• Born: 31 December 1947, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA
• Marriage (1): Allen Ray MENZ in April 1966 in prob Missouri, USA ¹
• Died: 9 April 1971, Chaffee, Scott County, Missouri, USA at age 23
• Buried: 12 April 1971, Chaffee, Scott County, Missouri, USA

   Cause of her death was car accident.

   Another name for Barbara was Barbara Jean BURNS.

  General Notes

District deaths

Mrs. Barbara Menz
Special to The Missourian

   ORAN — Mrs. Barbara Jane Menz, 23 years old, of Oran, was killed Friday night in a two-car head-on collision two miles north of Chaffee on Route M.  Her husband and a daughter also died in the same accident.
   She was an employee of the International Hat Co. at Oran for the past month.  Prior to that, she was employed by the Florsheim Shoe Co. in Cape Girardeau.  She was a member of the Gospel Assembly Church of Cape Girardeau.
   Mrs. Menz was born Dec. 31, 1947, in Cape Girardeau.  She attended schools in Louisiana and Chaffee.  The former Miss Barbara Jane Burns, she was married in April 1966 to Mr. Menz.
   She is survived by a daughter in critical condition at a Chaffee hospital; her mother, Mrs. Ethel Burns, Chaffee; two brothers and a sister.
   The body is at the Bisplinghoff Funeral Home in Chaffee where friends may call after 7:30 tonight.
   Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 at the funeral home with the Rev. James Bolden, pastor of the Gospel Assembly Church at East Prairie, officiating.  Burial will follow in the Union Park Cemetery at Chaffee.
      — The Southeast Missourian (Cape Girardeau, Missouri); Saturday, 10 April 1971, p. 12 [obit modified slightly to protect the privacy of living individuals. kmh.]

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  Death Notes

She died in a automobile accident that occurred two miles north of Chaffee on Route M.  Barbara was pronounced dead at the scene.

  Burial Notes

Union Park Cemetery

  Recorded Events in Her Life

• She had a residence in January 1971 in Chaffee, Scott County, Missouri, USA.

• She had a residence before 9 April 1971 in Oran, Scott County, Missouri, USA.

• She was buried at the Union Park Cemetery in Chaffee, Scott County, Missouri, USA on 12 April 1971.

• Her funeral was held by Bisplinghoff Funeral Home at 2 pm, Monday, on 12 April 1971 in Chaffee, Scott County, Missouri, USA. The Rev. James Bolden, pastor of the Gospel Assembly Church at East Prairie, officiated.  Burial followed in the Union Park Cemetery at Chaffee.

Barbara married Allen Ray MENZ, son of Paul Allen MENZ and Imogene HOWELL, in April 1966 in prob Missouri, USA.¹ (Allen Ray MENZ was born on 9 September 1948 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, USA, died on 9 April 1971 in Chaffee, Scott County, Missouri, USA ² and was buried on 12 April 1971 in Chaffee, Scott County, Missouri, USA.). The cause of his death was car accident.