Bartek

A mass of Christian Burial for Earline Bartek will be held Aug. 22, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. at the Sacred Heart Church in La Grange with interment to follow at the La Grange City Cemetery. A visitation is scheduled for Aug. 21, 2025 from 4-6 p.m. at the Fayette Memorial Funeral Home in La Grange, Rosary at 6 p.m.

Earline Bartek passed away at St. David’s South in Austin on Aug. 12, 2025 at the age of 87. She was born in La Grange on Dec. 18, 1937 to Elo and Lillian (Riesing) Kirsch.

Earline grew up on the family farm east of La Grange helping with the chores along with her other three sisters. She graduated from La Grange ISD and was a member of the Sacred Heart Church in La Grange. Earline started training for a career in nursing but then met Edwin the love of her life. As a mother of four children she stayed home, loved taking care of her children and loved gardening. Later in life Earline worked numerous jobs starting out as a waitress for several restaurants, then an operator for party line system at Bell Telephone and then in retail for various stores such as Bilroy’s, Gibsons, Winns, and retired from Walmart. When not working or tending house she would escape to the river or stock pond for some fishing. In retirement she loved to sew and made old time sock monkeys along with other items which she and Edwin would sell at craft shows. She made many friends while working and will be missed dearly by family and friends.

Earline is preceded in death by her parents, Elo and Lillian Kirsch; her husband, Edwin A. Bartek; her sisters, Junelle Moore and Ruth Krenek; brother-in-laws, Dennis and Johnnie Bartek; daughter- in-law, Cynthia Bartek; son-in-law, Scott Ford; grandson, Daniel Malina and great grandson, Brenden Spoelstra.

She is survived by her two sons, Edwin J. Bartek, Dennis Bartek and wife Donna; two daughters, Cindy Ford and Laurie Schneider; sister, Lillian Landry; eleven grandchildren, Tami Cooper and husband James, Kandice Spoelstra and husband Martin, Jessica Pantalion, Michelle Estes and husband Justin, Johnathan Noak, Lindsey Schneider, Amber Schneider, Heather Grant and husband Donald, Desiree Singer and husband Chris, Kyle Ford and wife Tiffany and Brian Ford and wife Kayla; twenty three great grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to Sacred Heart Church or a charity of one’s choice.

Family and friends can view and sign the guestbook online at www.fayettememorialfuneralhome. com.

Services have been entrusted to Fayette Memorial Funeral Home of La Grange.