CONDOLENCE DONALD T. BARTLES, JR.

DUTCHESS COLENT NEGISLA TURE Condolence: Donald T. Bartles, Jr. The Dutchess County Legislature offers the following and moves its adoption: WHEREAS, on December 22, 2024, the Dutchess County Legislature learned with great sadness and regret of the recent death of Donald T. Bartles, Jr. at the age of 79, and WHEREAS, Don was born on March 18, 1945, in Flushing, New York, son of the late Donald Sr. and Gelletia (Tompkins) Bartles, and WHEREAS, Don graduated from Rhinebeck High School and continued his education at SUNY Albany. He proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam War, and WHEREAS, Don married the love of his life of 58 years, Kathleen Freiberg, at the Presbyterian Church in Pleasant Valley in 1966. He worked as a right-of-way engineer for Dutchess County Highway, and WHEREAS, Don was a well respected and active community member in Pine Plains, including being very active in the China Exchange Program through Pine Plains Central School District hosting Chinese teachers in his home, chairing the SEED program, and serving on various Boards of the Town of Pine Plains. This included serving on the Town Planning Board for 37 years and being a Town Councilman and Deputy Town Supervisor, and WHEREAS, Don was also an active member of the Pine Plains Lions Club, serving as a Past President and a long-time Sight Chairman, and in the Dutchess County Lions Sight Group and Lions Sight Program, and WHEREAS, Don is survived by his wife, Kathleen, his two sons Ted and Carl, his four siblings William, James, Jeanne Stirzel, and Stephen, and nieces, nephews, and cousins, and WHEREAS, Don's passing will be mourned by his family, friends, and colleagues throughout Dutchess County, now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the Dutchess County Legislature, on behalf of all the people of Dutchess County, does hereby extend its deepest sympathy and sincere condolences to the family and friends of the late Donald T. Bartles, Jr., and be it RESOLVED, that the meeting of the Dutchess County Legislature be adjourned in memory of the late Donald T. Bartles, Jr. Resolution 2025214 TATE OF NEW YORK ss: COUNTY OF DUTCHESS ed the foregoing resolution with the original resolution now on file in the of said clerk, anu is to ceray chat, the saidened len of these dayature of an an and that the sa, a a to and correct rangeso sad original on and here the IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hercunto set my hand and seal of said Legislature this 21sc day of January 2025. l ugh lager