Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameThomas Sidney Barnes
Birth3 Jan 1906, Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA
Death25 Sep 1972, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co., MI, USA Age: 66
FatherWilliam Hood Barnes (1870-1946)
MotherNellie Mae Bliss (1874-1962)
Marriage4 Dec 1928, CA, USA
SpouseHilma Sorola
Birth20 Nov 1910, Fort Bragg, Mendocino Co., CA, USA
Death10 Jan 2004, Jackson, Jackson Co., MI, USA Age: 93
Children
Birth2 Sep 1946, Crawfordsville, Montgomery Co., IN, USA Age: 77
SpouseSharon Kay Stewart
Marriage14 Aug 1999, Jackson, Jackson Co., MI, USA
2 M(Private)
Spouse(Private)
SpouseColette Noel Gillespie (1951-1983)
Children(Private)
Notes for Thomas Sidney Barnes
Thomas S. Barnes (obituary #1):
1443 Munith Rd., passed away at the Veteranís Hospital, Ann Arbor, Monday afternoon, Sept. 25, 1972, aged 66 years. Surviving are the wife Hilma; two sons Douglas A. of Jackson, Roy T. with the U.S. Army at Fort Sill, Okla.: two sisters, Mrs. Helen Leggett of Horton, Mrs. Jennie B. Paige of Jackson; one brother Charles A. of Jackson; numerous nieces and nephews. Mr. Barnes donated his body to the University of Michigan Medical School. A Memorial Service will be at the Central Wesleyan Church, 119 N. Webster, Wednesday 1:00 p.m. The Reverend Robert Garrett officiating.
Friends who wish may make donations to the Jackson YMCA Youth Fund.
Thomas S. Barnes (obituary #2):
A memorial service was to have been held today for Thomas S. Barnes, 66, of 1443 Munith Rd., who died Monday in Veteranís Hospital, Ann Arbor, after an illness of two months. With the exception of 10 years in CA [and his youth in Chicago], he spent his lifetime in Jackson County. Mr. Barnes served with the Army in the 1920s and as an instructor during World War II. He attended the Wesleyan Central Church and was a retiree of the Clark Equipment Co., with about 20 years of service. Surviving are his wife Hilma; two sons, Douglas A. of Jackson and Roy T. with the U.S. Army at Fort Sill, Okla.; two sisters; and a brother.
A military plaque for Tom is at Horton Cemetery,Horton, MI, near graves of parents.
1443 Munith Rd., passed away at the Veteranís Hospital, Ann Arbor, Monday afternoon, Sept. 25, 1972, aged 66 years. Surviving are the wife Hilma; two sons Douglas A. of Jackson, Roy T. with the U.S. Army at Fort Sill, Okla.: two sisters, Mrs. Helen Leggett of Horton, Mrs. Jennie B. Paige of Jackson; one brother Charles A. of Jackson; numerous nieces and nephews. Mr. Barnes donated his body to the University of Michigan Medical School. A Memorial Service will be at the Central Wesleyan Church, 119 N. Webster, Wednesday 1:00 p.m. The Reverend Robert Garrett officiating.
Friends who wish may make donations to the Jackson YMCA Youth Fund.
Thomas S. Barnes (obituary #2):
A memorial service was to have been held today for Thomas S. Barnes, 66, of 1443 Munith Rd., who died Monday in Veteranís Hospital, Ann Arbor, after an illness of two months. With the exception of 10 years in CA [and his youth in Chicago], he spent his lifetime in Jackson County. Mr. Barnes served with the Army in the 1920s and as an instructor during World War II. He attended the Wesleyan Central Church and was a retiree of the Clark Equipment Co., with about 20 years of service. Surviving are his wife Hilma; two sons, Douglas A. of Jackson and Roy T. with the U.S. Army at Fort Sill, Okla.; two sisters; and a brother.
A military plaque for Tom is at Horton Cemetery,Horton, MI, near graves of parents.
Notes for Hilma Sorola
Charles W. Paige wrote the following in 1996:
Aunt Hilma is a CA transplant who sacrificed enormously in removing to MI sixty-three years ago with husband Tom . Being a MI transplant to CA, I can truly empathize with her. During my formative years, Aunt Hilma brought a worldly aspect into our otherwise ingrown existence that affected my life in ways no one else had.
Aunt Hilma and Mom are great friends. Hilma brought the drinking of coffee into Mom's life, mostly replacing tea. And she was there during Mom's leg operation recovery in the 1930s. She has also been there for Mom many times since, and they are more like close sisters than sisters-in-law. Special times together include a week in 1965 at Ott and Molly Palmer's cabin in MI's Upper Peninsula, and their 1973 CA vacation, when Hilma showed Mom the world and family she left behind.
