Bernice "Bernie" Bender Bartholomew, 92, died May 31, 2013, at Emeritus Senior Living in Towson, Md. Born on Aug. 27, 1920, daughter of the late Effie Miller Bender and Mark Twain Bender, Bernice graduated from Salisbury High School in Salisbury. She attended Goshen College and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. During World War II, Bernice worked as a draftsperson at the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company in Baltimore, Md. In 1947 she married Howard Coleman Bartholomew, whom she met at the Martin Company. They moved to Texas in 1948 and raised six children. Upon Howard's retirement, Bernice and Howard moved to Springs and built a log house. Bernice volunteered as a wool spinner at Penn Alps craft village in Grantsville, Md. After Howard's death in 1990, Bernice moved to Albuquerque, N.M. She volunteered at Rancho de las Golondrinas near Santa Fe, N.M. from 1999 to 2010. Bernice learned the art of colcha embroidery, using her own hand-spun and hand-dyed yarns to create artistic scenes of flora and fauna. She moved to Baltimore in 2010. Bernice is survived by daughter and son-in-law Jane and Ian Weir of Rockville, Md.; son John Bartholomew of Austin, Texas; son and daughter-in-law Joe Bartholomew and Christy Sly of Portland, Ore.; daughter and son-in-law Shelley and Michael Treadway of Baltimore; daughter and son-in-law Melissa and John Tanner of Fairfax, Va.; sister Anne Johnson of Fort Worth, Texas; granddaughters Melissa Corrigan of Chicago, Ill., Eve McCabe of Austin, and Anneli, Charlotte, Indie Rice of Albuquerque; grandsons John and Ryan Tanner of Fairfax, Matthew Bartholomew of Austin, Peter Treadway of Baltimore, Michael Weir of Rockville, and Caleb Mangum of Austin, and great-grandchildren Brenna and Matthew McCabe of Austin. She was preceded in death by her husband, her daughter Amy Lynn Bartholomew and her sister, Mary Lois Weaver. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations in Bernice's memory be sent to Rancho de las Golondrinas, 334 Los Pinos Road, Santa Fe, NM 87507. Email Mike King, mking@golondrinas.org
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