Obit: Bartelt, Frances A. (1927 - 2013)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Bartelt, Dietrich, Kauss, Prado, Saltis, Srietlow

----Source: The Star News (Medford, WI) 12/12/2013

Bartelt, Frances "Lena" A (Kauss) (23 JUN 1927 - 10 DEC 2013)

Frances "Lena" A. Bartelt, 86, Town of Greenwood, died on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at Golden LivingCenter in Rib Lake.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Dec. 21 at 11 a.m. at St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rib Lake, with Rev. Joseph Dietrich officiating. Interment will be at St. Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery in Rib Lake.

Active urnbearer is Kevin. Honorary urnbearers are Tami, Shawn, Greg and Leslie.

Visitation will be held at the church on Saturday from 9 a.m. until the time of service.

Hemer Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake assisted the family with arrangements

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----Source: The Hemer Funeral Home, (Medford & Rib Lake, WI) Online obituary


Date and place of birth: June 23, 1927 in Perkinstown

Education: 1945 Graduate of Medford High School

Marriage: May 22, 1948 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Medford to Harold Bartelt, where they celebrated 65 years.

Principal events in life: After school Frances worked at the Creamery in Medford, met Harold and was married. She then was a homemaker and helped on the farm. In 1959, they then moved to the Milwaukee area where she worked at the Amron Corp. In June of 1973 they moved back to the Medford area where she was a housewife, worked at the Rib Lake shoe factory and Weathershield in the Millwork Dept. until her retirement in 1987. Frances was also the bookkeeper for her husband’s business. She loved to fish from morning to evening, baking cookies, especially for Christmas and reading the Bible.

Surviving Spouse: Harold Bartelt of Medford; Surviving children: Terry (Barbara) Bartelt of Oak Creek, Harold (Jayne) Bartelt of Longview, WA, Edward (Laura) Bartelt of Cape Coral, FL Ronald (Sue) Bartelt of Muskego, Karen (Andy) Prado of West Allis and Jeffrey Bartelt of Medford

Surviving grandchildren: 5; surviving great-grandchildren: 9

Surviving sibling: Marcella Saltis of Longview, WA

Deceased parents: Amandus Kauss; Olga (Srietlow); Deceased siblings: Brothers William, Ernest, Edwin, Leo, Harold, Herbert and John Kauss; Sisters: Marie, Elsie, Hulda and Louise