Aunt Hilma is an especially dutiful mother and grandmother. This galloping granny has spent a goodly portion of her last twenty years either with son Roy, in Utah or Nevada, or with son Doug, when he and Kappy were on a ten-year mission to Puerto Rico for their church until 1995.
Just because Doug and Kappy have now moved back to Jackson does not mean Aunt Hilma has greatly reduced her travel. This year, besides visiting Roy and Nykky in Nevada, she has taken an Alaskan cruise. If you ever want to hear some interesting stories from this most interesting person, ask Aunt Hilma about her travel experiences.
Hilma's obituary:
BARNES, HILMA S. -
Of Jackson, passed away at the Jackson County Medical Care Facility Saturday, January 10, 2004, age 93 years. Survived by two sons, Douglas and Roy Barnes; four grandchildren, Sarah Kissane, Jessica Cook, Nykky Golightly and Alex Barnes; four great-grandchildren; sister, Lillian Robertson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas in 1972. Mrs. Barnes was a member of the Central Wesleyan Church. According to her wishes, her body has been donated to the University of Michigan Medical School. A memorial service will be held at the Central Wesleyan Church, 119 N. Webster St., Saturday, January 31, 2004 at 11:00 a.m.
Contributions to the Central Wesleyan Church or the Jackson County Medical Care Facility would be appreciated.
Desnoyer Funeral Home Family owned for 114 years
Published in the Jackson Citizen Patriot on 1/27/2004.
Aunt Hilma is a CA transplant who sacrificed enormously in removing to MI sixty-three years ago with husband Tom . Being a MI transplant to CA, I can truly empathize with her. During my formative years, Aunt Hilma brought a worldly aspect into our otherwise ingrown existence that affected my life in ways no one else had.
Aunt Hilma and Mom are great friends. Hilma brought the drinking of coffee into Mom's life, mostly replacing tea. And she was there during Mom's leg operation recovery in the 1930s. She has also been there for Mom many times since, and they are more like close sisters than sisters-in-law. Special times together include a week in 1965 at Ott and Molly Palmer's cabin in MI's Upper Peninsula, and their 1973 CA vacation, when Hilma showed Mom the world and family she left behind.
Aunt Hilma is an especially dutiful mother and grandmother. This galloping granny has spent a goodly portion of her last twenty years either with son Roy, in Utah or Nevada, or with son Doug, when he and Kappy were on a ten-year mission to Puerto Rico for their church until 1995.
Just because Doug and Kappy have now moved back to Jackson does not mean Aunt Hilma has greatly reduced her travel. This year, besides visiting Roy and Nykky in Nevada, she has taken an Alaskan cruise. If you ever want to hear some interesting stories from this most interesting person, ask Aunt Hilma about her travel experiences.
Hilma's obituary:
BARNES, HILMA S. -
Of Jackson, passed away at the Jackson County Medical Care Facility Saturday, January 10, 2004, age 93 years. Survived by two sons, Douglas and Roy Barnes; four grandchildren, Sarah Kissane, Jessica Cook, Nykky Golightly and Alex Barnes; four great-grandchildren; sister, Lillian Robertson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas in 1972. Mrs. Barnes was a member of the Central Wesleyan Church. According to her wishes, her body has been donated to the University of Michigan Medical School. A memorial service will be held at the Central Wesleyan Church, 119 N. Webster St., Saturday, January 31, 2004 at 11:00 a.m.
Contributions to the Central Wesleyan Church or the Jackson County Medical Care Facility would be appreciated.
Desnoyer Funeral Home Family owned for 114 years
Published in the Jackson Citizen Patriot on 1/27/2004.
Notes for Thomas Sidney & Hilma (Family)
Tom and Hilma Barnes' Story - MI or Bust:
Hilma Sorola, raised in a Finnish settlement near Fort Bragg, CA, went to work in San Francisco to support herself while attending Mission High School. Both she and her sister had moved to the city.
In the summer of 1926 she accepted an invitation to double--date with her sister, Siiri (pro. Si'ree). Siiri's boyfriend, Frank Marble of Washington state, was in the peacetime Army and stationed at the Presidio. He had a soldier friend, Tom Barnes, whom he wanted Wilma to meet. It was thus arranged that the two blind dates would meet and the two couples go to a movie.
The evening was enjoyable and soon Tom and Hilma began to date steadily. Two years later Hilma became Tom's December Bride. At the time he had just gotten out of the service and had a civilian job. She was working at Bell Telephone.
In the spring of 1933 Tom hitchhiked to MI, stopping at fairs along the way to earn money wrestling. The summer of that same year he borrowed enough money from his father to return to CA. Hilma, in the meantime, had been given the option of either continuing working at Bell or receiving a $25 bonus for each year of service to the company. The Depression was on and it was Bell's way of cutting personnel without firing them.
