Robert Bartels
Robert Bartels passed away peacefully on Sunday January 3, 2021. He was born in Randalia on June 1, 1924, baptized at Hope Lutheran church Westgate, Iowa and confirmed at Richfield church in Richfield, Iowa.
Bob attended School Center Number 5 in Randalia, Iowa and graduated high school in Alpha, Iowa. Except for a brief period when he lived and worked in Waterloo, Bob spent his whole life in Fayette county Iowa.
During the time he worked at John Deere in Waterloo, he married Eileen Potratz and they briefly lived in Waterloo before making their permanent home in Westgate, Iowa. Bob and Eileen married at St. Peter Lutheran in Westgate. Both were longtime members of St. Peter where Bob served as a deacon, church treasurer, and chair of the finance committee.