Patricia "Patty" Barnhill

September 7, 1931 - January 10, 2022

Patricia Joy (Vance) Barnhill died peacefully on January 10, 2022, at Serenity House in Oskaloosa, surrounded by family. Visitation will be on Saturday, January 15, at the Bussey United Methodist Church from 9-11 am. Services will be at 11 am, with graveside services immediately following in the Greenlawn Cemetery. A luncheon will be served back at the church following the burial. Patty was born on September 7, 1931, to Frank Clair and Fern Sarah Vance at home in rural Bussey. She graduated from Bussey High School in 1949. She married Rex Barnhill at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, IA, on June 10, 1949. Rex and Patty had three children: Dale, Brent, and Diane. They were married for 53 years. Patty was a lifelong member of Bussey United Methodist Church, UMW, and several card clubs. She worked at the Bussey restaurant and at the overall factory in Knoxville, but the main focus of her time, attention, and love was being a wife and mother for her family. Patty was preceded in death by her parents Frank and Fern Vance, her husband Rex Barnhill, her brother Charles Vance, her sisters Betty Grace, Jan Sinnott, Louise Spaur, and Judy Sinclair. She is survived by a very special aunt Pauline Wilson, sister Beverly Armstrong, her children Dale (DeAnn) and Brent Barnhill, and Diane (Max) Maddy, her grandchildren Brandon, AdreAnne, Suzanne, Angela, and Brian, and her great-grandchildren Lia, Grace, Maya, Sean, Rex, Matthew, Mitchell, Isaac, Rowan, and one coming in March. She is also survived by her beloved extended family of cousins, nieces, nephews, and in-laws. Memorials may be directed to the Greenlawn Cemetery in Bussey, or to the Serenity House in Oskaloosa.