Obituary: Paul M. Barnes
Barnes served as a World War II Navy officer and as a partner at Foley & Lardner law firm.
Paul M. Barnes passed away peacefully on Dec. 29, 2012, at age 98. Resident of Alexian Village. Former resident of Mequon and former longtime resident of Whitefish Bay. Survived by his loving wife Vera, his children Andrew, Margaret and James, step-daughters Gigi and Marisa, grandchildren, step-grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and other relatives and friends. Preceded in death by his late wife Elisabeth (nee McClenahan) Barnes and son John Robert. Paul graduated from Monmouth College in Illinois and the University of Chicago Law School. He joined Foley & Lardner law firm in Milwaukee in 1940; Paul went to enlist in the U.S. Navy the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked in Dec. 1941, and he served as an officer aboard a battleship in the …
