Roberta Joyce Barnfield

Roberta Joyce Barnfield, age 73, of Benton, passed away at 2:50 a.m. Thursday, December 1, 2022, at Aperion Care of Fairfield, Illinois.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 6, 2022, at the Leffler Funeral Home of Benton, with Rev. Rod Joplin officiating. Burial will follow in the Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery of Benton. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Leffler Funeral Home.

Mrs. Barnfield was born on December 12, 1948, in Thompsonville, Illinois, the daughter of Roy R. Piercy and Margaret (Absher) Piercy. She married Kenneth Eugene Barnfield on April 5, 1966, and he survives.

She formerly worked as a CNA, fiberglass and body repair at many of our former boat manufacturers, and she worked at Maytag until its closure.

Roberta enjoyed camping, fishing, cross-stitch, knitting, and crocheting. Most of all she enjoyed spending time with her grandkids and going on picnics and hiking with them at Garden of the Gods.

She was a member of New Life Church of God in Benton, where she enjoyed worshipping with her church family.

Surviving is her loving husband of 56 years, Kenneth Eugene Barnfield, Sr.; three children: Michelle Elaine Shurtz of Marion, Illinois, Cindy Ann Schmechel of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, Kenneth Eugene Barnfield, Jr. of McLeansboro, Illinois; two granddaughters: Taylor Lenae Koch of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, Chelsea Renae Smith of McLeansboro, Illinois; five great-grandchildren: Rylen, Walker, Charli, Vedder and Presley; siblings: Roy Russell Piercy of Sikeston, Missouri, Randy Piercy and wife Margaret of Soperton, Georgia, Leslie Piercy and wife Barb of Marion, Illinois, Garry Piercy and wife Dianna of Benton, Illinois, Pam Barwick and husband John of Marion, Illinois; two sisters-in-law: Sharon Piercy of Benton, Diane Piercy of Marion, Illinois; several nieces and nephews.

Roberta was preceded in death by her parents; a granddaughter Brittani Nichole Shurtz; a brother Dennis Piercy; maternal grandmother Una Absher; paternal grandparents: Nathan and Dolly Piercy.

Memorial contributions may be made to the New Life Church of God and will be accepted at the funeral home.

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