Funeral services for former Clear Lake resident Jerry Bartleson, 36, of Rosemont, MN, were held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 15, at White Funeral Home, Farmington, MN.. Mr Bartleson died Monday, July 11, 1983, at a Rochester, MN. hospital. Burial was at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Bloomington, MN.
He was a mechanic for Northwest Orient Airlines in Minneapolis. A graduate of Clear Lake High School, and an aviation school in Kansas City, MO., Mr Bartleston had lived in Minnesota about four years, moving there from Wichita Falls, KS.
He was a member of the Rosemont Volunteer Fire Department, the American Legion and V.F.W., having served two years of active duty in Vietnam.
Mr. Bartleson is survived by his wife, Betsy, Rosemont, MN, a son, Daniel, and two daughters, Amanda and Kirsten, all at home; his parents, Carl and Marian Bartleson, Clear Lake; two sisters, Mrs Richard (Carlene) Voortmann, Garner, and Mrs. Loren (Linda) Straube, Spillville; and a grandmother, Anna Balmer, Green Mountain.
