MEADE – Andy R. Bartel, age 89, passed away Saturday morning, June 24, 2017, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas.

He was born April 19, 1928, in rural Meade County, Kansas, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Rempel) Bartel. As a young boy, he attended the McNulty Grade School in rural Meade. He later attended Hesston College, receiving his nurses training and went on to Kansas City to finish his schooling.   After his education, he began his career as an Anesthesiologist, serving the medical community of southwest Kansas for many years.

He was a member of the Emmanuel Mennonite Church and had been an active member of the Meade USD 226 school board for many years. He enjoyed horses, woodworking, metal work, farming, and ranching.

On May 5, 1956, he married Rosella C. Loewen at Meade. She precedes him in death on January 25, 1985. On June 24, 1989, he married Joanne (Staton) Randolph at Meade.

Survivors include two sons, Randy Bartel of Garden City, Kansas, and Eric Bartel and wife Jeanna of Wylie, Texas; a daughter, Lori Ulichnie and husband Dan of rural Meade; two stepsons, Kevin Randolph and Jimmy Randolph and wife Kimber both of Rogers, Arkansas; a stepdaughter, Jan Randolph of Bella Vista, Arkansas; four sisters, Margaret Reimer of Meade, Elizabeth Bitikofer of Newton, Kansas, Esther Whiteman of Wichita, Kansas, and Bertha Seifert of Topeka, Kansas; and nine grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Rosella; his parents; three brothers, Martin, Albert, and Pete Bartel; and two sisters, Katherine Patton and Mary Reimer.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 30, 2017, at the Emmanuel Mennonite Church, Meade. Friends may call from 1:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Thursday with the family present from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade. Interment will follow the service in the Emmanuel Mennonite Church Cemetery, rural Meade.

The family would welcome memorials to the Meade District Hospital in care of the funeral home.