Lowell D. Bartels

Lowell D. Bartels, 72, of Cottonwood died February 7. He was born December 12, 1936 in Alliance, Nebraska, the son of Herman and Viola Merrill Bartels. He was a graduate of Alliance High School and received his Associates in Arts Degree from Glendale Community College. Mr. Bartels worked for the City of Glendale, California and City of Burbank, California. He was a member of the Arizona Flywheelers, the Mile High Tractor and Engine Club and the Northern Arizona Chapter of the American Truck Historical Society. His hobbies included restoration and showing John Deere Tractors and the 1941 Plymouth pickup that he drove to high school. He was preceded in death by his father and mother and a brother, Glen Bartels. Mr. Bartels is survived by his wife of 54 years, Dixie Bartels; sons, Kent Bartels, Brian (Sally) Bartels, Bruce (Erin) Bartels, all of California; daughter Deena Anderson of California; brother Dwain (Carol) Bartels of Sacramento, California; sister Shirley Dillon of Missouri; and others including Elizabeth (Duane) Enyeart of Utah, Joyce Benzel of Nebraska and Rosemary (James) Russell of Texas; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A memorial service will be held February 28 in the Westcott Funeral Home at 11 AM. An online guestbook is available at www.westcottfuneralhome.com