Dr. W. Barton (“Bart”) Van Slyke, 97, of Watertown - WWNY

WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - Dr. W. Barton (“Bart”) Van Slyke, 97, died peacefully astatine location successful Watertown, NY connected January 12, 2023. He was calved successful Gouverneur, NY connected August 16, 1925, the lad of William M. Van Slyke and Gertrude (Slicer) Van Slyke. Extremely good organized his full life, Bart adjacent penned his ain obituary. (Sorry Dad, we couldn’t defy a fewer edits.)

Bart’s puerility days were spent successful Gouverneur wherever his begetter was a long-time mayor, pharmacist and co-owner of Van Slyke & Curtis Drug Store. He had an aboriginal involvement successful the Boy Scouts of America and became an Eagle Scout astatine property 15. That involvement continued into young adulthood erstwhile helium served arsenic Waterfront Director for Boy Scout summertime camps for 4 years anterior to WWII and 5 years aft the War for some the St. Lawrence and Rochester Boy Scout Councils.

A bully pupil and four-sport athlete, Bart graduated from Gouverneur High School successful 1943. Like galore of his generation, Bart was drafted into the U.S. Army successful 1943 (November) and was slated to spell into the Army Specialized Training Program. This programme was eliminated, however, and helium was transferred into the 86th Army Division. As the “Battle of the Bulge” began, his Division was deployed to Europe. He saw enactment successful the Rhur Pocket and successful Southern Germany until the extremity of the warfare successful Europe successful April 1945. Bart was past redeployed to the Pacific Theatre successful mentation for the penetration of Japan. He was honorably discharged successful April 1946.

Later that year, Bart entered assemblage successful the pre-med programme astatine St. Lawrence University successful Canton, NY. At SLU helium enjoyed being a subordinate of the ATO fraternity, playing football, and occasionally traveling backmost to his hometown to play hoops with the Gouverneur American Legion team.

In 1949 Bart enrolled successful the University of Rochester Medical School. There helium met and fell successful emotion with his woman and champion person of astir 70 years, Anna Jane Morenus, a nursing pupil astatine the University of Rochester School of Nursing. They were joined connected June 6, 1953 successful Cortland, NY.

Following aesculapian school, the newly-minted Dr. Van Slyke spent 1 twelvemonth (1953-1954) successful a rotating internship astatine the University of Virginia Hospital successful Charlottesville and did an interior medicine residency for 2 years (1954-1956) astatine the University of Colorado Medical Center successful Denver (where his sons, David and Steven, were born). Bart and Ann past returned to his hometown of Gouverneur, NY wherever helium practiced household medicine for thirteen years (and wherever his 3rd son, Martin, was born).

In 1970 Bart began a 3 twelvemonth diagnostic radiology residency astatine Upstate Medical Center successful Syracuse, NY. The household lived successful Baldwinsville, NY during this time. After his training, the household moved backmost to the North Country wherever helium became a spouse astatine Northern Radiology Associates successful Watertown, NY. Bart formally retired from that signifier successful 1987 but continued to signifier radiology intermittently arsenic locum tenens successful a fig of hospitals successful Maine, Michigan, New York, and Virginia until 1990.

Early successful his vocation Bart became progressive successful Planned Parenthood of Northern New York and was 1 of its archetypal organizers and the archetypal aesculapian director. He was honored successful 1978 by receiving the Alan F. Guttmacher grant from Planned Parenthood World Population. In 2019 helium received the Grace Wright Humanitarian Award for his enactment with Planned Parenthood.

Music and religion played an important portion successful Bart’s life. He and Ann were profoundly progressive successful Presbyterian Church activities wherever they lived. Bart was an Elder successful some the Gouverneur and Watertown Presbyterian Churches. He sang arsenic a teen successful the Gouverneur Presbyterian Church choir, astatine St. Lawrence University successful the prime choral radical Laurentian Singers, and successful the Baldwinsville and Watertown Presbyterian Church choirs. He was progressive successful assemblage theatre successful some Baldwinsville and Watertown. Highlighting his signifier vocation were pb parts arsenic Fagin successful Oliver, and the King successful The King and I – each with Watertown Lyric Theatre.

Bart and Ann built their Sylvia Lake cottage successful 1960 wherever household and friends person enjoyed galore blessed summertime days. “Camp” was a spot wherever Bart often displayed his prowess arsenic a genuinely inventive handyman and a diving committee backflip expert. He was a subordinate of the Triple E and Dry Timber Lake hunting camps wherever helium enjoyed galore days with his closest friends. Upon retirement, helium and Ann spent respective years motor-homing crossed the Lower 48, arsenic good arsenic successful Canada, Alaska, and Newfoundland.

In 2000, aft galore years of cautious research, Bart published “The Van Slyke Family History” tracing his lineage from the Netherlands successful 1634 to New York City to Schenectady and yet to Northern New York. Bart and Ann had galore absorbing adventures doing probe astatine the National Archives successful Washington and galore region offices and cemeteries passim the country.

Bart is survived by his wife, Anna Jane, and their 3 sons – David (Susan Granai) of Yarmouth, ME, Steven (Sharon) of Pittsford, NY, and Martin (Cindy) of Lake Almanor, CA. He is besides survived by granddaughters Loraine Van Slyke (Mark Desiderio) and Anna Van Slyke (Matthew St. George), great-granddaughter Susan Desiderio, positive galore beloved extended household members. Bart was predeceased by his sister, Barbara (Van Slyke) Anderson.

A solemnisation of Bart’s beingness volition instrumentality spot astatine 11:00 a.m. connected Saturday, January 21, 2023 astatine Watertown First Presbyterian Church (403 Washington Street).

Arrangements are with D.L. Calarco Funeral Home, Inc. Online condolences whitethorn beryllium made to www.dlcalarco.com

Contributions whitethorn beryllium made successful Dr. Barton Van Slyke’s representation to Planned Parenthood of Northern New York (161 Stone Street, Watertown, NY 13601) oregon the First Presbyterian Church (403 Washington Street, Watertown, NY 13601).

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