DONALD D. KARNES- Netawaka, KS; Died: Sunday, February 8, 2004, Netawaka, KS; Age: 95 years, 2 months, 23 days
EVENING SERVICE- 7:00 PM Wednesday, February 11, 2004, Mercer Funeral Home, Holton, KS; Ron Thomke and Joe Hobbs, Officiating, Dorothy Kleeb, Organist
VISITATION- 3:00 PM – 9:00 PM Thursday, February 12, 2004, George Boom Funeral Home, Sioux Falls, SD
FUNERAL SERVICE- 10:00 AM Friday, February 13, 2004, George Boom Funeral Home, Sioux Falls, SD; Joe Hobbs, Lyle Schober, Gilbert Ricter and Richard Harbur, Officiating, Susan Eicher, Organist
INTERMENT- Graceland Cemetery, Madison, SD
Donald D. Karnes, son of Charles and Nellie (Metz) Karnes, was born November 15, 1908 at Laurel, NE. He grew up in that area and was educated there. He attended college for one year, and taught school from 1928 1929. This was a year of enlightenment for Donald.
In 1927 he heard the Gospel through Charlie Mitchell and Galen McCain in Rapid City, SD. He made his choice to follow Jesus in 1927, and entered the ministry in 1929 with Dave MacRae. They ministered together in South Dakota for a year, and then he went to Kansas where he ministered for the next five years. In 1935, his ministry took him to France until the war broke out so he returned in 1939. He was in Missouri from 1940 1945.
In 1945, ministry took him to Africa where he served in French Morocco, Dahomey, Togo, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, and Catanou. In 1964, he spent some time in Haiti, and in 1965 1967 he went to the United States, France, Corsica, and Italy.
In 1967, he went to Jerusalem where he remained for three years. In 1970, he returned to France where he stayed for several years. In 1982, he returned to Corsica, and on to Germany and Luxemburg. In 1992, he returned to the United States where he had surgery and recuperation. Donald had opportunity to return twice for visits to Europe. In 2001, Donald became a resident of Seven Oaks Adult Care.
Grateful for having shared his life are his several nieces and nephews, Marjorie Harrison, Gregory, SD, Violet Ring, Gregory, SD, Charlotte Nicholess, Naper, NE, Dorothy Nieman, Joyce Crawford, Wilder, ID, Eve Turnipseed, Boise, ID, Lyle Karnes, Spencer, NE, Robert Karnes, Weiser, ID and J.D. Karnes, Weiser, ID; several great nieces and great nephews; and a host of church family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Patrick “Pat”, Jerry “Pete”, and Marvin “Jack”; three sisters, Bonnie, Ethel, and Florence.
Relatives and friends are invited to gather with the family for lunch and fellowship at George Boom Funeral Home following the funeral service.
Source: https://www.georgeboom.com/obituary/5798351
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