George Kenneth Barley, Sr. Obitaury Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** date of death 12-08-1968 George Kenneth (Pat) Bartley Sr., 62, of 182 Central Ave., Weirton, a World War II Navy veteran and a former painter, was pronounced dead on arrival at Weirton General Hospital, Sunday about noon after taking ill at his home. He was born in Hookstown Oct. 29, 1906, a son of the late C. L. (Roy) Bartley and Mary M. Clark Bartley. He had resided his lifetime in the Weirton and Chester area. He was a cook on a landing ship during the war. He worked as a painter until an injury in Oct. 2, 1967, while on the job. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Merle Tibbs Bartley, at home; five sons, Kenneth Bartley of New Cumberland, Raymond Bartley of Industry, Harry Bartley of South Bend, Ind., George K. Barley Jr. of Ravenna, and Michael Bartley, at home; six daughters, Mrs. Robert (Helen) Dreir of East Liverpool, Mrs. William (Patricia) Crisswell of New Cumberland, Mrs. Donald (Sharon) Tustin, Mrs. Peter (Edith) Wounaris and Mrs. George (Sue) Fritch, all of Weirton, and Mrs. Joseph (Joyce) Powell of Barstow, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Martha Griffey of Chester and Mrs. Bertha Nestler of Miami, Fla., and 25 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son and two daughters. Services will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Chester Arner Funeral Chapel by the Rev. Randell Prince of the Chester United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Locust Hill Cemetery. (NOTE: Interment was at Union Cemetery, New Manchester) Friends may call at the chapel Tuesday and Wednesday.