Umberto Vittorio DiBartolomeo

Umberto Vittorio DiBartolomeo (Burt) age 87 of Kiel, Wisconsin, formerly Clinton Township, Michigan, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family October 14 after suffering from two strokes the past two years. Burt was born on August 23, 1932 in Newark, Ohio, eldest of two sons to Adrianna DiBartolomeo (nee Ortolani) and Sabatino DiBartolomeo, Italian immigrants. The family moved to Detroit, Michigan where Burt attended St. Anthony Catholic School and graduated from St. Joseph Catholic High School in 1951 where he excelled in football, basketball and baseball. He married Elizabeth Marie Clark (Betty) on November 7, 1953. Burt joined the US Army 8th Regiment APO 39 during the Korean War July 2, 1954. He was stationed in Germany for two years and honorably discharged May 24, 1956. Burt owned a Pool Hall on Gratiot Avenue in Detroit with his good friend Ron Selleke for a couple years. He attended Lawrence Institute of Technology in Detroit graduating with an associate degree in accounting. Burt spent his work career selling furniture for Sears Roebuck Company and J.C. Penny Company. Burt married Andre Janette Gardiner on March 25, 1995. Burt loved watching sports of all kinds, especially golf and his beloved Detroit Lions, Tigers, Red Wings and MSU Spartans. His favorite hobbies were downhill skiing, golfing, fishing and two breakfast clubs a week with his buddies, some deer and pheasant hunting. He looked forward to the annual fall fishing trip to Canada to catch perch as well as his occasional golfing trips to the Carolinas and Florida. Burt was a member of the Knights of Columbus, active Kiwanis Club member for 35 + years including past Kiwanis Club President, an organization most dear to him and member of the Italian Club of Macomb County Michigan. Burt and his wife Andre (Nana) loved taking their annual August trip to Wisconsin via the S.S. Badger to visit their 4 grandkids where they played in water parks, worked jigsaw puzzles, watched the grandkid’s extracurricular activities and always headed north for one day to watch the Green Bay Packers in training camp (Burt’s 2nd favorite football team), tour the stadium and visit the Hall of Fame. Burt is survived by his wife Andre DiBartolomeo of Kernersville, North Carolina, his son Mark V. DiBartolomeo of Plantation, Florida, daughter Leslie (Jeffrey) Schuette of Kiel, Wisconsin; 4 grandchildren: Christopher (Hannah) Schuette of Enid, Oklahoma, David (Maria) Schuette of Kiel, Wisconsin, Hattie (Jacob) Ledvina of Appleton Wisconsin, Grace Schuette of Evanston Illinois; 6 great grandchildren: Fred and Gus Schuette, Isaac and Eli Schuette and Clementine and Emmy Lou Ledvina. He is further survived by his ex-wife Betty M. DiBartolomeo, sister-in-law’s Madeline (Maggie) DiBartolomeo and Dolores Paton (Sis, nee Clark), numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and step son Mark (Gwen) Scott of Colfax, North Carolina. He was preceded in death by his son Paul Edward DiBartolomeo, his parents Adrianna and Sabatino, his brother Edward DiBartolomeo, brothers-in-laws Donald Clark and Ramsey Paton and in-laws Lawrence and Hattie Clark. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 423 Fremont Street, Kiel, at 10:30 am on 26th day of October, 2019. The family will receive family and friends at Church from 9:00 am until 10:15 at which time a rosary will be prayed before Mass at 10:30. Burial will take place with full military honors accorded by Kiel VFW Post # 6707 graveside immediately following Mass at the Kiel Hillside Cemetery. A memorial service will take place in Michigan at a later date and place to be announced. Memorial donations in memory of Burt may be made to your local Kiwanis International Service Club. The family is grateful for the wonderful loving care and good humor Burt received by his caregivers at his residence at the Waterford at Plymouth; especially, Jessy-messy, Stephanie, Jenny, Marcie, Maria, Magaly, Cindy, Jen, Jen, Griselda, Cassy, Claudia and Chef Barb for her always famous delicious meals served with a smile. Also, in thanksgiving for the beautiful compassionate care and good humor of Burt’s many Hospice volunteer visitors and especially for his dedicated nurses Kristin and Leslie, aides Amanda and Kim of Sharon Richardson Hospice, Sheboygan Falls.