She attended Arlington public schools, received a B.A. from UMass Boston, and an M.S.N from Simmons College/Newton Wellesley Hospital.
Her career as a health professional included 20 years as an ICU nurse at Cambridge Health Alliance. She also taught classes for the Cambridge Police Department and for nurses at Mass General. After moving to Brewster, she worked at Pleasant Bay Nursing and Rehabilitation in Brewster, as a school nurse in Barnstable, Nauset and Marston Mills, and for the Visiting Nurse Association of Hyannis.
Leslie is survived by her mother, Ruth Moore Bartholomew of South Yarmouth, her siblings Susan Bartholomew of Los Angeles, CA (Sanford Jacoby), Peter Bartholomew of Ipswich, MA (Catherine), Sarah Bartholomew of Orleans, MA, and Amy Kennedy of Ashland, MA (Kevin). She is also survived by her nieces and nephews, Alexander and Margaret Jacoby, Anna and John Bartholomew, and Ryan and Travis Kennedy.
A memorial service for Leslie will be held Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at 1 p.m. at the First Parish Brewster Unitarian Universalist Church, 1969 Main St., Brewster.
Honoring Leslie’s lifelong love of animals, donations may be made to the Brewster Animal Rescue League (https://www.arlboston.org/)
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