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Larry Amo
October 24, 2019
I went to herkimer c.c.c. with paul and became good friends.I wish we would have stayed in contact over the years.I hope karen and her family are doing well.
Class of 1975
Ken Barnhart
June 20, 2012
I remember you as a wonderful funny and inspiring person. My thoughts too your family and close friends-
June 20, 2012
Karen, Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Dawn and Sue Boeheim
Karen Lehn
June 15, 2012
Karen and Family,
My thoughts and prayers are with you during your time of loss. I got to know Paul when he was in Hawaii attending the U of H. I hold fond memories of some shared fun times. I remember him for his smile, laugh and friendly outgoing personality.
Sarah Gansz
June 13, 2012
Paul was a neighbor from childhood. We rode the same school bus and belonged to the same 4-H Club. I was shocked and saddened to hear of his passing. I will always have good memories of the character that was Paul. May God Bless his soul and comfort his family at this very sad time. RIP, my friend.
June 11, 2012
My prayers go out to Pauls family. I think it is a country song lyrics that says something like 'live like your dying'. It sure sounds like Paul did just that!
Darien Ross
Ruidoso, NM
Tina (Bryant) Loller
June 10, 2012
Gone way too young,,deeply missed.
M.D. Sawyer
June 9, 2012
I have broadcasted Paul's short form features in NW Florida and East Alabama since 2005. They are all first class and bring a unique listen to many things in life. It was an incredible accomplishment to create and produce such gold standard audio. I've been in radio for 40 years and never heard any production better or as dependable as his service. I am sorry to hear of his passing and thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time. He sure left a great legacy and I hope his staff will find a way to keep his special sounds alive for radio listeners everywhere. He made a lot of life more interesting. He must have really been amazed arriving at heaven's door.
Gay Huddle
June 8, 2012
I am so shocked to learn of Paul's passing. How I enjoyed crossing paths with him through the years, chatting and catching up on area happenings. He was always so pleasant and cheerful! I am so terribly sorry for your loss and I keep you all in my thoughts.
Sincerely,
Tina Bryant-Loller
June 7, 2012
I was so shocked to hear of Paul's passing. We went to school together in Lyons,N.Y. ,have many great memories of him. He will be missed.
Tina Bryant-Loller
June 7, 2012
I was so shocked to hear of Paul's passing. We went to school together in Lyons,N.Y. ,have many great memories of him. He will be misses.
Joan MacGuire
June 7, 2012
I was shocked and saddened to hear of Paul's death via church email. Though I have been gone from Trumansburg these past twelve years I have happy memories of the church picnic at the farm and always looked forward to it. My thoughts and prayers are with your family at this great time of loss. Joan MacGuire (Sharps Chapel, TN)
Nancy Emerson
June 6, 2012
I saw Paul at Wegman's during the week, heard his proud descriptions of each of his children's accomplishments and current activities, and commented how nice it was that we bumped into each other from time to time. In typical charming fashion, Paul snapped his fingers, said, "I'm just a man about town" and put a smile on my face. I will hold that last memory dear.
Robert Spinks
June 6, 2012
On behalf of the staff and volunters of KSQM 91.5 FM located way out west in Sequim, WA - we send our prayers to family and friends over the very unexpected loss of Paul. As a non-profit community radio station, we aired some of Paul's programming which was superior. It's unfortunate that at Paul's passing we learn even more about the breadth and depth - the richness that Paul brought to our indutry and to your community. We wish that we could have had more time to engage and partner with Paul.
With warmest regards and thoughts.
Robert Spinks - Exec Director/General Manager
KSQM 91.5 FM
Sequim, WA. 98382
www.ksqmfm.com
Marylou Emmel
June 6, 2012
So very sorry for your loss. I remember Paul from High School. I don't remember a day that he wasn't smiling and saying hello to everyone he met. Blessings.
