Individual Details
Joseph William Charles Barthle
(November 26, 1924 - October 10, 1996)
DADE CITY - Joe Barthle of Dade City was recently selected as Outstanding Agriculturist and Friend of Extension by the Florida Association of County Agricultural Agents.
The award was presented to Barthle at a recent meeting of the Florida Extension Professionals in Gainesville.
Barthle and his family have built their ranch into one of the largest in West Central Florida. They produce registered quarter horses, registered Brahman cattle, commercial beef cattle and ornamental foliage. Timber and wildlife resources are highly managed on the ranch. ARC/Pasco receives rehabilitation grant.
Joseph W. Barthle, 71, patriarch of one of Pasco's founding families, died in November. Barthle and his brother Albert opened the Barthle Brothers Ranch in the 1930s on 8,000 acres in the San Antonio area, outside Dade City.
Joseph Barthle was an accomplished horse and cattle breeder who used his land to draw attention to local water issues after a 250-acre lake on the property went dry in 1990.
BARTHLE TAKES A BIT OF LOCAL HISTORY WITH HIM
St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg; Nov 12, 1996; JEFFREY BRAINARD;
Full Text:
Copyright Times Publishing Co. Nov 12, 1996
Joseph W. Barthle, patriarch of one of Pasco's founding families and an accomplished horse and cattle breeder, died Sunday. He was 71.
Mr. Barthle and other family members started with 150 head of cattle on open range in the 1930s and built an 8,000-acre ranch.
"A major part of his life was keeping a large parcel of Pasco County relatively undeveloped while still running a business on it," said Mark Barthle, one of his sons. "He was very proud of that. That's not a high priority in Central Florida anymore."
Lately, the Barthle Brothers Ranch has received attention because a 250-acre bass lake on the property, Big Fish Lake, went dry in 1990.
Mr. Barthle and Pasco public officials have blamed pumping at the nearby Cross Bar Ranch Well Field, which sends millions of gallons a day to Pinellas and Hillsborough counties. Gov. Lawton Chiles paid a visit in November 1995.
In his younger days, Mr. Barthle roped calves and wrestled steers at rodeos all over Florida; he later was president of the Florida Old Timers Rodeo Association. He was a founding member of the Pasco County Fair Association and also served as national director of the High School Rodeo Association.
Mark Barthle recalled this anecdote from his father's early days:
In the 1930s, Florida changed from a system of open ranges, where cattle grazed freely without being fenced in, to privately owned, fenced ranches. About that time, Mr. Barthle discovered that some Hernando cattle ranchers had cut through his fences to graze their cattle, so he fixed the fences and moved the Hernando cattle to the southern edge of his ranch. That meant the Hernando ranchers had to travel 9 miles to retrieve the cattle.
"And after that, those Hernando cowboys didn't bother coming down anymore," Mark Barthle said.
His father's special interest was his registered quarter horses, which are prized for riding, working cattle and rodeo contests.
Mr. Barthle was the guiding force in building up the family ranch north of State Road 52, which he worked with his father, the late J. A. Barthle, his brother, Albert, and later his own children.
The ranch produces cows, calves, registered Brahman cattle and timber. In 1985, a foliage nursery was added for diversification.
In 1994, Mr. Barthle received the Florida Extension Service Agriculturalist of the Year Award.
He had numerous positions in cattlemen's organizations. He was president of the Pasco County Cattlemen's Association for two terms and served on the Florida Cattlemen's Association for 10 years, including as vice president and secretary.
He also served on the Southwest Florida Water Management Advisory Committee, the Florida Attorney General's Help Stop Crime Ad Hoc Committee, the Florida Beef Council and the Florida International Agricultural Trade Council.
Survivors include his wife, Jeanette; four sons, Randy, Larry and Mark Barthle of San Antonio and Steve Barthle of Colorado Springs; two daughters, Jan Dillard of San Antonio and Kathy Paige of Clewiston; and 16 grandchildren.
He also is survived by two sisters, Margaret Kiefer of San Antonio and Sister Ruth Barthle of St. Petersburg.
A rosary service will be held today at 7 p.m. at St. Anthony Catholic Church in San Antonio, followed by a wake service at 7:30 p.m.
The funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Anthony. Interment will be at Garden of Memories Cemetery in San Antonio.
Flowers will be gratefully accepted, but memorial donations may be made to the St. Anthony Church Building Fund, St. Anthony School and the Pasco County Youth Livestock Show and Sale Committee.
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BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO; Caption: Rancher Joseph W. Barthle
The award was presented to Barthle at a recent meeting of the Florida Extension Professionals in Gainesville.
Barthle and his family have built their ranch into one of the largest in West Central Florida. They produce registered quarter horses, registered Brahman cattle, commercial beef cattle and ornamental foliage. Timber and wildlife resources are highly managed on the ranch. ARC/Pasco receives rehabilitation grant.
