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Donald R. Bartlett, 63, of Hopkinton, died Saturday, April 25, 2009. Born
in Natick he was the son of Eleanor E. (Hughes) Bartlett of Natick and the
late Ernest R. Bartlett. He was the husband of 38 years to Alice J.
Bartlett of Hopkinton.

Besides his wife and his mother, he is survived by a son, Brian J.
Bartlett and his wife Angela of Hopkinton; a daughter, Kristen M. Usher
and her husband Derrick of Denver, CO.; He also leaves behind his
siblings, Janet Higgins of Fountain Inn, S.C., Priscilla Galvin of
Sudbury, Susan Porter of Hopkinton, Allen Bartlett of New London, N.H.,
and Joan Gilbert of Center Fayston, VT. He is predeceased by a sister,
Carolyn Ribotto of Medway.

He received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University in 1969 and later attended Harvard University Graduate School of Business. In 1969 he went to work for RCA Corporation (which later became GE then Martin Marietta) where he retired as Director of Program Management in the Aero Space Division. He started his own consulting company, Lorigan Management in 1995. He was involved in local town politics and was a member of the Hopkinton Republican Town Committee and the Hopkinton planning board. Don loved the outdoors enjoying fishing, canoeing, hiking, biking and skiing.

A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.
at St. John the Evangelist Church in Hopkinton. Visitation will take
place on Tuesday from 4-8p.m. at the Chesmore Funeral Home of Hopkinton,
57 Hayden Rowe St. www.ChesmoreFuneralHome.com In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St.
Framingham, MA. 01701