June 6, 2012
Employer, Mentor, Friend. Your legacy will live on through everyone who was touched by your ethics, kindness, and generosity.
Dan Updike
June 6, 2012
Employer. Mentor. Friend. Your legacy will live on through everyone who was touched by your ethics, kindness, and generosity.
Jennifer Hoffman
June 6, 2012
We will miss you very much seeing you at basketball games and supporting all of the sports teams but prayers to the family Karen, Jay, Ben, Alec, and Anna im so sorry for your loss if you need anything just let me know!
Lori Mike
June 6, 2012
Karen,
I am so very sorry.
May the Blessings of God bring comfort, peace, and healing to you and your family.
With sincere condolences,
Cheryl Tyler Fabino
June 6, 2012
My deepest condolences to the entire Bartishevich family. I was a fellow student with Paul all throughout school in Lyons. In looking back at those days, I don't believe that I ever heard anyone say an unkind word about Paul. He always had a smile, a friendly wave, and was always talking (which I see paid off in later days!). How many teenage boys would be proud that his Mother was the high school nurse (our beloved Mrs. B.)? Not many, but Paul was. He was loved deeply by a teriffic family and he shared that love in return with all he met. We were all the better for having known him.
God Speed, Bart!
Bonna Heidenreich McMahon & Family
June 5, 2012
Karen,
Our deepest sympathy to you, your children and Ruth. May God be with all of you in this very difficult time and always.
Dave & Karen Drumheller-King
June 5, 2012
Karen and family: We are so sorry to hear about Paul's passing. We will always remember running around Owego with Paul, to donate a huge amount of clothes after the floods there. We eventually stacked them in Pastor Jeff's garage, after a lot of phone-calls and dickering on Paul's part. He was kind, respectul to all, funny, and had a huge heart for anyone. Our prayers go out to you all during this very sad time.
Kathryn Boor
June 5, 2012
Paul made this world a better place for so many. We will miss him.
Bob Norman
June 5, 2012
My deepest sympathy to Ruth,Karen and the entire family of Paul. He will surely be missed by everyone that knew him.
deb herrmann
June 5, 2012
So shocked by the loss of such a dynamo person! thinking of you all.
larry wraight
June 5, 2012
Paul was a wonderful young man. His older brothers left a huge positive mark on our lives. I regret everyone's loss of such a fine man, that the boy I knew has become. larry earl wraight.
Ms Pat Bauer
June 5, 2012
Hi Karen and children. I am out of state and unable to see you. But I want you to know how much my heart goes out to you all.Sudden loss is so so hard....but there is hope, Karen, though maybe after some time has passed. Karen ,It has been 8 yrs since I loss my brother suddenly.I remember your kindness when I saw you after the event. I can only say to you that it took a long time for me.., but I want to offer you hope.In feeling all there is ...in such an awful unjust event I was able to accept and process what was, and able to(as someone else in your guestbook commented)" think of my brother with more of a smile than sorrow." We all experience our oun process of grief and I encourage you to allow yourself to experience your individual path of grief. I care about you and your children and wish you peace. A Memory: I remember Anna coming to preschool one day in the most adorable homemade looking dress. When I commented to you about it Karen, you told me"Paul wanted to buy Anna a beautiful dress from April Cornell on the Commons for a special event. I was so touched at the thoughtful expresion of love for his daughter that your husband had and happy for Anna that she had a loving adoring father.I wish Alec ,Anna and the rest of you all,the best.
Love Ms Pat Bauer
Elissa Wolfson
June 5, 2012
It was a privilege to have known this great-hearted soul, and an honor to have worked with him. Much peace and strength and healing from our family to yours.
John Henrehan
June 5, 2012
Paul's star shone very, very brightly. I will miss him greatly. Karen, love to you and the kids.
June 5, 2012
I remember talking with Paul when he came to pick his kids up from summer camp. He was always upbeat and a pleasure to chat with.
