Duane J. ‘Farmer’ Bartos

Duane John Bartos, 72, of Roberts, WI passed away unexpectedly, despite his battle with cancer, on April 7, 2016.

Duane grew up on the family farm, with his rambunctious siblings, in Alexandria, MN and attended the University of Minnesota.   In 1969, he married Barb Amdahl and they eventually moved to Roberts to start raising their family.  Duane continued to work in the Cities as a mechanic.  He was a twenty-four year member of the National Guards and proud to be so.  He served as cook and enjoyed all the hassle that went with it, although he probably gave as much as he got.  In his later years, he started doing the major cooking at home and could really make killer good gravy, chili, anything that he could experiment with his own seasonings.  Unfortunately it was after the kids had all left home so they missed out on most of it, except for left-overs.   He loved watching football, wrestling, and DWTS on TV, but he was an even bigger reader.  He always had a book in the car in case he had time to kill.  Depending on the season, he looked forward to going to the races or playing cards.  His other big love was gardening and cutting wood, he was happy when he was working outside.  This last summer he lost the “corn in the garden”””” battle with the squirrels but was planning how to outsmart them this year.  Duane also really enjoyed his travels to foreign countries and their rich