Marjorie Marie Barnes

1917 - 2014 LAKEWOOD, CO Marie went to be with the Lord on December 28, 2014. She will be laid to rest on Friday, January 2, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Hahn-Cook funeral home in Oklahoma City. Marie and her husband, Paul, opened Paul's Beauty College in 1956 and was a well-known trainer of hairdressers and makeup artists in Oklahoma for thirty years. Marie opened her first beauty shop in her home in Allen, Oklahoma, in 1934. During World War II, she worked at Tinker Air Force Base in accounting for weapons acquisition. Following the war, Marie returned to cosmetology. She married Paul in 1944, and together, they revolutionized education of hairdressers all over the world. Marie was asked by foreign governments in Europe and the Middle East to come and train their hair professionals, and she traveled throughout the world with the United States competition team. Marie was elected to President of the Oklahoma Cosmetology Association, the XYC club, and received honors from the state of Oklahoma and National associations. She was a regular member of the Britton Baptist Church and the Westwood Chapter of Eastern Star, where she served as Worthy Matron. In 1995, she moved to Denver, Colorado, to be close to her beloved granddaughters. Marie was preceded in death by her husband, Paul E. Barnes. She is survived by her son, Ronald D. Barnes; her daughter, Rose Mary Zapor; and her five grandchildren.Arrangements under the direction of Hahn-Cook/Street & Draper Funeral Directors, Oklahoma City, OK.