Later, she served the General
Assembly as a member and chair of the Board of Women’s Work,
as secretary of the Council on Church and Society, as vice-chair
of the PCUS’ General Executive Board and as moderator of
the 121st PCUS General Assembly in 1981, just prior to Presbyterian
reunion in 1983.
As a mission interpreter, Barnard traveled on behalf of the
church to more than 37 countries. She was a committed ecumenist,
serving a delegate to the 1964 World Alliance of Reformed Churches
General Council in Germany, and for years in the 1980s and 1990s
as a member and leader of the Presbyterian Church (USA) delegation
to the Consultation on Church Union.
Barnard was also active in Presbyterian Women and Church Women
United (CWU)for many years. In 1980 she was received the “Valiant
Woman” award form CWU and in 1998 was honored as a “Woman
of Faith” award-winner by the PC(USA).
Although semi-retired in recent years, Barnard continued on
the boards of several children’s agencies in St. Louis and
was director of missions at St. Luke’s Hospital there, which
is owned by the Giddings-Lovejoy Presbytery and the Episcopal
Diocese of Missouri.
She is survived by her husband, Gene R. Barnard; three adult
daughters, Susan, Lynn and Cindy; and two grandchildren. Services
are scheduled for Feb. 28 — which would have been her 79th
birthday — at Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church in suburban
St. Louis. |
