John William Bartlett, 84, longtime peace officer with the city police department, died at a local rest home Saturday afternoon. He had been ill for the past six months.
He was born April 2, 1876 at Copper hill, Floyd County, VA., the son of Jefferson Adolplus and Callie Wimmer Bartlett. He was the oldest of 11 children.
The family moved to Kansas when he was a small boy. Later when the Cherokee-Strip was opened in 1893, they homesteaded at Medford, Okla.
He married Leola Belmear Dec. 3, 1899 in Oklahoma. He moved his family to Idaho Falls in October, 1917. The next year he established his residence at 373 S. Water Ave., where he has since resided.
He was foreman of construction of the Old Utah Power Plant south of Idaho Falls. He was later employed by the Falls American Potato Co., when they constructed the first potato flour manufacturing plant in Idaho.
He then went into police work and was engaged in that until his retirement Jan. 1, 1950, with 30 years service.
Since then he has been self-employed. He was a member of Idaho Falls Eagles Lodge No. 576 and the Idaho Peace Officers Assn.
Both his wife and a son, Edgar, died in 1921.
Survivors include two sons, George of Gering, Neb., and John William Jr., of Idaho Falls, four daughters, Mrs. Jim (Beatrice) Bowman, Mrs. Sherman (Mable) Haack, Mrs. Edith Nichols of Idaho Falls and Mrs. Dale (May) Pierce of Columbia Falls, Mont.; 26 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.
Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Lillie McMahon of Emmett and Mrs. Jim Mott of Wasco, Calif.
He was born April 2, 1876 at Copper hill, Floyd County, VA., the son of Jefferson Adolplus and Callie Wimmer Bartlett. He was the oldest of 11 children.
The family moved to Kansas when he was a small boy. Later when the Cherokee-Strip was opened in 1893, they homesteaded at Medford, Okla.
He married Leola Belmear Dec. 3, 1899 in Oklahoma. He moved his family to Idaho Falls in October, 1917. The next year he established his residence at 373 S. Water Ave., where he has since resided.
He was foreman of construction of the Old Utah Power Plant south of Idaho Falls. He was later employed by the Falls American Potato Co., when they constructed the first potato flour manufacturing plant in Idaho.
He then went into police work and was engaged in that until his retirement Jan. 1, 1950, with 30 years service.
Since then he has been self-employed. He was a member of Idaho Falls Eagles Lodge No. 576 and the Idaho Peace Officers Assn.
Both his wife and a son, Edgar, died in 1921.
Survivors include two sons, George of Gering, Neb., and John William Jr., of Idaho Falls, four daughters, Mrs. Jim (Beatrice) Bowman, Mrs. Sherman (Mable) Haack, Mrs. Edith Nichols of Idaho Falls and Mrs. Dale (May) Pierce of Columbia Falls, Mont.; 26 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.
Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Lillie McMahon of Emmett and Mrs. Jim Mott of Wasco, Calif.
John William Bartlett, 84, longtime peace officer with the city police department, died at a local rest home Saturday afternoon. He had been ill for the past six months.
He was born April 2, 1876 at Copper hill, Floyd County, VA., the son of Jefferson Adolplus and Callie Wimmer Bartlett. He was the oldest of 11 children.
The family moved to Kansas when he was a small boy. Later when the Cherokee-Strip was opened in 1893, they homesteaded at Medford, Okla.
He married Leola Belmear Dec. 3, 1899 in Oklahoma. He moved his family to Idaho Falls in October, 1917. The next year he established his residence at 373 S. Water Ave., where he has since resided.
He was foreman of construction of the Old Utah Power Plant south of Idaho Falls. He was later employed by the Falls American Potato Co., when they constructed the first potato flour manufacturing plant in Idaho.
He then went into police work and was engaged in that until his retirement Jan. 1, 1950, with 30 years service.
Since then he has been self-employed. He was a member of Idaho Falls Eagles Lodge No. 576 and the Idaho Peace Officers Assn.
Both his wife and a son, Edgar, died in 1921.
Survivors include two sons, George of Gering, Neb., and John William Jr., of Idaho Falls, four daughters, Mrs. Jim (Beatrice) Bowman, Mrs. Sherman (Mable) Haack, Mrs. Edith Nichols of Idaho Falls and Mrs. Dale (May) Pierce of Columbia Falls, Mont.; 26 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.
Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Lillie McMahon of Emmett and Mrs. Jim Mott of Wasco, Calif.
He was born April 2, 1876 at Copper hill, Floyd County, VA., the son of Jefferson Adolplus and Callie Wimmer Bartlett. He was the oldest of 11 children.
The family moved to Kansas when he was a small boy. Later when the Cherokee-Strip was opened in 1893, they homesteaded at Medford, Okla.
He married Leola Belmear Dec. 3, 1899 in Oklahoma. He moved his family to Idaho Falls in October, 1917. The next year he established his residence at 373 S. Water Ave., where he has since resided.
He was foreman of construction of the Old Utah Power Plant south of Idaho Falls. He was later employed by the Falls American Potato Co., when they constructed the first potato flour manufacturing plant in Idaho.
He then went into police work and was engaged in that until his retirement Jan. 1, 1950, with 30 years service.
Since then he has been self-employed. He was a member of Idaho Falls Eagles Lodge No. 576 and the Idaho Peace Officers Assn.
Both his wife and a son, Edgar, died in 1921.
Survivors include two sons, George of Gering, Neb., and John William Jr., of Idaho Falls, four daughters, Mrs. Jim (Beatrice) Bowman, Mrs. Sherman (Mable) Haack, Mrs. Edith Nichols of Idaho Falls and Mrs. Dale (May) Pierce of Columbia Falls, Mont.; 26 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.
Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Lillie McMahon of Emmett and Mrs. Jim Mott of Wasco, Calif.
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