Of Toms River (formerly of Bayonne); on Monday, August 3, 2009; husband of Alice (nee: Casey); father of William “Billy” and Robyn Bartels of Chadwick Beach, Michael and Michele Bartels of Colts Neck and Robert and Maureen Bartels of Toms River; brother of George Meier of Keller, TX, and Hilda Zuccarro of Carteret; grandfather of William, Cody, Kelsey, Ryan, Colin and Declan Bartels. Funeral services were held from the TIMOTHY E. RYAN HOME FOR FUNERALS, Lavallette, N.J.