David Anthony Bartholomew

He was born May 31, 1940 in Vallejo, California to Hazel Bartholomew and Vernon Bartholomew. David was raised in San Francisco by his single mother. He served four years in the Air Force as an aircraft mechanic, stationed in Okinawa and New York state.

David was licensed in both mechanical and civil engineering, having received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Heald Engineering College in San Francisco and a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Washington in Seattle. David worked for Boeing in the Seattle area, then for the State of California as an engineer for the Department of Corrections and for the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. After that he worked for Kitchell, and finally for Bureau Veritas, from which he retired at age 75. He loved engineering.

David married his wife Sue in Seattle in 1975. David was a wonderful husband, kind, wise, and witty, and a man of integrity. He was a faithful man of God.

David is survived by his wife Sylvia Sue, his brother Stephen Bartholomew of Lakeport, CA, and his nephew Brendan Bartholomew of Pacifica, CA.

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