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Thomas BARTALAMAY

Kennewick, Washington

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Thomas (Tom) Bartalamay passed away peacefully on March 17th, at the age of 75. Tom was born March 20, 1946, to parents Emanuel and Martha Bartalamay in Odessa WA. After Graduating from Odessa H.S. (64) and Eastern Washington State College (EWU) (69), he settled in Spokane where he taught and...

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Tom, you will be missed

Mr. Bartlamay was my grade school teacher. He truly made learning fun. He then was my sons coach, thirty some years later!! I´m truly sorry for your loss.

One of the best teachers/coaches ever! He was one the first teacher/coaches to directly influence my choices in sports! Mr B pulled me from baseball to track, still let me play on the soccer "club", to win JH districts in the 800M. The next year Otis, Coach Spring, and Coach Shepard had me choose between track and soccer .. that ended up OK! Let say now, It sort of started with Mr B giving me a green light. I will always tell the story of how he told me in math class one day... "Whatever...

Good memories of Mr. Bartalamay as a student and an athlete. He coached my brothers and then my son as well. I think they won the 8th grade football league championship that year. I remember his big smile and great personality, but most of all he always seemed that he really enjoyed doing what he did. He was truly one of the good guys. God Speed Mr. Bartalamay.

Have thought about you many times years. Thanks for hiring me to help you coach football and wrestling at Argonne and Centennial. Go COUGS

I had Tom as one of my teachers,he was always fun and had many great things as a teacher