NAPPANEE - Harold "Barky" Bartman Jr., 84, of 3686 E. CR 1300N, Syracuse, died at 2:14 p.m. Nov. 20, 2009, in Goshen General Hospital, after an unexpected short illness.
He was born Feb. 25, 1925, in Elkhart County, to Harold and Helen Grant Bartman. On April 13, 1946, he married Ruby Jeanette Zentz, who died Feb. 6, 2001.
A lifetime Nappanee and Syracuse resident, he retired from the RV industry and currently worked part-time at Maxwelton Golf Club, where he was a member. He was a World War II Navy veteran.
Surviving are a son, Joe (and spouse Marilyn) Bartman, Syracuse; a daughter, Kathryn Bartman, Milford; four grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Betty (and spouse Leroy) Chokey, Nappanee, and Ruth Filley and Carmen Bickham, both of Rochester. He was preceded in death by a son, two daughters, two brothers and two sisters.
Services were at 10:30 a.m. today at Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, with Pastor John French officiating. Burial was in South Union Cemetery with military graveside services by member of Nappanee American Legion.
