Alice Mildred (Pietz) Bartel

November 22, 1934 – January 2, 2022

Alice Mildred (Pietz) Bartel, went to be with her Lord on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022.

She was born on Nov. 22,1934, in the Town of Union, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, the daughter of the late Arthur and Hilda (Bartel) Pietz.She graduated from Little Wolf High School in 1952. Alice helped her dad farm and worked at the Hanson Glove Factory in Clintonville, Wisconsin.

She married Duane Bartel on Aug. 18, 1956. They started their life on a farm in Scandinavia, Wisconsin, and shortly thereafter moved on their farm in Little Wolf, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, where they lived until November of 2005. Duane and Alice continued farming until the fall of 2009 and lived in their new home in Ogdensburg, Wisconsin.

Alice was a school bus driver for the Manawa School District for 17 years. She enjoyed picking the little ones up and bringing them home. She spoiled them with treats whenever the occasion rose. She worked at the Manawa Nursing Home for a few years and also for the U.S. Census Bureau.

She loved helping her husband on the farm. She always volunteered to bale hay because she always got such a dark tan. She loved gardening with her husband and taking care of their grandchildren.

Alice and Duane were blessed with five children, nine grandchildren and great-grandchildren: Leonard (Kim) Bartel, children Callie, Hilda; Stan Bartel; Michael (Janna) Bartel, his children Andrew, Adam and Tim, Janna’s children Derrick, Kyle (Ashley) and Trevor; Leroy (Heidi) Bartel and children Natasha, Tyler (Meredith); Cheryl (Tom) Ostrowski and children Heather and Eric; great-grandchildren: Bryce, Bentlee, Brayden, Brynleigh, Margaery and Vincent. She is further survived by many nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was reunited with her husband Duane, her parents Arthur and Hilda Pietz, sisters Gertrude (Luvern) Wartner, Margaret Pietz, Lucille (Ordell) Drath, and brother Norman (Lucille) Pietz.

A Memorial Service for Alice will be held on Thursday, Jan. 6, at 1 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Manawa with Rev. Nathan Reichle officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery, Symco, Wisconsin. A gathering of family and friends will be held at the church on Thursday from noon until the time of the service.

A thank you to Theda Care Hospice Care at Home, Community Care, her granddaughters Hilda and Heather, daughter-in-law Janna Bartel, special niece Becky Hein and daughter Cheryl Ostrowski for all care and time spent with her.