From The Lima News, Monday,December 13, 1971: Services for Kenneth R. Barnum, 62, will be held Wednesday 11 AM. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Barnum died 6 PM Saturday in Memorial Hospital. Born October 21, 1909 in Hancock County, he was the son of Floyd and Ollie Roether Barnum. He married Marjorie Tabler October 22, 1933 and she survives.
Also surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Frank (Kay) Prinzi, Mrs. Carroll (Marcia) Perkins and Mrs. Robert (Carolyn) Koch and brother Robert and 12 grandchildren.