hospital (now University Hospitals) from the mid-1970s until she retired in 1981, working variously in the Metabolism Laboratory and the Radiology Laboratory. Friend Lea Kaljs, who met Edythe at this time, recalls that, when not at work, Edythe could always be found in the woods with her dogs at the Kleeman Road home. She and Lea liked to pay visits to mediums and psychics. After retiring from Cincinnati General Hospital, Edythe continued to work sporadically at Ingrid's German Restaurant, the Pretzel Shop, and other temporary jobs in the North Side neighborhood of Cincinnati.
Edythe's favorite pastime was reading. When she could sneak a moment away from child care, grocery shopping, doing laundry, and cleaning house, she could often be found on the living room sofa with a book. She also loved animals, with at least two but sometimes three or four dogs and innumerable cats around the residence at any given time. Son Phil fondly remembers, "As kids, Mark, Paul, Carl, Fred, and I had turtles, frogs, snakes, guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, tadpoles, roosters, moles, dogs, cats, and other critters in the basement, back yard, and running loose in the neighborhood, much to the consternation of some neighbors, but Mom welcomed and loved these as part of the family." Mark and Phil attribute their interest and subsequent graduate degrees in zoology to support, encouragement, and tolerance by Edythe.
Grandson Jessie Beyrer observed of Edythe, "She went to college in the 40's and got degrees in Biology and Chemistry, often the only woman in her classes. She lived through the Great Depression, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Moon Landing, the rise and fall of Communism, and fifteen different Presidents. She worked into her 70s and for the last twelve years has battled Alzheimer's. Through all of this she was the most unassuming and kind individual, rarely with a harsh word for anyone, and always quick to smile. She gave more than she got and loved her family with all her heart.
She is survived by ex-husband, Thomas; sister, Hilda; six sons; three daughters; 15 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.
Daughter Cheryl Ann predeceased Edythe in 2010, brother Bill in 1965, and brother Lawrence in 1933. Sister Ruth passed away on 3 May 2013, a day after Edythe, no doubt to be sure that Edythe behaved herself in heaven.
Memorial service at the Minges Funeral Home, 10385 New Haven Road, Harrison OH. Interment at St. Joseph New Cemetery, Cincinnati OH.
Cemetery Records: Parents: William Brauch & Leona Zinser -- Spouse: No Listing -- Died Age 87 -- Buried May 8 2013
Edythe Loretta Barnes (nee Brauch), age 87, passed away peacefully at home in Bright, Indiana, 12:52 PM, May 2, 2013, in the company of family, the result of a severe stroke suffered on April 21, 2013. She was born in the Fairmount neighborhood of Cincinnati, OH on September 25, 1925, daughter of the late William Brauch and Leona Zinser.
She majored in Chemistry and Biology at the University of Cincinnati and Our Lady of Cincinnati College (Edgecliff College), earning a B.S. from Edgecliff in 1949.
Pursuing graduate studies at the University of Cincinnati in 1951, she married Thomas Lucien Barnes, also of Fairmount and St. Bonaventure Elementary School, recently discharged from the U.S. Navy and a future probation and parole officer with the U.S. Justice Department.
In rapid succession from 1951 to 1967, Edythe and Tom produced ten sons and daughters: Mark Donald, Phillip Thomas, Paul William, Carl Martin, Fred Joseph, Janet Patricia, Susan Marie, Mary Lee, Cheryl Ann, and Theodore Peter. From 1951 to the mid-1970s, Edythe was fully occupied as a housewife and mother, moving from Fehr Road in Delhi to Monfort Heights Drive and finally Kleeman Road in Monfort Heights as the family grew in size. Her attention and devotion to her diverse and active pack of kids was noted by many. One the most frequently heard questions around the Barnes home was, "Did you get anything to eat, hon? Want me to fix something?" Son Mark recalls that, while attending Thomas More College, he had a part-time job at Holmes Hospital that required him to get up at 5:00 AM every day. "I had to be really quiet and sneak out of the house so Mom wouldn't hear me and get up to force me to eat something before I left." Edythe and Tom agreed to dissolution of marriage in 1981.
As if raising ten kids was not enough, Edythe went back to work at Cincinnati General Hospital (now University Hospitals) from the mid-1970s until she retired in 1981, working variously in the Metabolism Laboratory and the Radiology Laboratory. Friend Lea Kaljs, who met Edythe at this time, recalls that, when not at work, Edythe could always be found in the woods with her dogs at the Kleeman Road home. She and Lea liked to pay visits to mediums and psychics. After retiring from Cincinnati General Hospital, Edythe continued to work sporadically at Ingrid's German Restaurant, the Pretzel Shop, and other temporary jobs in the North Side neighborhood of Cincinnati.
Edythe's favorite pastime was reading. When she could sneak a moment away from child care, grocery shopping, doing laundry, and cleaning house, she could often be found on the living room sofa with a book. She also loved animals, with at least two but sometimes three or four dogs and innumerable cats around the residence at any given time. Son Phil fondly remembers, "As kids, Mark, Paul, Carl, Fred, and I had turtles, frogs, snakes, guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, tadpoles, roosters, moles, dogs, cats, and other critters in the basement, back yard, and running loose in the neighborhood, much to the consternation of some neighbors, but Mom welcomed and loved these as part of the family." Mark and Phil attribute their interest and subsequent graduate degrees in zoology to support, encouragement, and tolerance by Edythe.
