Obit: Bartsch, Delmar Lloyd (1924 – 2015)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Bartsch, Reisner, Anderegg, Noah, Schawe, Blom, Bredeman

----Source: Tribune/Record/Gleaner (Abbotsford, Wis.) 16 Dec 2015

Bartsch, Delmar Lloyd (25 NOV 1924 – 10 DEC 2015)

Delmar Lloyd Bartsch, 91, La Crosse, died on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, at home in Hospice Care, with family by his side. Memorial services were held at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, Dec. 15, at Olivet Lutheran Church, La Crosse. Rev. Andrew Fortuine officiated. Burial was in the Mormon Coulee Memorial Park Cemetery.

Delmar was born on Nov. 25, 1924, in the town of Lynn, Clark County, to Carl and Leona (nee Reisner) Bartsch. He received his education in Granton public and parochial schools (Zion Lutheran). He married Viola Anderegg on Dec. 8, 1945, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Loyal. Together they farmed in the Loyal area until 1968 when they moved to La Crosse where he was employed in construction as a carpenter. Delmar was an avid fisherman and enjoyed his yearly trips to Canada. He loved hunting, berry picking, gardening and sharing his bounty with friends and neighbors. A good repair man, there wasn't much he couldn't fix. Above all else, Delmar loved his family, especially his grandchildren, dearly.

He is survived by his wife, Viola; three sons, James (Barbara) Bartsch, Dryden, N.Y., David (Ruth) Bartsch, Onalaska, and Lynn (Michelle) Bartsch, La Crosse; eight grandchildren, Benjamin (Ginger), Noah, Adam (Kendra) and Jason Bartsch, Shannon Schawe, Heidi Bartsch, and Cassie and James Bartsch; seven great-grandchildren, Trinity and Matthew Blom, Elijah, Ava, and Emme Bartsch, and Daniel and Andrew Lee; and two brothers, Harlan (Darlene) Bartsch and Everett (Helen) Bartsch.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Marlyn Bartsch; a sister, Evelyn Bredeman; and two grandsons, Joshua and David Bartsch.

Memorials may be given to Olivet Lutheran Church or a charity of the donor's choice.

Online condolences may be made at www.dickinsonfuneralhomes.com.

The Dickinson Family Funeral Home & Crematory assisted the family with arrangements