In Loving Memory of Wynn

Wynn Evan Bartholomew

31 August 1947 – 2 April 2013

Services

Birth and Childhood
Faith
Education
Marriage and Family
Profession
Other Interests
Death

Services

A viewing will be held at Wasatch Lawn Mortuary (3401 S Highland Drive, Holladay, UT) on Friday, April 5th from 6:00-8:00 PM, and one hour before funeral services at the LDS chapel located at 4930 S Westmoor Road (1725 E), Holladay, UT on Saturday, April 6th at 12:00 PM.

Birth and Childhood

Wynn Evan Bartholomew was born on Sunday, 31 August 1947 in Logan, Utah to Wesley  and Hyla Bartholomew. When he was 3 years old, the family moved to the Palos Verdes peninsula in Southern California for his father's employment with the Howard Hughes Corporation. He graduated from Palos Verdes High School in 1966.

  

Faith

Wynn was faithful follower of Jesus Christ and a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served as a full-time missionary for two and a half years in the Northern Far East Mission, laboring primarily in the country of Japan. He maintained a lifelong testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Restoration. He was a Gospel scholar and continuously sought additional learning and light from scriptures and Church teachings, as well as other books and authors. He was a great husband and father, and a worthy holder of the Melchizedek Priesthood, blessing his family and others. He was called to serve in several positions in the Church, some of his most cherished being Seminary teacher and Gospel Doctrine instructor.

 

Education

Wynn attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah where he studied Political Science and Asian Studies, graduating in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. He then studied law at the University of Utah College of Law. He graduated with a Juris Doctorate Degree in 1975.

 

Marriage and Family

In 1974, while studying law, Wynn was attending the University 6th Branch of the University 2nd Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In October of that year, Wynn met Carol Anne Hall (who attended the same branch) at a Halloween party, though the two did not date right away. In March of 1975, both Wynn and Carol were called to serve as Branch Young Adult Leaders and began working together on a regular basis. On July 24th, 1975 Wynn proposed to Carol at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple on Friday, September 26th, 1975.  They moved to Charlottesville, Virginia for 3 months of Military Law training, after which Wynn was assigned to serve for 3 years as a JAG Officer in the US Army at Fort Hood, Texas.  Wynn and Carol's first child, their son Daniel, was born in Texas.  

In the fall of 1978, they moved their family to Holladay, Utah and moved into the home  where they still live today. Between 1977 and 1986, Wynn and Carol had six children - all sons - Daniel, Jason, Spencer, Timothy, Jonathan, and Darren. At the time of his passing, Wynn enjoyed the company of his six sons, five daughters-in-law and eleven grandchildren (including two expected arrivals).

 

Profession

Wynn practiced law in the Salt Lake area from 1978 until 2004.  He continued military service in the US Army Reserve as a JAG Officer until 1994. Upon retiring from law, he worked as a substitute teacher for local elementary, junior high, and high schools from 2006 until a year before his death.

  

Other Interests

Wynn was an avid Scouter.  He served for many years as Scoutmaster, was a leader in his local Scouting District, was a graduate of and instructor at Philmont Training Center in New Mexico. He attended three National BSA Jamborees in Virginia, achieved Ordeal and Brotherhood in the Order of the Arrow, and received the Silver Beaver Award. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed exploring natural wonders include several state and national parks. Additionally, Wynn was an avid rock hound who explored several sparsely populated regions of Utah and old mining towns, searching for and collecting unique rock and mineral samples.

  

Another passion of Wynn's was genealogy. He spent hundreds of hours researching his ancestors and educating his family about their heritage. His other interests included reading books, professional baseball (big Dodgers fan), gardening, plants and wildlife, geography, astronomy, and teaching.

Death

During the last part of Wynn's life, he began to develop difficulty with coordination, balance, and memory. These symptoms led doctors in 2010 to diagnose Wynn with a degenerative neurological disorder known as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) which involves the gradual deterioration of the frontal lobe of the brain. The nature of the disease is similar to Parkinson's disease and is one of a number of diseases referred to as "Parkinson plus syndromes."

On the evening of Sunday, 31 March 2013, Wynn was in his home when his difficulty with balancing caused him to fall, hitting his head as he fell. He initially responded to family members that he was fine, then laid down to rest, and fell asleep. However, family members soon called an ambulance and Wynn was transported to Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah where he was admitted to the ICU. Two CT scans revealed that Wynn's fall had caused significant hemorrhaging on the left side of his brain, made worse by the fact that he was taking blood thinners. The hemorrhaging increasingly put pressure on Wynn's brain and caused it to gradually stop working over a period of 36 hours. Wynn never regained consciousness during this time and was kept alive through life support until his passing.

On Tuesday, 2 April 2013 at 2:00 AM, doctors pronounced Wynn to be brain dead. His family was with him at the time of his passing. Wynn had previously elected to be an organ and tissue donor, choosing to help others even after his passing.

Wynn is survived by his wife Carol, his six sons Dan (Jill), Jason (Lisa), Spencer, Tim (Deanna), Jon (Lexi), and Darren (Kylee); eleven grandchildren; his parents, Wes and Hyla; four brothers and sisters, Lynette (Del), MarJene (Richard), Glenn (Becky), and Greg.

We love you Dad.