Boyd C. Bartlett

 Lieutenant - U.S. Navy

Active Duty 1943 - 1946 -- Reserves 1946 - 1958

WWII

  U.S. 

• Boyd Bartlett joined the U.S. Navy in early 1943 as a cadet to become a Naval Aviator.  He first attended the University of Pennsylvania in Prep Flight followed by the University of Georgia in Pre Flight & NAS - Memphis, Tennessee in Primary Flight Training, then abroad the Carrier USS Ranger as a Carrier qualified pilot & then to NAS Opalacka (Miami), Florida for Advanced Flight Training. After WWII he was in the Naval Reserves at NAS Minneapolis - from Aug 1946 thru May 1958 for weekend flying and qualified as an F6F & F4U jet fighter pilot.  In civilian life he was employed by John Deere & Company for 40 years during which time he rose through the ranks to become President & Chief Operating Officer.  He was married to Joyce Sanborn for 55 years.  She passed away in 2000.  He married LaVonna Kiesele in 2001.  Boyd was 82 years of age.

• He and his wife, LaVonna, spent their winters in the Waterford neighborhood here at Lexington.