Regina O'Brien
June 5, 2012
Karen,
I was shocked and saddened by this news. I hold very fond memories of Paul.
I will keep you and your children in my thoughts and prayers.
Regina O'Brien
June 5, 2012
Karen, you, your kids all all the Bartishevichs are in my thoughts and prayers. So sad that such a good, kind man has passed.
Marylou Ferndino Gokey
Eric Gasteiger
June 5, 2012
It's not just the shock but the loss that will ripple through my life. Paul was so filled with his love for challenges, his pride and love of family, and the joy he found in the development of creative content while working with creative people. His ideas and vision inspired many from Finger Lakes Production and others to create engaging stories and informative segments that have reached millions of listeners. I will miss his energy and enthusiasm he shared with every meeting, or bumping into. Karen, your loss is great, but his love persists. You both have raised wonderful children that echo your's and Paul's devotion to community and each other. May the outpouring from the wide community you all have touch, give you strength and peace as we all gather to honor Paul. And when his friends and family scatter back to their lives, please call if only out of frustration because the grass has grown to tall or some hard to reach light bulb has blown again. Peace be with you and the family. Love to all.
JB GRAVES
June 5, 2012
Ahh that smile and upbeat greeting across the grocery store parking lot...they ride in the airwaves now, never to be forgotten. RIP my friend. JB
Laurie Howell
June 5, 2012
To Paul's family - I'm so very sorry for your loss. Paul was such a huge personality that it's difficult to believe he's gone.
June 5, 2012
Karen & Family, so very, very sorry to hear of Paul's death, he was a great class mate. Please know my thoughts and prayers are with you,
Kathie Daugherty Stevens
Jerry, Lori, and Kids
June 5, 2012
Karen and Family - Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Paul will be greatly missed by the Kraus Family. Love -
Brian Hewitt
June 5, 2012
So sorry to hear of Paul's untimely passing. It's been quite a few years now since my last contact with Paul, but I will never forget my time working with him and FLPI/Radio Voyager. His enthusiasm, his persistence and his persuasive charisma were truly unique.
Michael Black
June 5, 2012
I've known Paul for many years and had just talked to him on Thursday afternoon. We were going to meet on Saturday to talk about some projects at Ithaca Festival. This is truly a loss to the community, the region, and to the world. His radio work touches public radio listeners worldwide. My thoughts are with his family during this sad time.
John Simon
June 5, 2012
Dear Karen, I've always been touched by Paul's love for and devotion to you and your family. He was a true gift to our community. I'll miss talking Music and Radio and Kids with him. Love to you all from an old fan.
Joel & Mindy Wilson & Family
June 5, 2012
We were so sorry to hear of your loss. You are all in our thoughts and prayers.
Jon Keagle
June 5, 2012
Truly shocked at this news. Such a great loss of a good, kind man and Father. Please accept my deepest condolences to you Karen, Jay, Benn,Alec and Ann. Peace - Jon Keagle
Peter Knight
June 5, 2012
To the Bartishevich family, I'm so sorry for your loss, and I pray you can find some comfort in knowing how many people Paul touched and inspired in his time here. Paul's passion for life was evident, and I knew him as a colleague and friend for 20 years or more. RIP, my friend.
Dr. William David Wilkinson
June 5, 2012
Dear Karen and family - I am still in shock upon hearing the death of a good friend who had never left my mind since I graduated from Lyons High School. Paul and I were in the Sr High Chorus together, participated in the high school Musical and Variety Show functions ( our small character parrts in "SOUTH PACIFIC" will always go down in our fondest memories with the line "There was a moon!) and, his serving twice as Student Council President which led him to doing the over-the-speaker broadcast of the school events. He wrote songs, mostly lyrics, but I promised I would teach him to compose the music. Sadly, my busy life of college, lacrosse and composing film scores for student films and lecturing across the universities hadmade it difficult. You had a wonderful man for a husband and father with a great sense of humor and I knew he would go as far as he did in his vocation. My sincerest condolences.
