August A. Barthes

BARTHES - August A., at age 90, on October 14, 2007. A resident of Miller Place, NY and Pensacola, FL. Capt. Barthes retired from the US Navy in 1970 after serving 30 years as a naval aviator. A decorated veteran of Pearl Harbor and the battles of Midway, Wake Island and Guam. Capt. Barthes had duty in the Philippines, Spain, Missouri, Ohio, Michigan, Washington, D.C., as well as aboard the aircraft carrier Valley Forge as its navigator. He is predeceased by his beloved wife, Cecilia, and children, Mercedes and James Francis, and brother Francis. He is survived by his loving daughter, Lucia, and son-in-law, Robert Wilson, and their children, Dana, Brendan, Mercedes, and Marta, and his sister, Erin Dean. He is the cherished uncle of Diane Pi-Sunyer, Francis Barthes, Jr., Mark Dean, and Allison Russell. Reposing at O. B. Davis Funeral Homes, 1001 Route 25A, Miller Place, LI. Visitation Saturday October 20 from 6-9PM.