Eugene H. Barnes

After a full and meaningful life, Gene Barnes passed away on December 26, 2014. Gene was 99 years of age.

He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1915 to Violet and Edward Barnes, the third of four children. In 1940 he married Nellie Wicknenko and they spent the next 65 years together.

Gene and Nellie had three children. He worked for L & H Printing Co. for 35 years and 12 years as a substitute bus driver for the Renton School District.

Gene was a faithful member of St. Anthony’s Parish in Renton for many years, and his Catholic faith was a mainstay in how he lived his life.

Gene was preceded in death by his wife, Nellie, in 2006, and his son, Jim in 2007. He is survived by daughters Mary Gene Kiley (Jack) of Olympia, and Janet Flaherty (Michael) of Kirkland, eight grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.

A Mass of Celebration will be held at St Anthony’s Church at 10:00 am on January 23, 2015.

Memorials may be made to the Providence Hospice of Seattle Foundation, 425 Pontius Ave. N., Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98109