Joseph W. Barthle, 71, patriarch of one of Pasco's founding families, died in November. Barthle and his brother Albert opened the Barthle Brothers Ranch in the 1930s on 8,000 acres in the San Antonio area, outside Dade City.
Joseph Barthle was an accomplished horse and cattle breeder who used his land to draw attention to local water issues after a 250-acre lake on the property went dry in 1990.
BARTHLE TAKES A BIT OF LOCAL HISTORY WITH HIM
St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg; Nov 12, 1996; JEFFREY BRAINARD;
Full Text:
Copyright Times Publishing Co. Nov 12, 1996
Joseph W. Barthle, patriarch of one of Pasco's founding families and an accomplished horse and cattle breeder, died Sunday. He was 71.
Mr. Barthle and other family members started with 150 head of cattle on open range in the 1930s and built an 8,000-acre ranch.
"A major part of his life was keeping a large parcel of Pasco County relatively undeveloped while still running a business on it," said Mark Barthle, one of his sons. "He was very proud of that. That's not a high priority in Central Florida anymore."
Lately, the Barthle Brothers Ranch has received attention because a 250-acre bass lake on the property, Big Fish Lake, went dry in 1990.
Mr. Barthle and Pasco public officials have blamed pumping at the nearby Cross Bar Ranch Well Field, which sends millions of gallons a day to Pinellas and Hillsborough counties. Gov. Lawton Chiles paid a visit in November 1995.
In his younger days, Mr. Barthle roped calves and wrestled steers at rodeos all over Florida; he later was president of the Florida Old Timers Rodeo Association. He was a founding member of the Pasco County Fair Association and also served as national director of the High School Rodeo Association.
Mark Barthle recalled this anecdote from his father's early days:
In the 1930s, Florida changed from a system of open ranges, where cattle grazed freely without being fenced in, to privately owned, fenced ranches. About that time, Mr. Barthle discovered that some Hernando cattle ranchers had cut through his fences to graze their cattle, so he fixed the fences and moved the Hernando cattle to the southern edge of his ranch. That meant the Hernando ranchers had to travel 9 miles to retrieve the cattle.
"And after that, those Hernando cowboys didn't bother coming down anymore," Mark Barthle said.
His father's special interest was his registered quarter horses, which are prized for riding, working cattle and rodeo contests.
Mr. Barthle was the guiding force in building up the family ranch north of State Road 52, which he worked with his father, the late J. A. Barthle, his brother, Albert, and later his own children.
The ranch produces cows, calves, registered Brahman cattle and timber. In 1985, a foliage nursery was added for diversification.
In 1994, Mr. Barthle received the Florida Extension Service Agriculturalist of the Year Award.
He had numerous positions in cattlemen's organizations. He was president of the Pasco County Cattlemen's Association for two terms and served on the Florida Cattlemen's Association for 10 years, including as vice president and secretary.
He also served on the Southwest Florida Water Management Advisory Committee, the Florida Attorney General's Help Stop Crime Ad Hoc Committee, the Florida Beef Council and the Florida International Agricultural Trade Council.
Survivors include his wife, Jeanette; four sons, Randy, Larry and Mark Barthle of San Antonio and Steve Barthle of Colorado Springs; two daughters, Jan Dillard of San Antonio and Kathy Paige of Clewiston; and 16 grandchildren.
He also is survived by two sisters, Margaret Kiefer of San Antonio and Sister Ruth Barthle of St. Petersburg.
A rosary service will be held today at 7 p.m. at St. Anthony Catholic Church in San Antonio, followed by a wake service at 7:30 p.m.
The funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Anthony. Interment will be at Garden of Memories Cemetery in San Antonio.
Flowers will be gratefully accepted, but memorial donations may be made to the St. Anthony Church Building Fund, St. Anthony School and the Pasco County Youth Livestock Show and Sale Committee.
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BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO; Caption: Rancher Joseph W. Barthle
Events
| Birth | November 26, 1924 | San Antonio, FL | |||
| Death | October 10, 1996 | 33523 (Dade City, Pasco, FL) | |||
| Burial | Garden of Memories, San Antonio, FL |
Families
| Spouse | Dorothy Jeanette Thompson (1929 - 2018) |
| Child | Randolph Joseph "Randy" Barthle |
| Child | Clare Jeanette "Jan" Barthle |
| Child | Stephen Lee "Steve" Barthle (1955 - 2012) |
| Child | Kathleen Marie Barthle |
| Child | Lawrence Edward "Larry" Barthle |
| Child | Mark Francis Barthle |
| Child | Ruth Elizabeth "Beth" Barthle (1966 - 1985) |
| Father | Joseph Albert Barthle (1885 - 1970) |
| Mother | Clara Cecelia Sultenfuss (1890 - 1953) |
| Sibling | Mary Cecilia Barthle (1913 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Margaret Mary Barthle (1920 - 2005) |
| Sibling | Ruth Mary Barthle OSF (1923 - 2021) |
| Sibling | Albert Anthony Barthle (1928 - 1971) |