Nelson "Bill" W. Bartley, age 89, of Friendship,
Wisconsin died Friday, September 14, 2007 at the Villa Pines
Living Center in Friendship, Wisconsin.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday,
September 19, 2007 at the Arkdale Trinity Lutheran Church in
Arkdale, Wisconsin. Pastor Terri Skildum will officiate.
Friends may call at the church on Wednesday from 10 a.m.
until the time of service. Cremation will follow the
traditional service with final interment will be at the Mt.
Repose Cemetery, Friendship, Wisconsin.
Bill was born May 29, 1918 in Adams, Wisconsin to Nelson
R. and Minnie I. (Montgomery) Bartley. He graduated from
Adams-Friendship High School in 1936. Bill married Rose
Schneider in January of 1940. Rose died in October of 1940.
He moved to Chicago, IL., working as a welder where he met
and married Joyce Kroll in 1942. The couple moved to Adams,
WI where he worked for the CNW railroad for 32 years,
retiring in 1975. Joyce passed away in 1962. Bill married
Clara L. Wilda on May 22, 1965 � she passed away in 1999.
Bill was an avid outdoorsman; he enjoyed hunting,
fishing, and trapping.
Bill was a member of Masonic Lodge 332 for 50 years, the
Arkdale Trinity Lutheran Church, a life member of the
National Trappers Association, served as Vice-President and
was a life member of the Wisconsin Trappers Association, the
National Rifle Association and Duck�s Unlimited.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents, a sister,
Thelma; two brothers; and three wives; an infant daughter,
Cheryl.
Survivors:
Daughter: Dana
(Kenneth) Henriksen of Arkdale, Wisconsin
Son: John
(Barbara) Bartley of Grand Marsh, Wisconsin
Son: Richard
Bartley of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Step-Son: Thomas
(Jan) Wilda of Red Wing, MN
Brother: Ronald
(Delores) Bartley of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Grandchildren: 8
Great-Grandchildren: 10
Further survived
by other relatives and friends.
