Floyd E. Barnes
Jan. 6, 1895-Sept. 7, 1971
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, September 8, 1971; page 2, col. 1, microfilm, Niles District Library
NILES – Floyd E. Barnes, chairman of the City Planning Commission and active in many Masonic groups, died at 9 p.m. Tuesday, South Bend, after an illness of more than two months. He was 76.
A retired storekeeper with Tyler Fixture Corp., Mr. Barnes was born Jan. 6, 1895, in Chicago, and had lived here since 1906. On Dec. 25, 1919, in Niles, he married the former Mary Agatha Judy, who survives.
Mr. Barnes was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, the Niles Shrine Club, Wolverine Masonic Lodge of Detroit, the Niles Commandry of Knights Templar, Saladin Temple of Grand Rapids, and the Niles Royal and Select Masters. He was an honorary member of St. Joseph Masonic Lodge here.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, George of Niles, a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Lamoureux of Northfield, Ill.; a brother Cressel of Mesa, Ariz., and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Trinity Episcopal Church, with the Rev. Fr. Vincent Anderson officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, where Masonic rites will be administered.
Friends may call after noon Thursday at the Pifer Funeral Home.
Memorials may be given to the church.