Merlin Verle Barton

Merlin Verle Barton, born May 10, 1926, in Douglas County, Kansas, to Floyd and Lottie Barton, peacefully passed away October 3, 2024, at home in Franklin County Kansas. He accepted Christ as his Savior and was baptized into the Old German Baptist Brethren Church at the age of sixteen.

On June 9, 1963, he married Eva Leone Shuck, who survives, also survived by children, Phillip and wife Loreta, Christine and husband Dennis Wray, Nancy and husband Jerry Wray, and Lori Lesher; fifteen grandchildren; forty-three great grandchildren; sister Nina Flora; brother-in-law Harold Riffey and wife Bonnie; and brother and sister-in-law Howard and Joanne Shuck, all of whom will miss him greatly.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his father and mother-in-law Lloyd and Lillian Shuck; son-in-law Jay Lesher; grandson Jamin Wray; brothers Melvin and wife Ruth Olive and Chester and wife Harriet; sisters Nellie Frantz and husband Virgil, Doris Hopkins and husband Arthur, Oella Edgecomb and husband Paul, June Kinsley and husband Raymond, Fern Brooks and husband Owen, and Martha Riffey; brother-in-law Chet Flora; and brother and sister-in-law Warren and Elsie Shuck.

Family will meet with friends at the Eight Mile Old German Baptist Brethren Meeting House at 1292 Thomas Road, Pomona, Kansas on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, from 3-5:00pm and 6-8:00pm.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00am, Wednesday, October 9, 2024, also at the meeting house.