Herman W. Bartels

BARTELS, BUCKLEY

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Date: 4/30/2014 at 02:57:23

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CLINTON
HERMAN W. BARTELS

Herman W. Bartels, 82, of 121 N. 4th St. died Monday in Mercy Hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Snyder-Schmitz funeral home, where visitation begins at 7 p.m. today. Rev. M.S. Bredow, pastor of Zion Lutheran church will officiate.

Burial will be in Springdale cemetery. Pallbearers will be Arthur Leslie, Francis Hahn, Eldon Clark, Jack Wilden, Matt Schwartz and Earl Fenn.

Mr. Bartels was born in Sept. 14, 1884 in Germany and came to the United States at the age of 18. He married Mary Buckly, Nov. 28, 1909, in DeWitt and she died in 1948. Mr. Bartels owned and operated the Bartels garage on N. 4th St. for 40 years before his retirement in 1960. He was a member of the Lutheran faith.

Surviving are four sons, Herbert, Walter and Francis of Clinton and Harlen of Elwood; four daughters, Mrs. Paul (Ann) Donahue, Miss Norma Bartels, Mrs. Paul (Alberta) Ryan and Mrs. Ella Mae Humphrey of Clinton; 29 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Anna Paetow of Teeds Grove; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, one son and one daughter.