This memorial website was created in memory of Stuart Bartle, 90, who was born on November 23, 1924 and died on March 26, 2015.
Memorial Service: 3:00 PM Saturday, 18 April 2015, Trinity Episcopal Church, 88 Walker Street, Lenox, MA
Reception to follow at The Lenox Club, 111 Yokun Ave., Lenox, MA
Contributions in his name may be made to Gould Farm, Monterey, MA, http://www.gouldfarm.org/
From the NY Times Notice:
He was the son of Alice Hall Dowling and William A. Bartle. He is survived by his beloved wife of 65 years, Barbara (Sinclair) Bishop Bartle, his half sister Ruth Dowling Bruun, his children Chris (Eva Gardner), Andrew (Mary Davidson), Elizabeth (David Boghossian), Marion (John Packs), 11 grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. He was educated at Pomfret School (’43), Harvard College (A.B.’50), and NYU College of Medicine (M.D.’54). Stuart, aka “Poppy,” “The Splendid Splinter” and “Dr. B,” among other monikers, was especially fond of baseball, sailing, music, dancing and the fastest way to do things; he was devoted to his wife, family, friends, colleagues and patients. A modest man, he rarely spoke of his many accomplishments. He was known for his gentleness, quick wit – trenchant and corny – and enthusiasm. He served in the 78th Infantry Div., 310th Regiment, 3rd Battalion from 1943-46 during the Battle of the Bulge and occupation of Berlin. He was awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze Star, among other medals. From 1959-67, he participated in pioneering cardiology research at the University of Virginia, and, with Barbara, in the civil rights movement in Charlottesville, VA. He was Resident in Psychiatry from 1967-68 at Massachusetts General Hospital. From 1968-86, he practiced psychiatry in Manhattan, also attending and teaching at Mt. Sinai Hospital. From 1986-88, he taught psychiatry in Harare, Zimbabwe, and from 1988-2012 he served on the staff at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, MA, in multiple positions, including heading up the Berkshire Mental Health Center and founding the Berkshire Mental Health Journal. Dr. B dedicated his professional life to humane and effective medical care, especially to treating the mentally ill with respect, dignity and kindness. His board service included Gould Farm, a residential therapeutic community close to his heart, the Austen Riggs Center, The Brien Center, and the Lower Eastside Service Center.
Tributes
Leave a tributeAside from sharing similar locations,
Stuart had also shared time as a student of my father Carl Binger, MD, who was a psychiatrist, and practiced in NYC and, later in Cambridge, MA.
Stuart was probably instrumental in saving my youngest daughter’s life.
When we lived in New York on the same block, my daughter, then ten years old, became gravely ill with an allergic reaction to phenobarbital. We were caring for her at home, as best we could.
At one point, my husband and I bumped into Stuart and anxiously told him how sick our daughter was.
He said, “Well, if she were my daughter, I’d take her into a hospital immediately.”
We acted on his advice, and just in time, too.
That daughter is now 55 and in great health, with two children of her own.
I have been so grateful to Stuart for his sage advice, ever since.
He was a compassionate, lovely and wise person.
Kilty Eames Gilmour
The curiosity and unselfish interest that you have lives on in your grandchildren
Love,
Alice and Tom
Much love and sympathy to everyone he touched and especially to his wife and family.
Beth Newbold
Chris, Liza, Alex and Carlie Rice
Eugenia and Haldor Reinholt
The Barron Family
Dusty Rhodes
Leave a Tribute
Aside from sharing similar locations,
Stuart had also shared time as a student of my father Carl Binger, MD, who was a psychiatrist, and practiced in NYC and, later in Cambridge, MA.
Stuart was probably instrumental in saving my youngest daughter’s life.
When we lived in New York on the same block, my daughter, then ten years old, became gravely ill with an allergic reaction to phenobarbital. We were caring for her at home, as best we could.
At one point, my husband and I bumped into Stuart and anxiously told him how sick our daughter was.
He said, “Well, if she were my daughter, I’d take her into a hospital immediately.”
We acted on his advice, and just in time, too.
That daughter is now 55 and in great health, with two children of her own.
