Jane Bartels

Devoted wife of the late Ralph Bartels. Loving mother of Deborah (Leon) Snead and Denise (Robert) Rivlin. Cherished grandmother of five grandsons and two great-grandsons.

Jane’s father and mother both emigrated from Albania in the early 1900s. They settled in St. Louis, met and married. They worked hard supporting their four daughters by owning their own restaurant.

Jane graduated from McKinley High School in St. Louis. She married and worked at the Missouri-Pacific Railroad Office until her first daughter was born. She was then a stay-at-home mom until the girls reached college age, when she returned to work at a government office in St. Louis. She has been widowed for thirty-two years.

Jane had many interests, including playing bridge, bunco and poker, attending the theatre, reading novels, and going on day trips. She was a huge fan of the St. Louis Cardinals and was an award-winning gardener. Jane lived her final six years at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, Maryland near her daughter, Deborah.

A funeral service celebrating Jane’s life will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at Hoffmeister South County Chapel, 1515 Lemay Ferry Rd., St. Louis, MO 63125 with a visitation that morning 10:30 a.m. until the time of service. Interment will follow at St. Trinity Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The Missouri Botanical Garden, Commemorative Gift Fund, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299. Condolences and expressions of sympathy may be offered at www.hoffmeistersouthcounty.com