John Henry Bartell

BARTELL, BRICKER

Posted By: Ida Morse (email)
Date: 1/8/2006 at 15:51:58

Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
Thursday, October 27, 1921
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The community was profoundly saddened this evening to learn of the death of one of its most esteemed citizens, Mr. J. H. Bartell, who succumbed to pneumonia at about 7:30 p.m. His death comes with almost paralyzing suddenness to the wife, the children in the west and a host of local friends. A week before his death Mr. Bartell was in normal health.

He was a man who took an extraordinary interest in life and its activities. Only a week ago some of us were playing with him at horseshoes, a game which he enjoyed immensely. It is by such simple things that we remember those whom best we love. On Friday he felt the first symptoms of what appeared to be an attack of pleurisy, and by the first of the week it was evident that dread pneumonia had taken possession of his somewhat frail constitution. The sufferer passed a severe night Wednesday, and with one lung completely involved and respiration becoming steadily more difficult, hope of recovery ebbed away. The serum treatment was applied as a last resort, but disease had advanced too far, and death finally came as a relief to Mr. Bartell’s suffering this evening.

Funeral arrangements cannot be given at this time. Burial will probably be at the old home at Harrison, Nebr. A daughter Miss Dotha Bartell arrived on number 14 this evening from Wyoming, the train stopping here by special permission. She missed seeing her father in this world by only about two hours.
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Earlham Library Obituaries October 1921
Earlham, Iowa

John Henry Bartell was born at Maquoketa, Iowa, March 30, 1854 and died at Earlham, Iowa October 27, 1921.

In early life he was an engineer in Wisconsin from there he went to Greenfield, Iowa where he was engaged in farming.

In 1879 he was united in marriage to Miss Lorena Ellen Bricker. To this union were born ten children, several of whom survive. Dotha May, Casper Wyo; John William of Harrison, Nebr.; Maude Elizabeth of Douglas, Arizona; Fred Harrison; Edith Nellie; Harry David of Los Angeles, Calif.; Bertha Bell who died October 11, 1893; Lulu Ruth, Harrison, Nebr.; Floyd Roland who died September 15,1906.

In 1887 he with his family undertook the hardships of pioneer life on a homestead in Northwestern Nebraska. In 1910 the family moved to Los angeles, Calif. where they spent four years returning to Harrison, Nebr. in 1914.

Two years later the wife and mother was called to her Heavenly Home.

In January 1918 he was united in marriage to Angelina Bricker at Earlham, Iowa where he resided until his death.

In early life he joined the Baptist Church and later joined the Methodist Church at Harrison. At the time of his death he was a member of the Methodist Church at Earlham, Iowa.
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Winterset Madisonian
November 2, 1921
Pg 7
Earlham

Died, at his home in Earlham on Thursday evening of pneumonia, John Bartell, after only a few days sickness. Mr. Bartell, who had lived here only about four years, had made many friends here and will be greatly missed. He was a devoted Christian, regular in attendance at church, having attended prayer meeting the evening before he was taken sick. None of his children were here when he passed away, but a daughter, Miss Dotha Bartell of Casper, Wyom., arrived about two hours after his death.

A short funeral services, conducted by Rev. Alwell, assisted by Rev. Lescault, was held at the home Saturday morning at 8:30. His body, accompanied by his wife and her son in law, Chas. Benson and the daughter, left on the 10 o’clock train for Harrison, Nebr., Mr. Bartell’s old home, where a service was held Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Bartell, who will arrive home about Wednesday of this week, has the sympathy of friends and relatives here in her sorrow.

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