Ruth Barnes

RUTH E. BARNES IDAHO FALLS, ID - Ruth Elzada Sanders Barnes, 96, of Idaho Falls, died August 19, 2003 at the home of her daughter, Sarah Beth Barnes, in Idaho Falls. She was born April 2, 1907, in Rexburg, Idaho to Charles Albert Sanders and Sarah Howell Sanders. She attended grade school in Lima, Montana and Rexburg, Idaho. She was a Ricks Academy graduate. Later she attended University of Idaho, Utah State University and Dixie College in St. George. She pursued many other academic opportunities. She married Forrest Walker Barnes on November 24, 1926, in Rexburg, Idaho. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Logan LDS Temple. They made their home in Hamer and Swan Valley, Idaho and in Logan, Utah. For a number of years she lived in the Salt Lake Valley area. She taught school at Hamer and Roberts High School and was employed by General Electric at the AEC Site as an Assistant to Library Documents and worked as an Administrative Director of Documents at the Brigham City, Utah based Thiokol Missile Program. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She and her husband served in teaching and leadership positions. They filled a two-year mission in the San Diego, CA area. She was Stake librarian and organized meeting house libraries in Hamer, Swan Valley and in the Poston, Arizona Branch. She enjoyed all of the arts of homemaking and gardening. While living in Hamer she and her husband frequently sang in a double mixed quartet. She was an avid reader, loved writing histories and oil painting. Surviving are: Daughter: Vina Lee (Boyd) Belnap, Moreland, ID Son: Marcus Walker (Joan) Barnes, Rigby, ID Daughter: Sarah Beth Barnes, Idaho Falls, ID Sister: Ruby Landon, Mountain Home, ID Sister: Pearl Laird, Dubois, ID Brother: Reese (Norma) Sanders, Hamer, ID Sister: Sarah Smith, Wendell, ID 18 Grandchildren, 87 Great Grandchildren, and 14 Great Great Grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 23, 2003, at Wood East Side Chapel (963 S. Ammon Rd.) with Bishop Robert Clark, of the Ucon 3rd Ward, officiating. The family will meet with friends for one hour prior to the services. Burial will be at Fielding Memorial Park under the direction of Wood Funeral Home East Side, 963 S. Ammon Road, Idaho Falls, ID 83406.