Francis G. Bartlett Jr., 79, real estate
Francis Gilpin Bartlett Jr., who owned an Easton real estate business, died of a stroke Jan. 12 at his home there. He was 79.
Born in Baltimore and raised in Easton, he was the grandson of the Rt. Rev. John Gardner Murray, Episcopal bishop of Maryland from 1903 to 1929.
Mr. Bartlett was a 1943 graduate of St. Paul's School and served in the Army's medical corps in the latter part of World War II. He then joined his father's Bartlett Realty Co. in Easton and later owned it until retiring in 2000.
He was a member of the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club.
Services were held Saturday at Christ Church in Easton.
Survivors include his wife of 49 years, the former Sara Hundley, and eight nieces and nephews.