Walter
Bolich
Barney
Born in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Shirley Jean (Gibson) Barney
— married
24 Nov 1951 in Cook County, Illinois
[children unknown]
Died
at age 91
in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Mar 2019
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Biography
Son of Walter Bolton Barney and Jeannie Bolich Barney
Military In 1943 while attending DePauw University he was called to serve in World War II with Naval Intelligence
Education 1947 DePauw University
Occupation 47 years in advertising, working for some of the world's best known advertising agencies, such as McCann-Erickson, Campbell-Ewald, Grant Advertising and Leo Burnett. Locally he worked at ZML and Group Nine Marketing.
Interests Opera, baseball, gardening and membership in the Downtown Optimist Club. Donated his extensive collection of Kentucky sheet music and an unusual autograph collection of the world's preeminent painters and sculptors to the Filson Club
Buried
Cave Hill Cemetery.
Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky.
Sources
- Ancestry.com Cook County, Illinois Birth Index, 1916-1935 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139997823/walter-bolich-barney: accessed 15 August 2022), memorial page for Walter Bolich Barney (19 Aug 1923–13 Dec 2014), Find a Grave Memorial ID 139997823, citing Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by JoeL (contributor 48899710).
- Obituary in THE COURIER-JOURNAL, Dec. 14 - 16, 2014.
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