Anne Barnett – Waves, United States Navy

From a contemporary press report:

Anne Barnett, 80, a World War II Navy WAVES veteran who was a member of American Legion Post No. 176 in Springfield, Virginia, died of lymphoma March 10, 2003 at Walter Reed Army Hospital. She lived in Springfield.

Mrs. Barnett, a Rochester, New York, native who settled in this area in 1968, was an auxiliary member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Springfield. She had done volunteer work with the Red Cross at DeWitt Army Hospital at Fort Belvoir.

Her husband, Harold D. Barnett, died in 1989.

Survivors include two daughters, Christine Kehrli of Oak Ridge, N.C., and Patricia Barnett of Richmond; a brother; and two grandchildren.

BARNETT, ANNE

Of Springfield, Virginia, on March 10, 2003. Beloved wife of the late Harold D. Barnett; loving mother of Christine Kehrli and Patricia Barnett; sister of Louis Hartl; grandmother of Stephine Hartung and David Kehrli.

A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, March 25, 2003, 2 p.m. at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Friends are asked to gather at the Administration Building at 1:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, PO Box 650309, Dallas, TX 75265.

BARNETT, ANNE
DATE OF BIRTH: 11/18/1922
DATE OF DEATH: 03/10/2003
BURIED AT: SECTION 59  SITE 2092
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
WIFE OF BARNETT, HAROLD D  MSGT US AIR FORCE

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