Ashton Ray Bartley, Jr.

BARTLEY, Ashton Ray Jr., 63, PRESQUE ISLE, November 2, 2010.  Arrangements are in the care of Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, Presque Isle.

PRESQUE ISLE – Ashton Ray Bartley, Jr., 63, died November 2, 2010, at a local hospital. He was born December 16, 1946, in Presque Isle, the son of Ashton and Pauline (Nickerson) Bartley. He served in the US Army in the Vietnam War.
Ray is survived by his long time companion, Lisa Martell of Presque Isle; two sons,  Christopher Bartley and his companion, Tammy Churchill of Presque Isle, and Ashton Bartley III and his wife, Deborah of Easton; daughters, April Bartley of Lakeland, FL, and Mindy Nelson and her husband, Garry of Washburn; grandchildren, Drew Bartley, Brooke Lovely, Luke Bartley, Jaida Beaulieu, and Macie Bartley; a brother, Cary Bartley and his wife, Judy of Southington, CT; sisters and their husbands, Dodie and Phil Beals of Presque Isle, Brenda and Raymond Saucier of Ashland, Donna and Winston Carter of Mapleton, Irene Tweedie of Deltona, Fl, Prudence Gray of East Vasselboro, and Sharon Madore of Presque Isle; step-children, Lisa Martell II, Dawn Terry and Roy and Tabby Martell; several step-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Besides his parents, he was predeceased by two brothers, Wayne and Albert Bartley and sisters, Claudette Brewer, Gertrude Hawkins, Theora Porter and Joyce Duncan.
There were no calling hours. Memorial services were conducted 1 p.m., Saturday, November 6, at the Maine Veterans Cemetery in Caribou with Pastor Mark Babin officiating. Those who wish, may make donations in his memory to the American Cancer Society, One Bowdoin Mill Island, Suite 300, Topsham, ME 04086. Arrangements are in the care of Duncan-Graves Funeral Home in Presque Isle. Online condolences may be made at www.duncan-graves.com