Benjamin David "Ben" Bartleman 1854-1919

BARTLEMAN

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 3/21/2012 at 22:31:08

Former Emmet County Man Died in Minnesota
Benjamin Bartleman Passed Away at Frazee – Was Buried Here Saturday
Benjamin Bartleman, a former resident of Emmet county, died at Frazee, Minnesota last Thursday. The body was brought to this city Friday and funeral services were held at the Mahlum & Anderson undertaking parlors Saturday afternoon. Mr. Bartleman came to Emmet county twenty-seven years ago and moved to a farm near Huntington, where he resided until seven years ago. He had many friends in the Huntington neighborhood, who will be pained to learn of his death. He was a man well liked by his neighbors, honest and a hard worker, He made friends readily with his sunny disposition. We join the many friends in extending sympathy to the bereaved ones left to mourn his loss. (Estherville Democrat, Estherville, IA, July 23, 1919)

Mourn Death of Their Father
Nate and LeRoy Bartleman of this place mourn the death of their father, who passed away at his home at Frazee, Minnesota, Wednesday. The funeral was held at Estherville Friday. Mr. Bartleman died suddenly from heart failure. He was sixty-four years of age. He was the father of fourteen children, having been married twice. Besides the children he is survived by his second wife. The Messrs. Bartleman have the sympathy of their many Graettinger friends in their sorrow. – Graettinger Times (Vindicator and Republican, Estherville, IA, July 30, 1919)

Note: the gravestone is engraved with a date of death “1894”. His first wife died in 1894, and her date of death is shown correctly.