Margaret B. Barnaby passed away April 17, 2007 at Arbor Manor, Spring Arbor, Michigan. She was born in 1912 on a farm near Kiowa, Kansas. Mrs. Barnaby was a life long resident of Great Bend. She married J. Ray Barnaby in Lyons, Kansas on July 7, 1936. He died March 31, 1993. She was a retired saleslady for Sears, Roebuck and Company and J. C. Penney Company. Mrs. Barnaby was a member of the First Christian Church, Central Kansas Medical Center Auxiliary and R.S.V.P. She was a dedicated volunteer all of her life. Her volunteer work included the Joy Group of the church, the gift shop at Central Kansas Medical Center, American Red Cross, Ladies Elks, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and Park Elementary School. Mrs. Barnaby was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She enjoyed playing bridge, baking, gardening and walking. Suvivors include, two sons, Dennis Barnaby and wife Carolyn of Clark Lake, Michigan, and Richard Barnaby and wife Deborah of Emporia, Kansas; a daughter, Judith Howard and husband Tom of Colorado City, Colorado; ten grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Mrs. Barnaby was preceded in death by three brothers, Claude Downtain, F. P. "Ted" Downtain and Oscar D. Downtain, Jr. and four sisters, Pearl Thomas, Clair L. Sloan, Susan M. Cromer and Dorothy Hager. A funeral service will be held in Mrs. Barnaby's memory 10:30 a.m., Saturday, April 21, 2007,at Bryant Funeral Home, Great Bend, with the Reverend William F. Johnson presiding. Interment will be at the Great Bend Cemetery following the service. Visitation for Mrs. Barnaby will be Friday, April 20, 2007, 10:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. with the family receiving friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., all at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials may be given in Mrs. Barnaby's name to the First Christian Church, in care of Bryant Funeral Home.