More detail on this person: Donald Paul
Bartholomay of Lake Wales died Thursday, April 3,
2008, at the Lake Wales Medical Center. He was
76.
Born March 28, 1932, in Boston, Mass., he came
here from Franklin, N.C., four years ago. He was a
veteran of the Korean Conflict, served two tours
in Vietnam and the Cuban Missile Crisis, serving
in the U.S. Marines and the U.S. Army. He retired
as a Chief Warrant Officer 4. He graduated from
Emmy Riddle University and the University of
Maine. He was also a member of the Distinguished
Flying Cross Society.
Survivors include his wife of 25 years, Sandra L.
Bartholomay of Lake Wales; two daughters, Linda
Jeanne Kolodzik of North Carolina and Tracey Ables
of Eagle Lake; three sons, Kenneth P. Bartholomay
of Lake Wales, Jeffery David Bartholomay of New
Hampshire, and Ethan Jeffrey Levesque of Eustis,
Fla.; a brother, Francis Ernest Bartholomay of
Lake Wales; seven grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
Memorial services were held at 2 p.m., Wednesday,
April 9, at the Marion Nelson Funeral Home in Lake
Wales with military honors.
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