Barney Burns

Larry “Barney” Burns,

64, Minot, ND, passed

away on Wednesday,

April 21, 2021, in his

home.

Larry Allen “Barney”

Burns was born on March

11, 1957, the son of Jerry

and Alice (Korgel) Burns,

in Minot, ND. He was

raised and educated in

Minot, graduating from

Minot High School in

1975.

As a young adult, Bar-

ney worked on his

grandparent’s farm milk-

ing cows. He then went to

work in the oil field, farm-

ing and construction. He

worked for Carl Buechler,

Mac’s Construction,

Barry’s Excavating.

Barney was always a

jokester, who enjoyed

playing tricks on his

nieces, nephews, and

friends. He enjoyed mak-

ing everyone laugh. He

loved to throw darts, play

Bingo, and was a Kansas

City Chief’s fan. Barney

also enjoyed watching the

Nodak Speedway and

World of Outlaws and

maybe having a cocktail

or two.

Barney is survived by:

his sisters and brothers,

Rebecca (Kevin) Sebas-

tian, Minot, Garry (Becky)

Burns, Enderlin, ND, Clay

(Faye) Burns, Minot, and

Roberta (Michael) Bossie,

Minot; stepbrother, Ricky

(Teresa) Johnson, Ken-

mare; nieces and

nephews, Thomas (Kayla)

and Andrew Sebastian,

Jennifer (Russ) Land-

phere, Bobb, Chad, James,

and Joe (Alyssa) Burns,

Jessica Baker, Megan

(Travis) Ziolkowski, and

Josh Bossie; close friends,

Monique and Lori; and

many greatnieces, great-

nephews, and cousins.

He was preceded in

death by: his parents;

stepfather, Richard John-

son; grandparents, Leo

and Jeanette Korgel and

Harry and Irene Burns;

stepsister, Rose Haaland;

aunts and uncles, Harold,

Robert, and Leo (Janice)

Korgel, Donna (Ronald)

Sorenson, Alfred (Delores)

Schieve; and cousins,

Craig, Scott and Kevin

Sorenson.

Memorial Service:

Thursday, April 29, 2021,

at 3:00 p.m. at Bethany

Lutheran Church, Minot.

Those attending are re-

quired to wear a mask.

Memorials: In lieu of

flowers, memorials are

preferred.

A Celebration of Life

Gathering will take place

after the service at the

VFW Club in Minot.

The service will be

livestreamed for the pub-

lic to view and can be ac-

cessed by going to the

Bethany Lutheran Church

website:

www.bethanylutheran.tv.

Those wishing to sign

the online register and

share memories may ac-

cess the online obituaries

section at www.thompson

larson.com.