Barbara 'Joyce' Barnard

https://www.bryantfh.net/obituary/barbara-joyce-barnard?fh_id=10931

August 22, 1939 - August 15, 2023

Barbara “Joyce” Barnard, 83, died August 15, 2023, at Smokey Hill Health and Rehabilitation, Salina, Kansas. She was born August 22, 1939, at the family home in Wayne County, Illinois, the daughter of William “Harold” and Willena Maurine (Molt) Hosselston.

Joyce graduated from Fairfield High School, Fairfield, Illinois in 1957.

On October 13, 1956, she married David Paul “Pete” Barnard in Johnsonville, Illinois. He preceded her in death on January 4, 2014.

Pete and Joyce moved to Hoisington in the early 70s and she went to work for the Hoisington Lutheran Hospital as a Nurse’s Aide. Joyce was a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church of Hoisington. She enjoyed fishing trips with the family and will always be remembered by her family as a great cook, especially her homemade bread and pies.

Survivors include her four children, Kim Landers and husband Eric of Hoisington; Bryan Barnard and wife Diana of Pratt, Brad Barnard and wife Laura of Hoisington, and Kara Gale and husband Cory of Winfield; 11 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren, with two more on the way.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three-year-old son, Ricky Barnard, sister, Virginia Cable, and brother, Gene Hosselton.

Visitation will be 1 p.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday with family to receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. at the funeral home.

Graveside service will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, August 21, 2023, at Hoisington City Cemetery, with Ron Bailey presiding.

Memorials may be made to Kans for Kids, in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, P.O. Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544.

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