God called Bart home on Friday July 8th at 9:15pm. A Rosary Service for Bartlett Francis Barrett were held at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Chapin on Tuesday July 12th at 7:00 P.M. and visitation did follow until 9:00 P.M. A Mass of Christian Burial was on Wednesday July 13 at 11:00 A.M. by Father Andrew J. Vollkommer in the Church with interment in the Church Cemetery.Mr. Barrett was born June 27 1917 in Boston Massachusetts he was the son of the late Bartlett F. and Mary A. Sheehan Barrett.He served in W.W. II as a paratrooper in the Army's 13th and 82nd Airborne Division. Bart applied for a job and was interviewed by John McKeen at the Brooklyn NY plant of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. When Mr. McKeen took a look at his name and saw it was the same as the street in front of the plant--Bartlett Street--he was hired on the spot. He retired forty years later on June 25 1982 as the general manager of Sorbitol/Organic 111. He was active in local politics and served the town of Waterford Connecticut as the treasurer for many years. Bart saw Theresa Gore at a Kresge five and Dime in Jamaica New York and he knew immediately that she was the one. They were married on June 30 1940 and celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary this year.Bart and Terry enjoyed spending time with their two daughters and their grandchildren attending every event they could. They also enjoyed flower gardening bowling and traveling together. They were faithful members and active volunteers of St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church in Waterford Connecticut and Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Chapin.Bart is survived by his wife Terry and his two daughters Theresa and husband Jim Earp of Concord NC and Lois and husband Barry Mather of Chapin. They have ten grandchildren and twenty-eight great grandchildren. He is survived by a brother William (Dorothy) of East Sandwich Massachusetts and a sister Peggy (Roy) of Wheaton Maryland; and two sister-in-laws. He was predeceased by sisters Marion Rita and Helen and brothers Jackie and Frankie.The family would like to thank the staff of Providence Hospital 4th floor and Heartland of Lexington for their kindness and care in the last month's of Bart's life.Memorials may be made to Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church Building Fund P.O. Box 549 Chapin SC 29036.Messages to the family may be sent via email at notes@whitakerfuneralhome.com.Whitaker Funeral Home Chapin is assisting the family.