Jean Barnes nee Mullner, 90, of Zion, Illinois, and formerly of Aberdeen, South Dakota, died of natural causes on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at the Village at Victory Lakes senior living community in Lindenhurst, Illinois.
She was born April 3, 1933 in Aberdeen, South Dakota. She was a member of St. Patrick’s Church. She retired from Victory Memorial Hospital in 1991 where she worked for 20 years as a Patient Accounts Specialist.
Jean was a strong matriarch to her family starting with her 4 children Roland (Renee) Barnes, of Johnsburg, Illinois; Mark (Justine) Barnes of Batavia, Illinois; Valerie (Gregg) Davis of Antioch, Illinois; and Lora (Jerry) Nordstrom of Beach Park, Illinois. She was close to her 9 grandchildren Sean (Nadine) Barnes; Ryan Barnes; Aaron (Kacey) Barnes; Angelica (Jim) Young; Kristin (Ron) Meigs; Nicholas (Robynn) Richards; Ian Davis; Stephanie Nordstrom; and Eric (Megan) Nordstrom. She found joy in each of her 14 great-grandchildren Sofie, Aiden, Christian, Lucy, Otis, Logan, Kaden, Brody, Liam, Amelia, Jocelynn, Savanna, Brooklyn, and Wyatt.
She was preceded in death by her husband Eugene “Gus” Barnes, her brother LeRoy “Sunny” Mullner, and her sister Leona Mullner.
Visitation will be from 4-8 PM Thursday, March 21, 2024 at Marsh Funeral Home, 305 Cemetery Road, Gurnee, Illinois. Additional visitation is from 10-11 AM Friday, March 22, 2024, at St. Patrick’s Church in Wadsworth, 15000 W. Wadsworth Rd., Wadsworth, IL 60083, followed by a funeral mass at 11 AM. Interment will be at Ascension Cemetery, Libertyville.
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