James O. Barnd Sr.
January 20, 1918 — April 2, 2004
James O. Barnd Sr., 86, of 440 4th St., Marion, died Friday, April 2, 2004, in University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, after a short illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 7, 2004, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Marion, by the Rev. John Gossman. Burial: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Friends may call from 4 - 8 p.m. Tuesday (April 6) at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, where a Knights of Columbus rosary will be recited at 6:30 p.m. and a Parish Vigil service will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Survivors include his wife, Lillyan; his children, Julie (Leslie) Prahl of St. Paul, Minnesota, James O. Barnd Jr. and fiancée, Betty Lomas of Marion, Pauline "Polly? (Robert) Hatala of Cedar Rapids, Mark (Julie) Barnd of Marion and Dan (Jean) Barnd of Mt. Vernon; ten grandchildren; a brother, Robert (Dottie) Barnd of Fresno, California; and a brother-in-law, Clyde (Marcella) Malone of Aledo, Illinois.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Jim was born on January 20, 1918, the son of James H. and Pauline Oliver Barnd, in Manchester, Iowa, and graduated there in 1935 from Xavier High School. Jim served in the U.S. Army, entering the service in 1941 with the military police. In September 1943, in Taunton, England, he escorted commanding officials. He moved to London in 1944 and worked as an assistant for General Omar Bradley?s 12th Army. Six weeks prior to D-Day, he was stationed near Portsmouth, England, with the British Military Police, and on D-Day, he escorted General Montgomery onto Gold Beach. After the Battle of the Bulge, he returned to his company in Verdun, France.
On February 2, 1943, he was united in marriage to Lillyan Malone in Atlanta, Georgia. Jim owned and operated Barnd Food Provisions in Marion for twenty years and then worked in the meat departments at several local grocery stores before retirement. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, where he sang in the church choir for many years. He was also a member of Knights of Columbus #5390 and Marion American Legion Post No. 298, who will conduct military rites.
A memorial fund has been established in memory of Jim and will be divided between the Knights of Columbus #5390 and St. Joseph Catholic Church.
Survivors include his wife, Lillyan; his children, Julie (Leslie) Prahl of St. Paul, Minnesota, James O. Barnd Jr. and fiancée, Betty Lomas of Marion, Pauline "Polly? (Robert) Hatala of Cedar Rapids, Mark (Julie) Barnd of Marion and Dan (Jean) Barnd of Mt. Vernon; ten grandchildren; a brother, Robert (Dottie) Barnd of Fresno, California; and a brother-in-law, Clyde (Marcella) Malone of Aledo, Illinois.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Jim was born on January 20, 1918, the son of James H. and Pauline Oliver Barnd, in Manchester, Iowa, and graduated there in 1935 from Xavier High School. Jim served in the U.S. Army, entering the service in 1941 with the military police. In September 1943, in Taunton, England, he escorted commanding officials. He moved to London in 1944 and worked as an assistant for General Omar Bradley?s 12th Army. Six weeks prior to D-Day, he was stationed near Portsmouth, England, with the British Military Police, and on D-Day, he escorted General Montgomery onto Gold Beach. After the Battle of the Bulge, he returned to his company in Verdun, France.
On February 2, 1943, he was united in marriage to Lillyan Malone in Atlanta, Georgia. Jim owned and operated Barnd Food Provisions in Marion for twenty years and then worked in the meat departments at several local grocery stores before retirement. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, where he sang in the church choir for many years. He was also a member of Knights of Columbus #5390 and Marion American Legion Post No. 298, who will conduct military rites.
A memorial fund has been established in memory of Jim and will be divided between the Knights of Columbus #5390 and St. Joseph Catholic Church.
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