Submitted by: Nadine A. Hardin

Name:  Barna, Ernest A.

Names in Obituary:  Barna, Herbolshimer, Gelbaugh, Drout, Langdon

South Bend Tribune, Obituaries; July 11, 2001.

Ernest A. Barna (March 20, 1926 - July 6, 2001)

Ernest A. Barna, 75, of Allen Park, Mich., formerly of South Bend, Ind., died Friday, July 6, in Rapid City, S.D., after being gored by a bull buffalo at Custer State Park on July 5th.

Survivors include his wife, Kathleen Franklin Barna, formerly of South Bend; a son, Ernest A. Barna II of Livonia, Mich.; two daughters, Andrea (James) Herbolshimer of Cleveland, Ohio, and Jody (Scott) Gelbaugh of Plainwell, Mich.; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; a brother, John Barna of South Bend; and a sister, Dewann Drout Langdon of Park Ridge, Ill.

He was a World War II U.S. Marine, seeing combat at Tarawa and Saipan, receiving the Purple Heart at Saipan. He retired from the Ford Motor Company of Dearborn, Mich., working in the styling department. He was a member of the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church of Dearborn.

The Howe Peterson Funeral Home, Dearborn, is handling services.