Virginia Bender Bartlett passed away in Richmond, Virginia, the place she most loved to visit as a child, on January 8, 2022. Preceded in death by her husband of sixty years, Brigadier General D. Joseph Bartlett, USMCR, she is survived by daughters Linda Hobgood (Jim), Laura Perkins (Wade), four grandchildren: James Daniel Hobgood, Jenny Hobgood Connors (Matthew) Sally Perkins Tate (Nathan) and Emily Perkins Schindler (Matthew), and by seven great-grandchildren: Christopher, Claire, and Emma Connors, William and Greyson Tate, and Elizabeth and Madelyn Schindler. Jinny was a beloved aunt to thirty nieces and nephews from the Bartlett family and her late sister's three children.
Growing up in Cleveland, Ohio. Jinny graduated from Cleveland Heights High School, attended Mount Vernon Junior College, then Allegheny College, from which she was graduated in 1950.
The second child of George and Edna Bender, "Jinny" and her sister Barbara, were steeped in public service from childhood, as their father served in the Ohio state legislature, the U.S. House of Representatives, the United States Senate and in the Cabinet of President Dwight Eisenhower. On one of many visits to the U.S. Capitol, Jinny met Joe Bartlett, House Chief of Pages. When she became 1951 Ohio Cherry Blossom Princess, Marine Corps Lieutenant Bartlett served as her escort. By the end of the spring festival, Joe had proposed to Jinny. They were married in June, 1952.
Political life a century ago implied wholehearted family participation. As the daughter of one public servant and wife of another, Jinny may well have attended more Republican National Conventions than anyone now living. She witnessed every presidential candidate nominated by the Republican Party, from Alf Landon in 1936 to Ronald Reagan in 1980. She spearheaded efforts at the local campaign headquarters in Chagrin Falls, Ohio; her ready smile and boundless energy attracted scores of volunteers. When Congress became a year-round legislative body, the Bartletts moved to Washington, D.C., and Jinny worked in campaigns in nearby Maryland suburbs. An active member of the Congressional Club, begun by Senate wives who met and rolled bandages for soldiers during the First and Second World Wars, Jinny served for years helping organize the annual First Ladies Luncheon, designed to raise funds for myriad philanthropic organizations.
A Brownie and Girl Scout troop leader, and avid participant in the Lafayette Elementary School PTA, she was a popular room mother and substitute teacher. She regularly attended Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Church, then Walker Chapel in Arlington, Virginia. She faithfully attended Community Bible Study in Bethesda. Jinny and her Marine Corps husband loved Washington's summer twilight military concerts, held at the Capitol, Iwo Jima, the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, when Joe's brother Bob served as first clarinetist in the Army Band.
All the Bartletts were talented musicians; Jinny appreciated the talents of each. Reunions at the West Virginia family farm were eagerly anticipated just as girlhood visits to the Mistr farm in Varina had been. Letters attest to Jinny's own gracious hospitality at their home in Washington.
Decades later, with all their grandchildren in Richmond, Jinny and Joe moved from the nation's capital to the capital of the Commonwealth. Jinny welcomed the birth of each great-grandchild and made new friends at Third Church. Her final group of friends, the Parkside Memory Care staff at Beth Sholom, were treasured by Jinny.
Family will receive friends from 10-11 a.m. on Saturday, January 29 at Bliley's- Central, 3801 Augusta Ave. Where A Celebration of Jinny Bartlett's life will be held at 11 a.m. at Bliley's-Central, 3801 Augusta Avenue. For those unable to attend the service a livestream is available at Blileys.com. She will be buried alongside her husband, at Arlington National Cemetery. Contributions to the Marine Corps History Museum at Quantico, Virginia, are gratefully encouraged.
Growing up in Cleveland, Ohio. Jinny graduated from Cleveland Heights High School, attended Mount Vernon Junior College, then Allegheny College, from which she was graduated in 1950.
The second child of George and Edna Bender, "Jinny" and her sister Barbara, were steeped in public service from childhood, as their father served in the Ohio state legislature, the U.S. House of Representatives, the United States Senate and in the Cabinet of President Dwight Eisenhower. On one of many visits to the U.S. Capitol, Jinny met Joe Bartlett, House Chief of Pages. When she became 1951 Ohio Cherry Blossom Princess, Marine Corps Lieutenant Bartlett served as her escort. By the end of the spring festival, Joe had proposed to Jinny. They were married in June, 1952.
