Donald Sidney Barnes, 94, died at Golden Livingcenter-Bella Vista in Rapid City on 23 November 2009. He was born 23 May 1915 to Cedric Albert and Edna Almetta (Hastings) Barnes in Grinnell, Iowa. At both Grinnell High School and Grinnell College, he ran track in the 400m, 800m, and 1600m relay. His high school record in the 400m stood for 63 years, from 1931-1994. Don earned degrees in chemistry and physics, graduating in 1936. Upon his graduation, he moved to Chicago where he worked at Wholesale Radio Service Company and Collins Radio Company. He married Faith Althea Knowles on 18 October 1936 at Crown Point, Indiana, the closest place they could find to marry on a Saturday so they would not have to miss work and because at the time you couldn’t get married in Chicago on a Saturday. After a brief stint in St. Louis, he and Faith moved to South Dakota in 1941 where he began working for the FAA (then the CAA) at the airstrip in Phillip, being drawn here by his parents who were then living in St. Onge. They came to live in the Canyon Lake area of Rapid City in November 1943 and Don began working at the Rapid City airport. Don and Faith were instrumental in the founding of Canyon Lake Methodist Church. Don was active in the Western Dakota Gem and Mineral Society, the Black Hills Stamp Club, the Minneluzahan Historical Society, South Dakota Historical Society, and the Rapid City Society for Genealogical Research. In his early years in Rapid City, he sang in the Elks Chorus and enjoyed fishing and hunting with friends. Don was a founding member of the Amateur Radio Club in 1953; his call letters were WØIWE. He also enjoyed attending concerts of the Black Hills Symphony Orchestra. He was a longtime supporter of South Dakota Public Television. After the 1972 flood destroyed their home, Don and Faith built a new home in Rapid Valley. He bought a CAPP home and put it up mostly by himself. It used all of the talents he had to do that. Don and Faith were members of Rapid Valley Methodist Church. After his retirement from the FAA in 1973, Don and Faith read cemeteries throughout western South Dakota. Don spent many hours indexing county histories and microfilming mortuary records. He acquired voter registration records, tax records, city directories and other materials, which have since been donated to the State Historical Society for other researchers to use. Don and Faith were extraordinary gardeners all of their lives in South Dakota, and gardening was a passion for both of them. Faith grew flowers and Don grew vegetables that they both froze and canned and their children learned young how to do both. Additionally, they found time to travel to New England to visit the locales that were the homes of their own ancestors. They were also very involved in the lives of their grandchildren and their nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents in 1967, his brother Paul in 1974, and his wife Faith in 1998. He is survived by daughter Carol (Jim) Reed of Bismarck, ND; grandson Marcus (Amber) Schock and their children Tanner and Sara of Panhandle, TX; grandson James (Cicely) Schock and their children Emma and Ryan of Sioux Falls; daughter Ellen (Gregory) Bishop of Rapid City; grandson Shawn (Coni) Cassity of Minneapolis; granddaughter Erin (Casey) Gates and their son Ryan of Eatontown, NJ; Son Bruce (Kaye) Barnes of Denver; granddaughter Roslyn (Don) Murray and their daughter Ella of Centennial, CO; son Evan (Lorie) Barnes of Rapid City; granddaughter Renee (Alick) Haangala and her children Malaika, Belita, and Josiah of Rapid City; granddaughter Jacey (Andrew) Napier and their children Annia and Andre of Rapid City; grandson Christopher (Robyn) Barnes of Rapid City; step-granddaughter AJ Rolfson of Rapid City; brother-in-law Jack (Deborah) Knowles of Rapid City; nephew Scott (Ellen) Knowles of Milwaukee, WI; nephew Bruce (Carol) Knowles and their children Cullen and Patrick of Rapid City; nephew Allan Knowles of Cedar Falls, IA; nephew John (Stacie) Knowles of St. Paul, MN; nephew Robert Knowles of Chicago, IL; niece Meghan (Robert) Stevens and their children Faith, Abby, and Jack of Rapid City; niece Elizabeth (Paul) Stevens and their children Seth and Poppy of Rapid City; niece Jennifer (David) Stuck and their children Connor and Cameron of Rapid City; nephew Mark (Eileen) Knowles and their children Richard, Christopher, and Emily of Jacksonville, FL; nephew Larry (Janine) Barnes of Custer; grandniece Marcy (Michael) Armstrong and their children Mikaela and Nathan of Peosta, IA; grandnephew Jeffrey (DeAnn) Barnes and their children Erin and Katie of Ames, IA. Niece Linda (Gary) Jantz of Davenport, IA; grandnephew Paul (Kristi) Jantz and their children Zach and Luke of Shorewood, IL; grandniece Sarah Taylor and her children Ashley, Garrett, Korey, Max and Will of Davenport, IA.