Bartell, Kenneth D. 1910-2000

BARTELL, KINNEBERG, BROWN, HARDY

Posted By: Jill McCarville (email)
Date: 2/3/2014 at 14:50:18

Services held for Kenneth Bartell

Funeral services for Kenneth Bartell were held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, March 27 at the Lindstrom Funeral Home in Cresco. The Rev. Lewis Flanigan officiated. Interment was in Oak Lawn Cemetery in Cresco.

Kenneth, 89, died Wednesday, March 22, 2000 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN.

Kenneth D. Bartell was born December 15, 1910 at Waterloo, the son of Clyde and Marie (Kinneberg) Bartell. He graduated from high school in Waterloo and attended college for two years.

On May 3, 1931 he married Eileen Brown at the Little Brown Church at Nashua. During WWII Kenneth served with the Navy. He returned and was a mail carrier in Cresco for 30 years before his retirement. During this time as a postman, he helped save the lives of two men and two women in a burning home.

Kenneth also served with the Cresco Volunteer Fire Department for 20 years.

Survivors include one daughter: Martha Hardy of Spokane, WA; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Kenneth was preceded in death by his wife Eileen; two brothers and one sister.

The Cresco Times March 29, 2000
Transcribed by Jill McCarville from the files of Janice Sowers

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