Bartlett, Cyrus Floyd ("Floyd") 1888-1960

BARTLETT, JONES, HENNESSEY, WRIGHT

Posted By: Janet Brown - volunteer (email)
Date: 8/7/2013 at 08:48:31

From the Friday, April 15, 1960 LeMars Daily Sentinel:

FLOYD BARTLETT, 71, RITES SET MONDAY AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Floyd Bartlett, 71, a virtual lifelong resident of the Le Mars and Ireton communities, died Thursday afternoon at Sacred Heart hospital.

He had been in ailing health for several years after suffering a fractured leg. Mr. Bartlett had been hospitalized 11 days.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the First Presbyterian church, with Rev. James Ransom officiating. Burial will be in the city cemetery under the direction of Mauer's funeral home.

Cyrus Floyd Bartlett was born Oct. 11, 1888, at La Porte City, Iowa. He had resided most of his life in the Ireton area until moving to Le Mars in 1934. He was a retired farmer.

His marriage to Daisey Jones took place Feb. 23, 1927, at Sioux City. She survives him as do four children, Mrs. Edwin (Evelyn) Swanson, Claude Bartlett of Honolulu, Hawaii, Edward Bartlett of Cherokee and Mrs. C. (Dorothy) Mueller, and three stepdaughters, Mrs. Emory (Cleone) Vlotho of Ireton and Mrs. Marcella Borchers and Mrs. Clarence (Rouletta) Halter, both of Le Mars.

Also surviving are 25 grandchildren ; 14 great-grandchildren, two sisters and a brother, Mrs. Lena Kropp of Norfolk, Neb., Mrs. Gladys Melton of Sioux City and Alvin Bartlett of Belden, N. M.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles Newton and Lydia Wright Bartlett, and his first wife, Mary Hennessy Bartlett, who died in 1918.

Mr. Bartlett was baptized in the Presbyterian church and was a member of the Eagles lodge.