Obituary of Claudine Lillian Barnes
Claudine Lillian Barnes
Corner Brook, NL
January 25, 1935 – October 31, 2021
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing our beautiful mother Claudine Lillian Barnes (nee Pye) on Sunday, October 31, 2021 at Western Memorial Hospital at the age of 86 years. She passed peacefully surrounded by her family after a brief illness.
Left behind are her children: Valda (Walt) Hurley, Darlene (Ed) Jones, Lorna (Ken) Pike, Kelvin (Michele) Barnes and Tina (Gord) Clarke; grandchildren: Amanda (Montie) Bridger, Amelia (Mark) Torng, Marc (Lindsay) Hurley, Alicia Hurley, Ashlee (Graeme) Wilson, Tiffany Jones, Hayley Clarke, Jordan Clarke, Riley Barnes and Martin Barnes; great grandchildren: Aaliyah Jones, Hunter and Koehn Hurley, and Andy Wilson; sister Rose (Tom) Vincent, brothers Clayton (Gladys) Pye, Irving (Betty) Pye, Eric (Joan) Pye and George Pye Jr.; as well a very large circle of family and friends.
Predeceased by her husband Gerald in 2003, Grandchildren Robbie Jones and Kelsey Barnes, parents George and Ida (Stone) Pye and Sisters Helen Doman and Thelma McCarthy.
Claudine was born in Cape St. Charles, Labrador in 1935 to Ida (Stone) and George Pye. As the oldest girl of seven children, she learned early on how to cook, bake, make do and make the best of what you had. She moved to Curling with her family and met the love of her life, Gerald Barnes. They married in 1956 and had a family who loved them dearly.
Mom and Dad loved to travel NL fishing, berry picking, camping and trying out every restaurant they could. They started camping in Birchy Narrows in the 80’s, where they met many, many lifelong friends. Even after Dad passed in 2003, Mom continued camping there until 2015. She also attended her TOPS Meeting from 1972 until 2019 with all her TOPS Sisters who she loved with all her heart.
Friends may visit Fillatre’s Funeral Home, 4 St. Marks Avenue, Tuesday, November 2nd from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be held on Wednesday, November 3rd at 10:30 Am from Fillatre’s Funeral Home Chapel, with Reverend Jocelyn Cook officiating. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the funeral service will be by invitation only. Masks and Vaccine Passports will be required for both the visitation and funeral service. The interment will follow at Mt. Patricia cemetery.
As expressions of sympathy, No flowers by request, donations may be made to the charity of one’s choice.
To view the funeral service please click the following link
https://event.forgetmenotceremonies.com/ceremony?c=a7282375-7a29-4d23-9cac-d86b98003cd8
In Loving Memory
Claudine Barnes
1935 - 2021