- Dr. William David Wilkinson (Class of 75 Lyons Jr/Sr High School)
Carol Nogle
June 5, 2012
Dear Karen and family - I am so saddened to learn of Paul's passing. Please accept my heartfelt sympathy for a man so full of life. I may be far away in Utah, but I have many fond memories of your family. May your memories comfort you in this time of sorrow.
June 4, 2012
I do not know the family well...but I have seen incredible affection & devotion when Paul joined his wife in church & put his arm around her 2 pull her closer to him for the services. This is a man who loved deeply and with open devotion. My thoughts are w/ all of you at this trying time.
Diana Fox
June 4, 2012
There are people that touch our lives, that although we physically leave them, they never in our hearts leave us. Paul was one of those people. I am grateful to have known him, and to have worked with him. It was through my work at Radio Voyager that I met not only Paul, but a larger group of spectacular people who also remain very important parts of my life today. Paul is worthy and deserving off all the gifts of heaven. I am so sorry for his family and friends who must travel the rest of this journey without him. I send this message with all my love.
June 4, 2012
Our VP Joe Biden spoke on Memorial Day and said something that I took to heart..this isn't an exact quote. "There will come a day, I promise....when the thought of (your loved one) brings a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye. It will happen."
That is my hope for all of you. When someone you love is snatched away without warning, everything just stops. I hope your strength, your faith and your love for one another will help you through your biggest challenge ever.
Jill Ferguson
Pete Northern
June 4, 2012
Karen, Benn, Jay, Alec, Anna - Angela & I think of you now and hardly know what to say. Recently, I've been scanning photos and among the ones of Benn when Angela was his daycare provider, I found one with both Paul and Karen. It brought back so many memories of your family. Please know that you all are in our prayers especially now.
Pete & Angela Northern
Scott Sutcliffe
June 4, 2012
To Karen and your kids. The Sutcliffes embrace you all, in love and friendship.
Elizabeth Costello
June 4, 2012
I met Paul just twice. Once, in Ithaca, when I walked around the corner from my job at City Hall to FLPI's office on Cayuga Street to pick up some books on writing for radio that he'd offered to lend me. The second time was several years later, in Arlington, VA, when Paul visited WETA (where I was then working) to explore a broadcast partnership. The fact that I remember him so clearly and so fondly after two brief encounters is a testament to his exuberance and larger-than-life personality. Mere minutes in Paul's presence left an indelible, positive impression. What a remarkable man. What a tremendous loss. A life well and fully lived, yet a life far too short. My deepest sympathy to his wife, his children, and all who loved him.
Mindy Ferguson
June 4, 2012
Paul was an amazing boss and I was inspired to work for him during my time at Radio Voyager. What a tremendous loss of a wonderful man. My deepest sympathies to you all.
Robert Sullivan
June 4, 2012
Dear Karen and Family
My sympathy for your loss. I wanted you to know how much Paul meant to me. He was a man of hope, ideas, and persistence; a man who cared deeply about his work, family, and friends who smiled easily and often. He never gave up on anyone or anything. I always regretted when he would leave the Smithsonian to head back to his beloved Finger Lakes because I could always use a bit more of his optimism and humor. His loss is a heavy weight, but knowing Paul and his irrepressible good will and optimism he would want us to continue to hope and look upwards… Sully
“Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.”
? Henry David Thoreau, Walden
June 4, 2012
To Karen and the Bartishevich family our thoughts and prayers go out to you.Paul was always a sweet and happy man, he will be missed.
Greg and Teresa Youngs, Sodus New York
Bernadette Schoenwald
June 4, 2012
I am so sorry for your loss and hope that you are comforted by the love and light that Paul put into this world.
