Saturday, May 11, 2013

Richard Bartlow

Richard Bartlow

ST. JOSEPH – Richard "Dick" Bartlow, 82, of St. Joseph passed away at 9:10 a.m. Friday (May 10, 2013) at Heartland Health Care, Champaign.
Funeral services will be at noon Monday, May 13, at Freese Funeral Home, 302 E. Grand Ave., St. Joseph, with David Barcus officiating. Burial will be in Patterson Cemetery, St. Joseph. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Monday at the funeral home.
Dick was born Jan. 31, 1931, at Champaign, the son of Stacy and Ruby Smith Bartlow. He married Darlene Peck on Feb. 18, 1951. She survives.
Also surviving are his daughters, Diana (Lee) Laurent of Kankakee, Kay (Gary) Pritchard of St. Joseph, Kimberly (Pete) Maass of Austin, Texas; grandchildren, Stacy Osterbur, Matthew Pritchard, Dan Laurent and Alison Maass; and sister, Nita Rosenberger of Urbana.
He was preceded by his parents, one brother and two sisters.
Dick enjoyed attending his grandchildren's sporting events.
He was self-employed for over 50 years, doing backhoe and construction work. Dick enjoyed doing woodworking and tinkering with his tractors.
Memorials may be made to the Champaign County Humane Society or the St. Joseph Fire Department.

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