BARTLETT, Donald Eugene 1935-2020

BARTLETT, POLEN, KETTMAN, MOFFIT

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 1/22/2020 at 20:03:28

Donald Eugene Bartlett

September 17, 1935 - January 18, 2020

Waterloo, Iowa – Donald Eugene Bartlett, 84, of Waterloo, died Saturday, January 18, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home, in Waterloo.

He was born September 17, 1935 in Waterloo, son of Kenneth and Mary (Polen) Bartlett. Don married Gladys Kettman on June 29, 1957 in Gilbertville at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.

Don graduated from Waterloo West High School with the class of 1953. He worked part-time for his dad through school and full-time after graduation. He moved his family to Las Vegas and partnered with his father, forming Bartlett & Son Construction. Don and his family moved back to Waterloo resuming the construction trade, forming Don Bartlett Construction. He was a member of St. Edward Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus.

Survivors include his wife, Gladys of Waterloo, a son, Michael (June) Bartlett of Waterloo, two daughters, Brenda (Mark) Knutson of Waterloo and Nancy (Glenn) Ivers of Northfield, Minn, 13 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and three sisters, Vivian Laube of Sun City, Ariz., Patricia Wieben of Reinbeck and Phyllis Van Malderen of Soldotna, Alaska.

Preceded in death by his parents, a son, David Bartlett and a sister, Shirley Moffit.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, January 24, at St. Edward Catholic Church with burial at a later date at Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery. Public visitation from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Thursday, January 23, at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on West Ridgeway, where there will be a 4:00 pm Knights of Columbus rosary and a 7:00 pm vigil service. Visitation also one hour prior to services Friday at the church.

Memorials: in lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Cedar Valley Hospice.

Online condolences may be left at www.hagartywaychoffgraup.com

SOURCE: Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service