Elizabeth "Lizzy" Bartle, R.N., of New Glarus, WI, passed away on Saturday, April 25, 2009, following a brief battle with cancer. Liz was born in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland, on April 16, 1919, to Elizabeth and Joseph McShane. She was educated in Scotland and England, graduating from the Coventry and Warwickshire School of Nursing. She married Myron Bartle in the Little Church Around the Corner in New York City on November 15, 1947. They eventually settled in New Glarus, Wisconsin. Liz was employed in St. Clare Hospital, Monroe, and later served as a nurse for Drs. Hicks and Marty in New Glarus. She retired from the New Glarus branch of the Monroe Clinic in 1987. She was well known in New Glarus and the surrounding area as the nurse that gave the quickest and most painless shots.

She is survived by a son, Bruce, and daughter-in-law, Cheryl. She has two grandchildren, Derek and Kelsey, that proved to be her absolute joy in her later years. Her daily walks along the nearby bike trail kept her young. Liz was a fixture at the New Glarus Public Library, where her zest for reading was well known. She was a member of Swiss United Church of Christ in New Glarus.

A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29, 2009, at the Zentner-Beal Funeral Home, 29 6th Ave., New Glarus, WI, with Pastor Petra Streiff officiating, with burial in Swiss Church Cemetery.

Relatives and friends may call from 5:30 p.m. until time of service on Wednesday, April 29, at the Zentner-Beal Funeral Home.

Memorials are suggested to Monroe Clinic Hospice and the New Glarus Public Library in lieu of flowers.

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