11-22-27 - 01-18-21
Frances E. (Chase) Barnes, born November 22, 1927, Yonkers, NY to Louise Mason Chase and John Holland Chase. Sister to John Chase, Marguerite Johnson, Stewart Chase, Marie Jones Reginald Chase, Grace Green and Susan Thomas, wife of Sandy C. Barnes. Mother to Sandra Smash, Rodney Barnes, Dean Barnes, Crystal Barnes (Preston), and Leslie Barnes, Grandmother to Myles Smash, Crishna Smash, Jamil Smash Jackson, and Sonja Smash, Chase Barnes Currie, and Tangier Barnes Wright. Deanna Peak, Dean Peak, Pamela Peak, and Les C. Peak, Christopher Preston, Justin Preston, Lance Brown, and Samuel Jimenez. Great Grandmother to 37 2/3’s children, with 3 Great Great Grands and a multitude of nieces and nephews!
Frances attended Yonkers Public Schools and completed the Dress Making Course at Commerce High School class of 1946. She married Sandy C. Barnes on June 27, 1948 at Bethany Lutheran Church, Yonkers, NY.
She retired from St. John’s Riverside Hospital, in 1985 they relocated to their new home in Beverly Hills, FL. Mom returned to Yonkers in 2011, she spent the remainder of her journey here surrendered by loving family and dear friends.
Family will receive condolers at 207 Glenwood Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10703, Sunday, January 24, 2021, hours are 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm (Prayer and song at 2:00 pm) “Out Door Tent (Heated) – Parking available at Whalen & Ball Funeral Home 168 Park Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10703. Requesting live houseplants in lieu of cut flowers.
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