Grandson Jessie Beyrer observed of Edythe, "She went to college in the 40's and got degrees in Biology and Chemistry, often the only woman in her classes. She lived through the Great Depression, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Moon Landing, the rise and fall of Communism, and fifteen different Presidents. She worked into her 70s and for the last twelve years has battled Alzheimer's. Through all of this she was the most unassuming and kind individual, rarely with a harsh word for anyone, and always quick to smile. She gave more than she got and loved her family with all her heart.
She is survived by ex-husband, Thomas; sister, Hilda; six sons; three daughters; 15 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.
Daughter Cheryl Ann predeceased Edythe in 2010, brother Bill in 1965, and brother Lawrence in 1933. Sister Ruth passed away on 3 May 2013, a day after Edythe, no doubt to be sure that Edythe behaved herself in heaven.
Memorial service at the Minges Funeral Home, 10385 New Haven Road, Harrison OH. Interment at St. Joseph New Cemetery, Cincinnati OH.
Edythe Loretta Barnes (nee Brauch), age 87, passed away peacefully at home in Bright, Indiana, 12:52 PM, May 2, 2013, in the company of family, the result of a severe stroke suffered on April 21, 2013. She was born in the Fairmount neighborhood of Cincinnati, OH on September 25, 1925, daughter of the late William Brauch and Leona Zinser.
She majored in Chemistry and Biology at the University of Cincinnati and Our Lady of Cincinnati College (Edgecliff College), earning a B.S. from Edgecliff in 1949.
Pursuing graduate studies at the University of Cincinnati in 1951, she married Thomas Lucien Barnes, also of Fairmount and St. Bonaventure Elementary School, recently discharged from the U.S. Navy and a future probation and parole officer with the U.S. Justice Department.
In rapid succession from 1951 to 1967, Edythe and Tom produced ten sons and daughters: Mark Donald, Phillip Thomas, Paul William, Carl Martin, Fred Joseph, Janet Patricia, Susan Marie, Mary Lee, Cheryl Ann, and Theodore Peter. From 1951 to the mid-1970s, Edythe was fully occupied as a housewife and mother, moving from Fehr Road in Delhi to Monfort Heights Drive and finally Kleeman Road in Monfort Heights as the family grew in size. Her attention and devotion to her diverse and active pack of kids was noted by many. One the most frequently heard questions around the Barnes home was, "Did you get anything to eat, hon? Want me to fix something?" Son Mark recalls that, while attending Thomas More College, he had a part-time job at Holmes Hospital that required him to get up at 5:00 AM every day. "I had to be really quiet and sneak out of the house so Mom wouldn't hear me and get up to force me to eat something before I left." Edythe and Tom agreed to dissolution of marriage in 1981.
As if raising ten kids was not enough, Edythe went back to work at Cincinnati General Hospital (now University Hospitals) from the mid-1970s until she retired in 1981, working variously in the Metabolism Laboratory and the Radiology Laboratory. Friend Lea Kaljs, who met Edythe at this time, recalls that, when not at work, Edythe could always be found in the woods with her dogs at the Kleeman Road home. She and Lea liked to pay visits to mediums and psychics. After retiring from Cincinnati General Hospital, Edythe continued to work sporadically at Ingrid's German Restaurant, the Pretzel Shop, and other temporary jobs in the North Side neighborhood of Cincinnati.
Edythe's favorite pastime was reading. When she could sneak a moment away from child care, grocery shopping, doing laundry, and cleaning house, she could often be found on the living room sofa with a book. She also loved animals, with at least two but sometimes three or four dogs and innumerable cats around the residence at any given time. Son Phil fondly remembers, "As kids, Mark, Paul, Carl, Fred, and I had turtles, frogs, snakes, guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, tadpoles, roosters, moles, dogs, cats, and other critters in the basement, back yard, and running loose in the neighborhood, much to the consternation of some neighbors, but Mom welcomed and loved these as part of the family." Mark and Phil attribute their interest and subsequent graduate degrees in zoology to support, encouragement, and tolerance by Edythe.
Grandson Jessie Beyrer observed of Edythe, "She went to college in the 40's and got degrees in Biology and Chemistry, often the only woman in her classes. She lived through the Great Depression, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Moon Landing, the rise and fall of Communism, and fifteen different Presidents. She worked into her 70s and for the last twelve years has battled Alzheimer's. Through all of this she was the most unassuming and kind individual, rarely with a harsh word for anyone, and always quick to smile. She gave more than she got and loved her family with all her heart.
She is survived by ex-husband, Thomas; sister, Hilda; six sons; three daughters; 15 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.
Daughter Cheryl Ann predeceased Edythe in 2010, brother Bill in 1965, and brother Lawrence in 1933. Sister Ruth passed away on 3 May 2013, a day after Edythe, no doubt to be sure that Edythe behaved herself in heaven.
Memorial service at the Minges Funeral Home, 10385 New Haven Road, Harrison OH. Interment at St. Joseph New Cemetery, Cincinnati OH.
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