Political life a century ago implied wholehearted family participation. As the daughter of one public servant and wife of another, Jinny may well have attended more Republican National Conventions than anyone now living. She witnessed every presidential candidate nominated by the Republican Party, from Alf Landon in 1936 to Ronald Reagan in 1980. She spearheaded efforts at the local campaign headquarters in Chagrin Falls, Ohio; her ready smile and boundless energy attracted scores of volunteers. When Congress became a year-round legislative body, the Bartletts moved to Washington, D.C., and Jinny worked in campaigns in nearby Maryland suburbs. An active member of the Congressional Club, begun by Senate wives who met and rolled bandages for soldiers during the First and Second World Wars, Jinny served for years helping organize the annual First Ladies Luncheon, designed to raise funds for myriad philanthropic organizations.
A Brownie and Girl Scout troop leader, and avid participant in the Lafayette Elementary School PTA, she was a popular room mother and substitute teacher. She regularly attended Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Church, then Walker Chapel in Arlington, Virginia. She faithfully attended Community Bible Study in Bethesda. Jinny and her Marine Corps husband loved Washington's summer twilight military concerts, held at the Capitol, Iwo Jima, the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, when Joe's brother Bob served as first clarinetist in the Army Band.
All the Bartletts were talented musicians; Jinny appreciated the talents of each. Reunions at the West Virginia family farm were eagerly anticipated just as girlhood visits to the Mistr farm in Varina had been. Letters attest to Jinny's own gracious hospitality at their home in Washington.
Decades later, with all their grandchildren in Richmond, Jinny and Joe moved from the nation's capital to the capital of the Commonwealth. Jinny welcomed the birth of each great-grandchild and made new friends at Third Church. Her final group of friends, the Parkside Memory Care staff at Beth Sholom, were treasured by Jinny.
Family will receive friends from 10-11 a.m. on Saturday, January 29 at Bliley's- Central, 3801 Augusta Ave. Where A Celebration of Jinny Bartlett's life will be held at 11 a.m. at Bliley's-Central, 3801 Augusta Avenue. For those unable to attend the service a livestream is available at Blileys.com. She will be buried alongside her husband, at Arlington National Cemetery. Contributions to the Marine Corps History Museum at Quantico, Virginia, are gratefully encouraged.
Virginia Bender Bartlett passed away in Richmond, Virginia, the place she most loved to visit as a child, on January 8, 2022. Preceded in death by her husband of sixty years, Brigadier General D. Joseph Bartlett, USMCR, she is survived by daughters Linda Hobgood (Jim), Laura Perkins (Wade), four grandchildren: James Daniel Hobgood, Jenny Hobgood Connors (Matthew) Sally Perkins Tate (Nathan) and Emily Perkins Schindler (Matthew), and by seven great-grandchildren: Christopher, Claire, and Emma Connors, William and Greyson Tate, and Elizabeth and Madelyn Schindler. Jinny was a beloved aunt to thirty nieces and nephews from the Bartlett family and her late sister's three children.
Growing up in Cleveland, Ohio. Jinny graduated from Cleveland Heights High School, attended Mount Vernon Junior College, then Allegheny College, from which she was graduated in 1950.
The second child of George and Edna Bender, "Jinny" and her sister Barbara, were steeped in public service from childhood, as their father served in the Ohio state legislature, the U.S. House of Representatives, the United States Senate and in the Cabinet of President Dwight Eisenhower. On one of many visits to the U.S. Capitol, Jinny met Joe Bartlett, House Chief of Pages. When she became 1951 Ohio Cherry Blossom Princess, Marine Corps Lieutenant Bartlett served as her escort. By the end of the spring festival, Joe had proposed to Jinny. They were married in June, 1952.
Political life a century ago implied wholehearted family participation. As the daughter of one public servant and wife of another, Jinny may well have attended more Republican National Conventions than anyone now living. She witnessed every presidential candidate nominated by the Republican Party, from Alf Landon in 1936 to Ronald Reagan in 1980. She spearheaded efforts at the local campaign headquarters in Chagrin Falls, Ohio; her ready smile and boundless energy attracted scores of volunteers. When Congress became a year-round legislative body, the Bartletts moved to Washington, D.C., and Jinny worked in campaigns in nearby Maryland suburbs. An active member of the Congressional Club, begun by Senate wives who met and rolled bandages for soldiers during the First and Second World Wars, Jinny served for years helping organize the annual First Ladies Luncheon, designed to raise funds for myriad philanthropic organizations.
