Bartlett, Barb J. (Terpstra) 1922-2002

BARTLETT, TERPSTRA, EVANS, HOLDSWORTH, VAN WYK, PETERSON

Posted By: Volunteer Transcriber
Date: 2/18/2005 at 10:21:06

NEW SHARON - Barb J. Bartlett, 80, of New Sharon died of complications of a stroke Tuesday Jan. 15, at the home other daughter in Lynnville. Funeral services will be Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the Harden Funeral Home in New Sharon with David Pinkerton and the Rev. Pete Schuler officiating. Burial will be at Highland Cemetery in New Sharon.

Friends may call after 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home where family will be available from 6 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials will be accepted to the New Sharon Little League, New Sharon Fire & Rescue, or to Grinnell Regional Hospice.

The daughter of Jake and Neta Evans Terpstra, she was born Dec. 16 in Grinnell. She was raised and educated in the Grinnell area. On March 22, 1940, she married Jess Holdsworth near Tracy. She owned and operated taverns/restaurants in Beacon, Oskaloosa and New Sharon. On Jan. 30, 1982, she married Merlin Bartlett in New Sharon. She was a member of the Taintor Community Church.

Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Ray and Charlotte Holdsworth of Oskaloosa and Dean and Edna Holdsworth of Chesterfield, Va., a daughter and son-in-law, Debbie and Mert Van Wyk of Lynnville, nine grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, a sister and brother-in-law Betty and Paul Peterson of Apache Junction, Ariz, a sister-in-law, Betty Terpstra of Melbourne, and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands, two brothers, a sister and an infant grandson.~ Newton (Iowa) Daily News 16 January 2002