DR. LLOYD BARTHOLOMEW

DR. LLOYD BARTHOLOMEW - ROCHESTER, Minn. - Lloyd Gibson Bartholomew, MD, age 93, of Poultney, Vt., and Minnesota, died in Rochester, Minn., on April 2, 2015. He was born Sept. 15, 1921, in Whitehall, N.Y., and married Elisabeth Sheldon Thrall of Poultney in 1943. Dr. Bartholomew graduated from Green Mountain Junior College and Union College, received his medical degree from the University of Vermont, served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in Europe during WW II, and as a Colonel in the Army Reserves. He completed an internship at Dartmouth and residency training at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Bartholomew's forty year career was spent at the Mayo Clinic, where he specialized in gastroenterology and was a professor of internal medicine. He was the recipient of numerous honors for his academic accomplishments, and was greatly loved by patients, students and colleagues. During retirement Dr. Bartholomew spent summers in Vermont and winters in Minnesota. His love for history and genealogy culminated in linking the relationships of over twenty generations of the Bartholomew family, and he helped restore early American cemeteries and churches in New England. Dr. Bartholomew will be long remembered for his compassion, generosity, humility and service to others. Survivors include a sister, Jane Graham of Hanover, N.H.; two daughters, Suzanne Johnson of Lakeville, Minn., and Lynne Kreiner of Buffalo, N.Y.; two sons, Lloyd Bartholomew of Rochester, Minn., and Doug Bartholomew of Mahtomedi, Minn.; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Emerson and Minnie Bartholomew; wife, Elisabeth; brothers, Robert and Emerson Jr.; daughter, Deborah; and two grandchildren. A memorial service will be held on April 10, 2015, in Rochester, Minn. Arrangements for a service in Vermont are pending. Memorials may be designated to Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vt.; the East Whitehall Brick Church; or Mayo Clinic Foundation.