I have been so grateful to Stuart for his sage advice, ever since.
He was a compassionate, lovely and wise person.
Kilty Eames Gilmour
Happy Birthday Dr. Bartle, think of you so often while I work at the Brien Center. Miss you
Berkshire Eagle Letter to the Editor: 9/26/08
Berkshire Eagle, The (Pittsfield, MA)
September 26, 2008
Section: Letters to the Editor
Article ID: 10564081
Letters
Friday, September 26 Doonesbury took a good shot Sunday at Newt Gingrich's 1992 letter to all Republicans how to use words in an election. I looked it up. This is what he is teaching. "Optimistic Positive Governing Words. Use the list below to help define your campaign and your vision of public service. These words can help give extra power to your message. In addition, these words help develop the positive side of the contrast you should create with your opponent, giving your community something to vote for!
"Share, change, opportunity, legacy, challenge, control, truth, moral, courage, reform, prosperity, crusade, movement, children, family, debate, compete, active(ly), we/us/our, candid(ly), humane, pristine, provide, liberty, commitment, principle(d), unique, duty, precious, premise, care(ing), tough, listen, learn, help, lead, vision, success, empower (ment), citizen, activist, mobilize, conflict, light, dream, freedom, peace, rights, pioneer, proud/pride, building, preserve, pro-(issue): flag, children, environment; reform, workfare, 'eliminate good-time in prison,' strength, choice/choose, fair, protect, confident, incentive, hard work, initiative, common sense, passionate.
"Contrasting words. Often we search hard for words to define our opponents. Sometimes we are hesitant to use contrast. Remember that creating a difference helps you. These are powerful words that can create a clear and easily understood contrast. Apply these to the opponent, their record, proposals and their party.
"Decay, failure (fail) collapse (ing) deeper, crisis, urgent(cy), destructive, destroy, sick, pathetic, lie, liberal, they/them, unionized bureaucracy, 'compassion' is not enough,' betray, consequences, limit(s), shallow, traitors, sensationalists, endanger, coercion, hypocrisy, radical, threaten, devour, waste, corruption, incompetent, permissive attitude, destructive, impose, self-serving, greed, ideological, insecure, anti-(issue): flag, family, child, jobs; pessimistic, excuses, intolerant, stagnation, welfare, corrupt, selfish, insensitive, status quo, mandate(s) taxes, spend (ing) shame, disgrace, punish (poor... ) bizarre, cynicism, cheat, steal, abuse of power, machine, bosses, obsolete, criminal rights, red tape, patronage.
STUART BARTLE, M.D.
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Berkshire Eagle Letter to the Editor: 2/7/12
Berkshire Eagle, The (Pittsfield, MA)
February 7, 2012
Section: Main
Article ID: 020712A04_art_3.xml
Page: A04
Letters to the Editor
Triggering rise in illegal abortions
This is in reply to the antiabortionists who tried to cut off Planned Parenthood's grant for political reasons. No one has mentioned the most common alternative to legal abortion: illegal abortion.
Desperate people who believe their future is grim without abortion have in the past largely gone to illegal - i.e., criminal - abortionists. A much smaller number (those who are physically able and can afford to continue the pregnancy) give the baby up for adoption - often a far more traumatic event.
Abortionists work in unsanitary conditions and by necessity, out of sight. Before Roe v. Wade a large number of women had damaged tissues after these secret illegal operations. Many died. One of them was my mother's mother who died in 1905 after an illegal abortion (we have no idea why she died or why she wanted an abortion - people didn't discuss this at the time) leaving a five-year-old girl (my mother) and three siblings without a mother and left their father with a depression which went on for years. Our mother carried this loss all her life; it was a major negative influence on us children who (unconsciously) spent our lives trying to cheer her up.
Yes abortion is unpleasant but nowhere near as much as being maimed or killed. Maternal miscarriages or abortions carry very little morbidity if done professionally. There must be thousands of women who have been able to have full, responsible lives since Roe v. Wade wiped out criminal abortions. To be antiabortion today is to encourage criminal abortion.
STUART BARTLE, M.D. Lenox