A Brownie and Girl Scout troop leader, and avid participant in the Lafayette Elementary School PTA, she was a popular room mother and substitute teacher. She regularly attended Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Church, then Walker Chapel in Arlington, Virginia. She faithfully attended Community Bible Study in Bethesda. Jinny and her Marine Corps husband loved Washington's summer twilight military concerts, held at the Capitol, Iwo Jima, the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, when Joe's brother Bob served as first clarinetist in the Army Band.
All the Bartletts were talented musicians; Jinny appreciated the talents of each. Reunions at the West Virginia family farm were eagerly anticipated just as girlhood visits to the Mistr farm in Varina had been. Letters attest to Jinny's own gracious hospitality at their home in Washington.
Decades later, with all their grandchildren in Richmond, Jinny and Joe moved from the nation's capital to the capital of the Commonwealth. Jinny welcomed the birth of each great-grandchild and made new friends at Third Church. Her final group of friends, the Parkside Memory Care staff at Beth Sholom, were treasured by Jinny.
Family will receive friends from 10-11 a.m. on Saturday, January 29 at Bliley's- Central, 3801 Augusta Ave. Where A Celebration of Jinny Bartlett's life will be held at 11 a.m. at Bliley's-Central, 3801 Augusta Avenue. For those unable to attend the service a livestream is available at Blileys.com. She will be buried alongside her husband, at Arlington National Cemetery. Contributions to the Marine Corps History Museum at Quantico, Virginia, are gratefully encouraged.
Growing up in Cleveland, Ohio. Jinny graduated from Cleveland Heights High School, attended Mount Vernon Junior College, then Allegheny College, from which she was graduated in 1950.
The second child of George and Edna Bender, "Jinny" and her sister Barbara, were steeped in public service from childhood, as their father served in the Ohio state legislature, the U.S. House of Representatives, the United States Senate and in the Cabinet of President Dwight Eisenhower. On one of many visits to the U.S. Capitol, Jinny met Joe Bartlett, House Chief of Pages. When she became 1951 Ohio Cherry Blossom Princess, Marine Corps Lieutenant Bartlett served as her escort. By the end of the spring festival, Joe had proposed to Jinny. They were married in June, 1952.
Political life a century ago implied wholehearted family participation. As the daughter of one public servant and wife of another, Jinny may well have attended more Republican National Conventions than anyone now living. She witnessed every presidential candidate nominated by the Republican Party, from Alf Landon in 1936 to Ronald Reagan in 1980. She spearheaded efforts at the local campaign headquarters in Chagrin Falls, Ohio; her ready smile and boundless energy attracted scores of volunteers. When Congress became a year-round legislative body, the Bartletts moved to Washington, D.C., and Jinny worked in campaigns in nearby Maryland suburbs. An active member of the Congressional Club, begun by Senate wives who met and rolled bandages for soldiers during the First and Second World Wars, Jinny served for years helping organize the annual First Ladies Luncheon, designed to raise funds for myriad philanthropic organizations.
A Brownie and Girl Scout troop leader, and avid participant in the Lafayette Elementary School PTA, she was a popular room mother and substitute teacher. She regularly attended Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Church, then Walker Chapel in Arlington, Virginia. She faithfully attended Community Bible Study in Bethesda. Jinny and her Marine Corps husband loved Washington's summer twilight military concerts, held at the Capitol, Iwo Jima, the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, when Joe's brother Bob served as first clarinetist in the Army Band.
All the Bartletts were talented musicians; Jinny appreciated the talents of each. Reunions at the West Virginia family farm were eagerly anticipated just as girlhood visits to the Mistr farm in Varina had been. Letters attest to Jinny's own gracious hospitality at their home in Washington.
Decades later, with all their grandchildren in Richmond, Jinny and Joe moved from the nation's capital to the capital of the Commonwealth. Jinny welcomed the birth of each great-grandchild and made new friends at Third Church. Her final group of friends, the Parkside Memory Care staff at Beth Sholom, were treasured by Jinny.
Family will receive friends from 10-11 a.m. on Saturday, January 29 at Bliley's- Central, 3801 Augusta Ave. Where A Celebration of Jinny Bartlett's life will be held at 11 a.m. at Bliley's-Central, 3801 Augusta Avenue. For those unable to attend the service a livestream is available at Blileys.com. She will be buried alongside her husband, at Arlington National Cemetery. Contributions to the Marine Corps History Museum at Quantico, Virginia, are gratefully encouraged.
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