Nancy Barnes Obituary

Nancy Lee Barnes

Nancy Lee (Redman) Barnes lived her life with an "unwavering conviction of God's ability to govern life."

She was born Sept. 11, 1931, in Columbus, and moved to Vermilion Lagoons with her husband, Dick, and their family in 1970 to be closer to the lake and their sailboats.

With her faith and her Christian Science beliefs, by Mary Baker Eddy, she lovingly followed her husband through their adventurous pioneering life for 75 years. They were high school sweethearts from the class of '49 at Upper Arlington High School. Nancy attended The Ohio State University.

Nancy and Dick were past members of Vermilion Yacht Club, Vermilion Boat Club, Catawba Island Club, and The Crews Nest on Put In Bay.

While being a very involved mother, Nancy co-owned a needlepoint shop in Vermilion called "The Black Sheep," where she custom painted needlepoint canvases for customers. She also created and operated a quarterly magazine called "Southbound" with boating enthusiast subscribers who Nancy and Dick met in their 25 years of operating their trawler, named "Lee", to and from Florida and the Bahamas for the winters. After they sold their boat, then enjoyed taking their motor home with a 1956 14' Lyman in tow.

Nancy is survived by her sons, Rick Barnes of Sandusky, Skip Barnes of Cleveland, and Scott (Heather) Barnes of Huron; daughter, Lisa Bloor of Huron; grandchildren, Kate Weller, Jill Stefanski, Mary Blackburn, Nancy Lee Schoelwer, and Jep Bloor; and great-grandchildren, Archer, Caroline Mary, and Vivien Lee.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard E. Barnes, in 2021; an infant son; parents, Edmund and Vera (Adkinson) Redman; sister and brother in law, Vera and Richard Blake; and brother, Kit (Kaatje) Redman.

A celebration of life will be Sunday, May 28, 2023, at Vermilion Boat Club.

Memorial contributions may be made to the donor's choice.

"There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so." - Shakespeare

Online condolences may be shared at www.fosterfh.com.

Foster Funeral Home & Crematory, Huron, is assisting family.