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Friday, April 3, 2015
Paul Bartels
Age: 79
City: Monticello
Funeral Date
1 p.m. Saturday, 4/4, Kramer Funeral Home, Monticello
Funeral Home
Kramer Funeral Home, Monticello
Friday, April 3, 2015
Paul Bartels
PAUL BARTELS
Monticello
Paul S. Bartels, 79, of Monticello, died Thursday, April 2, 2015, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 4, at Kramer Funeral Home in Monticello, where a funeral service will commence at 1 p.m. Officiating will be Shepherd Karmen Jamison. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth; a daughter-in-law, Teresa Bartels of Olin; one grandson, Jesse (Teresa) Manning of Fairfax; two great-grandchildren, Laura and Rylee Manning; two sisters, Karen (Frances) Frommelt of Dubuque and Mary Lou (Frank) Thompson of Texas; and several nieces, nephews and in-laws.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his son, Kim, in 2010; a sister, Shirley (John) Russ; and a brother, Larry (Kathy) Bartels.
Information available and condolences accepted at www.kramer funeral.com.