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Official Obituary of

James Edwin "Big Ed" Bartsch

July 9, 1933 ~ November 4, 2018 (age 85) 85 Years Old

James Bartsch Obituary

James Edwin "Big Ed" Bartsch, 85, Chapel House, died at 9:50 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, at Jennie Stuart Medical Center following a brief illness.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Lamb Funeral Home with Father Michael Charles Abiero officiating.

Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery.

Visitation will be from noon until the service time today at the funeral home.

A native of Louisville, he was born July 9, 1933, the son of the late Julius Augustus Bartsch and Angela Catherine Leighmankuler Bartsch.

He was a retired supervisor at South Central Bell, where he was a member of South Central Bell Pioneers. He also worked at Kelly Wilmore. He was a member of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church. He was a U.S. Army veteran.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his twin sons, Thomas and Timothy Bartsch; another son, Henry Bartsch; and his wife, Florence Tucker Bartsch.

Survivors include his son, John Edward Bartsch, Bowling Green; his daughters, Janice Bartsch, Todd County, Mrs. Billy (Virginia) White, Hopkinsville, and Brenda Price, Trigg County; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to Max’s Hope Rescue.

Service Details

Wednesday, November 7 2018
2:00 p.m.

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