Paul graduated from Perkins Co. High, Grant, NE in 1949, enlisted in the U.S. Army in March 1952 and served in the Korean War as a BAR man, then as an Army squad leader. He graduated from the University of Nebraska Lincoln in agronomy and soil science in 1958. Paul went on to marry Betty Jean Sittner in 1956, worked for 30 years as a soil scientist in several Nebraska counties and retired as an assistant state soil scientist in Honolulu. He eventually moved to Grand Junction Co, and later to Lincoln where he worked for Cambells Nursery for several years.
He was a member of GSPC, loved the outdoors, gardening, fishing, hunting, and serving as a deacon in Presbyterian church where he lived.
Family members include his wife Betty (Sittner) Bartlett, daughter Susan (Todd) Kuwitzky, son Wade (Susan) Bartlett, granddaughters, Kelly Kuwitzky, Kristen (Kuwitzky) Critchfield, Evelyn (Lee) Todd, and Eleanor Bartlett, great grandson, Theodore Critchfield, and many special nephews and nieces.
Preceded in death by, parents, brother Robert Bartlett, sister Hazel Powell, and sister Evelyn Todd.
Memorial Service will be 11:00 a.m. Friday October 16, 2026 at Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, 8300 E Pointe Rd, Lincoln, NE 68506. With Reception to follow.
Memorials may be directed to Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church.