1932 - 2015
SPRINGFIELD - Catherine Frances Powers Bartlett died peacefully Tuesday evening, February 24, 2015, at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, with her family by her side. She was 82.
Born March 11, 1932, in Brooklyn, Catherine was a daughter of Allen and Margaret F. (Murphy) Powers.
She married Robert A. Bartlett, Sr. on January 20, 1957, in Cooperstown, and lived in their home on Bartlett Road in the Town of Springfield for the next 58 years.
A graduate of Cooperstown Central School, she attended nursing school and served for many years in nursing at Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown.
Catherine was a member of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Springfield Center, and enjoyed sewing.
Surviving are her children, Robert A. Bartlett, Jr., DVM, of Columbia, Pennsylvania, and Stephen A. Bartlett and James E. Bartlett and his wife, Tammy, all of Springfield; and four grandchildren, Thomas, Sarah, Katie and Luke Bartlett. Catherine also had three sisters, Eileen Barown and her husband, Bart, of Mt. Vision, Bride and Rosemary, as well as several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband of 50 years, Robert A. Bartlett, Sr., who died January 15, 2006.
There will be no services.
Arrangements are under the care and guidance of the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.
If you would like to send condolences to the family, send an email to Connell, Dow & Deysenroth. We will forward your comments to the family. If you would like to send flowers in memory of the deceased, contact Mohican Flowers at (607) 547-8822, or A Rose is a Rose at (607) 264-3100.
