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Submitted: 11/29/13 • Approved: 12/18/17 • Last Updated: 12/21/17 • R960749-G960749-S3
John 1918 - 2005
Husband of Ellen Marie Puotinen; son of Aristide and Cecelia Marchi Bartolomei
Aristide John BARTOLOMEI
Peace Lutheran Memorial Garden Cemetery
Sharp County, Arkansas
John 19 Jan 1918 - 06 Jun 2005 obituary
Ellen 15 Jan 1923 - 04 Dec 2017 obituary
Marriage: 30 Aug 1947
Husband of Ellen Marie (Puotinen) Bartolomei. John the son of Aristide and Cecelia Marchi Bartolomei.
John A. Bartolomei
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Born 1-19-1918 -- Died 6-6-2005
John A. Bartolomei, age 87, of Cherokee Village died June 6, 2005, at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home. Bartolomei was born Jan. 19, 1918, in Chicago, Ill., the son of Aristide and Cecelia Marchi Bartolomei. He graduated from Carthage College in Carthage, Ill., in 1941. He was inducted into the United States Army on Sept. 26, 1942. While working as an interpreter between American and Italian Forces, he was taken prisoner by German SS Troops and taken to a POW camp in Germany for several months before being liberated.
He was united in marriage to Ellen Puotinen on Aug. 30, 1947. He worked as a customs broker for many years in Chicago before retiring and moving to Arkansas 20 years ago. He was a member of Peace Lutheran Church in Cherokee Village.
He is survived by his wife, Ellen; one son, Frederick Bartolomei; four daughters -- Gail Bartolomei, Devra Marchi, Michele Bartolomei and Rochelle Catoe Bartolomei; one sister, Lilliana Bartolomei; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
A memorial service was held June 11 at Peace Lutheran Church in Cherokee Village with Pastor Brian Pummill officiating.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Tri-County's Cherokee Chapel of Highland, Ark.
Obituary provided courtesy and with permission of Villager Journal archives Salem, Fulton County, Arkansas. © 2017 Areawide Media
Ellen Bartolomei
(January 15, 1923 - December 4, 2017)
Ellen Bartolomei, 94, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, passed away Monday, December 4, 2017, in Batesville, Arkansas.
A retired RN, Ellen was the youngest and last living of 15 siblings raised on a farm in Upper Michigan.
She was also preceded in death by husband, John, and son, Frederick.
She is survived by her four daughters: Gail, Debra, and Michele Bartolomei of Arkansas and Rochelle Bartolomei of Maryland as well as five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at Peace Lutheran Church in Cherokee Village, Arkansas, at a date to be determined.
Obituary provided by Tri-County Funeral Home Hardy, Sharp County, Arkansas posted 14 Dec 2017. ©2012 - 2017 Tri-County Funeral Home
Photo Courtesy of Tom Centano
Contributed on 11/29/13
Contributed on 11/29/13
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