When Tom returned, she accepted the $100 bonus for her 4 years and, with $25 of it, she and Tom bought an old Model T Ford. Tom set to work rigging the back seat to fold down as a bed. Next he stowed a mattress. Finally, after buying two used tires for $2 each and some groceries, they were off to MI.
During their trip from San Francisco through Reno, Salt Lake City, Laramie, Omaha, and Chicago the couple roughed it. At night the back seat was folded down and the mattress spread for sleeping. During the day their meals were all cooked out-of-doors.
Coming across the Rockies, as they were climbing one of the mountains, the Ford's forward clutch wore out. Undaunted, Tom turned the car around and backed the rest of the way up, pretty as you please.
The Ford's forward clutch was replaced in Salt Lake City, after which the couple continued on. Before arriving in MI they stopped in Chicago to visit the Century Progress World's Fair for a couple days; then on to Jackson - their ultimate destination.
Tom and Wilma Barnes arrived in Jackson just a few days before the Bliss family reunion was to be held (always held on the 4th of July). On the day of the reunion the Model T was packed with Tom's parents, Will and Nellie, and his brother and sister-in-law, Chuck and Esther, with their four girls and baby boy. Soon they were all off to Susie Barnes' house in Albion for what was to be Hilma's first family debut.
(Information Courtesy of Mrs. Hilma Barnes)
Hilma Sorola, raised in a Finnish settlement near Fort Bragg, CA, went to work in San Francisco to support herself while attending Mission High School. Both she and her sister had moved to the city.
In the summer of 1926 she accepted an invitation to double--date with her sister, Siiri (pro. Si'ree). Siiri's boyfriend, Frank Marble of Washington state, was in the peacetime Army and stationed at the Presidio. He had a soldier friend, Tom Barnes, whom he wanted Wilma to meet. It was thus arranged that the two blind dates would meet and the two couples go to a movie.
The evening was enjoyable and soon Tom and Hilma began to date steadily. Two years later Hilma became Tom's December Bride. At the time he had just gotten out of the service and had a civilian job. She was working at Bell Telephone.
In the spring of 1933 Tom hitchhiked to MI, stopping at fairs along the way to earn money wrestling. The summer of that same year he borrowed enough money from his father to return to CA. Hilma, in the meantime, had been given the option of either continuing working at Bell or receiving a $25 bonus for each year of service to the company. The Depression was on and it was Bell's way of cutting personnel without firing them.
When Tom returned, she accepted the $100 bonus for her 4 years and, with $25 of it, she and Tom bought an old Model T Ford. Tom set to work rigging the back seat to fold down as a bed. Next he stowed a mattress. Finally, after buying two used tires for $2 each and some groceries, they were off to MI.
During their trip from San Francisco through Reno, Salt Lake City, Laramie, Omaha, and Chicago the couple roughed it. At night the back seat was folded down and the mattress spread for sleeping. During the day their meals were all cooked out-of-doors.
Coming across the Rockies, as they were climbing one of the mountains, the Ford's forward clutch wore out. Undaunted, Tom turned the car around and backed the rest of the way up, pretty as you please.
The Ford's forward clutch was replaced in Salt Lake City, after which the couple continued on. Before arriving in MI they stopped in Chicago to visit the Century Progress World's Fair for a couple days; then on to Jackson - their ultimate destination.
Tom and Wilma Barnes arrived in Jackson just a few days before the Bliss family reunion was to be held (always held on the 4th of July). On the day of the reunion the Model T was packed with Tom's parents, Will and Nellie, and his brother and sister-in-law, Chuck and Esther, with their four girls and baby boy. Soon they were all off to Susie Barnes' house in Albion for what was to be Hilma's first family debut.
(Information Courtesy of Mrs. Hilma Barnes)
Notes for Douglas Alan (Child 1)
Douglas was a swimming instructor at the YMCA in Jackson, MI, for many years. In about 1985 he and Kathryn and family were sent on a mission to Puerto Rico to teach school. The family remained in Puerto Rico until returning to Jackson, MI, after ten years.
Notes for Douglas Alan & Kathryn Joan (Family)
As of May, 1995-
Doug and "Kappy" were on a mission for their church to Puerto Rico for ten years. They returned to their home in Jackson, MI, this year. which they had rented out since the mid-1980s.
Doug and "Kappy" were on a mission for their church to Puerto Rico for ten years. They returned to their home in Jackson, MI, this year. which they had rented out since the mid-1980s.
Notes for Douglas Alan & Sharon Kay (Family)
Doug and Sharon were married by: Reverend Dan Downer, pastor of the Central Wesleyan Church; and Reverend David Owen, UMC District Superintendent, South IN Conference. They were married at the Calvary United Methodist Church.