Jan. 4, 1912 - Aug. 19, 1999

Grover C Barnes, 87, of East Colfax Avenue, Mishawaka, Ind., passed away Thursday, Aug. 19, in Mishawaka.

Grover was born on Jan. 4, 1912, to the union of Grover C. and Edith V. Barnes in Cumberland, Wis. He was a graduate of South Bend Central High School. On June 27, 1936, he married Clarissa E. Hutchins in Mishawaka.

Grover was employed by the Studebaker Corporation as a pattern maker and supervisor for 30 years. Then he was employed by Conn Band Instrument Company. He retired from AM General in 1978. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America, St. Joseph County Council, serving as a scoutmaster for many years. In 1950, he was the scoutmaster of the area scouts who attended the National Boy Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge, Pa.

Grover was a fifty-year member of the Mishawaka Masonic Lodge, the South Bend Scottish Rite and the Shrine organization of Michigan City, Ind.

Grover is survived by his wife, Clarissa E.; their four children, Barbara A. (Ken) Slack of Granger, Ind., Harold R. (Anne) Barnes of Punta Gorda, Fla., Ronald G. (Linda) Barnes of Exton, Pa., and Richard A. (Nola) Barnes of Osceola, Ind. He is also survived by twenty-one grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; and two sisters, Lee Ross of Seattle, Wash., and Jeanne Moon of St. Louis, Mo. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Ethel ''Pat'' Hawkins and Rose Griffin; and two brothers, Arthur Sholtey Jr., and Harold R. Barnes. He was also preceded in death in 1984 by a grandson, Harold R. Barnes, Jr.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 and from 6 to 8 p.m. today, Aug. 22, at the Bubb Funeral Chapel North, 3910 N. Main St., Mishawaka. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 23, in the Twin City Baptist Church, 420 E. Jefferson Blvd., Mishawaka, where Grover was a member. There will be an hour of visitation prior to the service. Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Osceola.