My sincere condolences to the family , much appreciation and admiration
for Mister Barnes O'donnell's meaningful life whom I unfortunately slightly have known, wish you strength to bear this loss and my thoughts are with you all.
Wim Kromhout van der Meer
December 17, 2022
Dear Glynn,
My condolences to you and your family. What a great man, and a great loss for all.
Love to you.
Gretchen de Limur
December 18, 2022
Dear Glynn,
My condolences to you and your family. What a great man, and a great loss for all.
Love to you.
Gretchen de Limur
December 18, 2022
My condolences to the family.
My memory is from the “it’s a small world” department. I live in a small town in upper Westchester county NY. Every year, our little hamlet (Waccabuc- less than 300 homes) has an annual dinner where we have an opportunity to meet and get to know our neighbors. At one of the first dinners I went to, I started talking to the couple across the table from me. In the course of that conversation, I happened to mention that I grew up in Iowa.
The gentleman across the table (named Harry Malloy and his wife Vivien Malloy-quite a story there) leaned back, laughed, and announced he only knew one person in the entire state—and that guy’s name was “Barney O’Donnell”.
Turns out they served together on the same ship in the navy and, according to Harry, had some pretty outrageous times together off ship. Harry died a few years back but I did confirm with Barney that he and Harry still exchanged holiday greetings over the years. I didn’t know Barney all that well personally, but he was a friend of my parents Ted and Maxine Welch and my aunt and uncle Jim and Peggy Meek.
I’ve had a lot of fun with this “small world” story over the years.
Teed Welch
Teed Welch
December 22, 2022
To Steve and family, Barney was one of the great ones. What wonderful memories I have of him, especially how he stepped in to be the dad Pete never had - all those trips to Vail and other adventures. He lived such a wonderful life with all you around him. Please accept my condolences on your profound loss.
Kathy McHugh Bauer
December 25, 2022