On July 27, JOHN HERBERT BARTELL, of Paola, residing in Dingli, aged 79, passed away peacefully, comforted by the rites of Holy Church and went to meet the Risen Lord.

He leaves to mourn his great loss his wife Rita, his daughter Adelaide and her husband Patrick, his grandchildren Roberta and her fiancé  Andrew, Ryan John and his girlfriend Elisa June, his siblings and their respective spouses residing in Malta, UK and Australia, his brother-in-law and his wife, nephews and nieces and their families, other relatives and friends, among them the Malta Maritime Squadron.

The funeral cortège leaves Mater Dei Hospital, on Tuesday, August 1, at 9.30am, to  Paola parish church, where Mass præsente cadavere will be said at 10am followed by interment in the family grave at Santa Maria Addolorata Cemetery.

No flowers by request but donations to Puttinu Cares.

May the Lord grant him eternal rest