Richard Bennett Barnes, 94, died at home in Orem, Utah, on July 24, 2020, surrounded by his family. Born May 16, 1926, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the first child of Richard Leigh and Harriet Fitt Barnes, his family moved in 1929 to Los Angeles, California, where Dick was raised. He developed life-long friendships in Los Angeles. At age 17, Dick enlisted in the U.S. Navy to participate in World War II. He was sent to the University of Kansas to be trained as an electrician. While serving in the Pacific Theater on a Navy destroyer, he survived both a typhoon and the sinking of his ship at Okinawa. After WWII, Dick attended a trade school. He was then called as a missionary to the Northwestern States Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in both Montana and Oregon. Dick married Donna Joan Miner on April 15, 1950, in the St. George Utah Temple. They made their home in Whittier, California. While in California, Dick served in the bishoprics of two of the wards in which they lived. Dick and Donna moved to Star Valley, Wyoming, in 1973, where Dick worked with his brother as a contractor. They moved to Utah in 1980, living in South Jordan, Orem, St. George, and finally settling in Orem. Dick served as a temple worker while living in both South Jordan and Orem. After retiring, Dick served with his wife as a missionary in the Washington Tacoma Mission. Dick loved to build and remodel. He helped build homes for his children, and three homes for himself and Donna. Dick is preceded in death by his parents, his brother Don, and four great-grandchildren. He is survived by his wife Donna, four children (Kenneth, Charlene, Robert, and Gordon), 14 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren. Interment in Orem City Cemetery, 1520 North 800 East, Orem, UtaH Military Honors by American Legion Post 72