Paul Scott
June 4, 2012
Karen & family.. My memories of Bart are ones of youth & happiness. While living in Hawaii,we shared many basketball games and afternoons catching waves on the beach. We would always have pupu's & some cold beers to help with the the post-game recovery program. I hope that you will always remember your husband & dad as I remember him and keep him close to your heart. He is still on the front line fighting for what he believed in... All our love & aloha to you & your family. Scotty, Linda, Kristen & Kyle Scott.
June 4, 2012
Karen and Family,
You are in our thoughts and prayers. Kids your dad was an amazing person that truly cared about your success and about the many others that he came in contact with throughout the years. It was truly an honor to get to know him and share many found memories roaming the sidelines together at the soccer games. Karen, if there is anything at all we can do please let us know.
Mark, Michelle, Brent, Colby and Zach Taber
Eric Phillips
June 4, 2012
We were all drawn to him because of his passion for life...and as he leaves us...I hope he knows we're all better for having him in ours. Deepest sympathies to Karen and family.
June 4, 2012
We are so saddened to hear of Pauls passing. Our thoughts and prayers are with Karen and his children and his Mom and siblings. Paul has shown so many acts of kindness toward our family throughout the years and that just shows what a great person he was. The world has lost a wonderful man. Audrey and Roger Simmons
Sally Priester
June 4, 2012
My thoughts and prayers go out to all of you. Paul was a wonderful person and shall be missed.
William Torrey
June 4, 2012
Karen, Benn, Jay, Alec and Anna,
I am heartbroken to hear of Paul's death. I so admired Paul's great love for his family and community and the passion and energy behind his every activity and action. I am praying that God fills your hearts with his peace.
Tom Marshall
June 4, 2012
My condolences to Karen and the Bartishevich family. I have many fond memories of Paul as a fellow classmate while growing up in Lyons. I always admired his passion and pursuit of his career in media. I know we all will miss him. God Bless
David & Patti Rockefeller
June 4, 2012
Our thoughts and prayers are will you and your family.
Rob Nicholson
June 4, 2012
Karen and family....so sorry to hear about Paul, I have such great memories of him from our time in High School. He was a great guy.
Janine Woodrome
June 4, 2012
Karen and Family, My thoughts and prayers are with you. Karen- you & Paul were there for me at times when I needed it with just a few simple words or a hug and I'll never forget your kindness. Heaven is now blessed to have him.....Janine (D'Albano) Woodrome
Russ Maracle
June 4, 2012
Our thoughts and prayers are with the Bartishevich family. Paul and Alec have been an influential part of my son's life as well as ours and he was a huge supporter for Trumansburg sports. Paul will be greatly missed.
Susan Wild
June 4, 2012
Karen,
Praying for all of you during this unbearably difficult time. Our hearts break for you. When I think of him, though, I can only see a laugh or a smile on his face. He was so special. I'm glad you had each other.
Scott and Maggie Simmons
June 4, 2012
Karen and family,
The heart stops briefly when someone dies, a quick pain as you hear the news, and someone passes from your outside life to the inside. Slowly the heart adjusts to its new weight, and slowly everything continues sanely. I wish you all the strength in the world as you negotiate this road in life's journey. You are in our prayers and if a hug from afar can make any difference at all, you have it from us. We wish you only support, understanding, and strength.
Donna
June 4, 2012
as a class mate of Paul's my condolances to the whole family. a great person and always kind.
Chris Allinger
June 4, 2012
I'll always be grateful for Paul's kindness to me at the beginning of my career as well as his dedication to his family and community. I'm so sorry for your loss.
June 4, 2012
Alec and family, you are in our thoughts and prayers. We are so sorry for your loss.
Paige & Tim Rumsey
Mary Lou Bassett
June 4, 2012
No one can truly know what you are experiencing at this time of loss. Please accept my condolences and know that you and your children are in my thoughts and prayers.~
June 4, 2012
Your family is in our thoughts and prayers. Paul was a wonderful man and will be missed by many.
Eric and Wendy Yettru
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