Obit: Bartelt, William Carl #2 (1882 - 1968)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Bartelt, Groth, Melins, Lewis, Goehring, Catlin, Abel, Vollrath, Leach, Mains, Carteron, Myhrwold, Booher

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) /1968

Bartelt, William Carl (25 September 1882 - 4 October 1968)

William Carl Bartelt, 86, died Friday in Neillsville after a lingering illness. He had been a resident of Memorial Home since April of this year.

Mr. Bartelt was born September 25, 1882, at Batavia, Sheboygan County, the son of Carl and Johanna (Groth) Bartelt. He was married October 16, 1902, to Jennie Marie Melins at Batavia. She died December 31, 1943.

The Bartelts move in 1913 to a farm two miles west of Greenwood and lived there until the death of their son, Reuben, June 1, 1940, after which they took their four grandchildren, Robert, Evelyn, Billy and Douglas Bartelt and moved to the city of Greenwood.

Survivors are two grandsons, Robert Bartelt of Greenwood and Douglas Bartelt of Kaukauna, and 14 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Tuesday from the Grace United Methodist Church. The Rev. Carl Booher officiated. Burial was made in the Greenwood Cemetery.

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 10/17/1968

Funeral services for William C. Bartelt were held October 8 from Grace Methodist Church in Greenwood. Burial was made in the Greenwood Cemetery. The Rev. Carl Booher officiated. Pallbearers were Ed Abel, Henry Vollrath, Phillip Vollrath, Ervin Leach, Cleo Mains and Viv Carteron. The Rev. and Mrs. Arvid Myhrwold sang, “Blessed Assurance” and “Safe in the Arms of Jesus,” accompanied by Mrs. Carl Booher.

Attending the funeral from away were Oscar Melins of Milwaukee, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Bartelt and Mrs. Lloyd Lewis of Kaukauna, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Goehring and Mr. and d Mrs. Claude Catlin of Loyal.