William Roger Bartholomew

Laguna Woods, CA. Dr. William Bartholomew of Warner, NH, formerly of Lockport and Buffalo, NY, Leawood, KS and Laguna Woods, CA, passed away on November 5, 2026, in hospice care in Orange County, CA.

Dr. Bartholomew was born in North Tonawanda, New York. After receiving his doctorate at the University of Buffalo in 1965, he conducted immunology research in Paris, France where he and his wife, Eleanor, were married. He returned to Buffalo as Assistant Director of the Erie County Hospital Laboratories and Assistant Professor at the University of Buffalo where he continued his research. He served as President of the Buffalo Chapter of the American Society for Microbiology in the 1980s.

After 25 years in Buffalo, Dr. Bartholomew spent 15 years as Professor of Pathology at the University of Kansas Medical School and Director of the Microbiology and Immunology Laboratories at the Kansas City VA Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

After his retirement in 2002, William and Eleanor divided their time between their lake cabin in Warner, NH near their son, Kenneth and his family, and Laguna Woods, CA near William’s sister, Anita Pickren.

William is immediately survived by his beloved wife of 61 years, Eleanor (Mikos), his son Kenneth Bartholomew of Warner, NH, his sister Anita Pickren of Fresno, CA, and his brother Carl Bartholomew of Lakeland, Florida. Dear to his heart was his daughter-in-law, Wendy Savlen Bartholomew as well as his delightful grandchildren, Alex Bartholomew, Lilah Bartholomew, Elijah Scola, and Gabriel Scola.

The family will schedule small memorial services in California and New Hampshire over the next several months. In lieu of flowers, we ask that, if you are so inclined, you make a donation in Bill’s name to National Public Radio.