Bert "Bart" G. Gianelli ’45, Sept. 5, 1921- June 21, 2013. He was 91. Bart lived a full and active life of fishing, hunting, and golfing. He had just "bagged" a deer on a trip to Idaho in the past year. Bart was known as an avid local salmon fisherman and frequently traveled to the Pacific Northwest in pursuit of the elusive fish. He also spent a lot of time working and hunting at his duck club in Los Banos, Calif. Bart truly lived the American Dream. Bartholomew George Gianelli was born the second son of an Italian immigrant commercial fisherman on the banks of the Columbia River in Astoria, Ore., on September 5, 1921. He was raised in Clifton, Ore., and later in Everett, Wash., along with his siblings, Andy (deceased), Ann (deceased), and Lucille of Everett, Wash. Bart received a scholarship to the University of Oregon where he was a two-way football star and also joined the Sigma Chi fraternity. Bart later transferred to Santa Clara University to study business administration and eventually met the love of his life Florence ""Flo"" Volta who was a business student at San Jose State University. They met after a Santa Clara vs. UCLA football game that Bart had just played in. After the attacks at Pearl Harbor, Bart joined the U.S. Marine Corps and transferred to the University of the Pacific for officer training school. It was here, in 1943, that Bart played his final football season. This time for Hall of Fame coach Alonzo Stagg. The successful season led to Bart being selected by the Cleveland Rams in the 1944 NFL draft. But football had to wait. Bart married Flo and shipped off to war in the Pacific theater. He fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima and witnessed the U.S. flag being raised on the top of Mt. Suribachi. After the war, Bart and Flo settled in Los Banos, Calif., to start a wholesale beverage distribution business and a family. Bart, Flo and their two sons, Bob and Rich moved to Ventura, Calif., in 1959, where they all took part in running the family business known as Gianelli Distributing Co., Inc. In 1996, Flo preceded Bart in death. Bart and Flo are survived by two sons, Robert (Beverly) of Koloa, Hawaii, and Richard of Ventura, Calif.; three grandchildren, Robert (Debbie) of Kilauea, Hawaii, Michael (Shelly) of Ventura, Calif., and Steven of Lihue, Hawaii; and three great-grandchildren, John, Noah, and Sarah. Bart was an excellent cook, which brought the family together frequently for Sunday dinners. He was an active member of the Rancheros Vistadores which included an annual ride on horseback through the Santa Barbara backcountry. Bart was a longtime member of Saticoy Country Club where he loved to play cards after a round of golf. He also spent many years as a member of the Ventura Yacht Club where he occasionally gave clinics on salmon fishing techniques for the other members. Bart continued to fish and hunt until his final year of life.