This dedicated bench is located along Main Street and one of many dedicated benches within City Plaza. There's a small plaque on the bench that reads:
A memorial service will be held for Kyle Sherne Bartley, 22 of Chico, on Thursday, August 24, 2006 at 1 p.m. at the CSU, Chico Alumni Glen. Kyle died Saturday, August 19, 2006 at his home in Chico.
Kyle was born June 10, 1984 in San Francisco to Sarah and Sherman Bartley. He was raised in Berkeley and Lafayette and graduated from Campolindo High School in 2002 in Moraga. Kyle was currently a senior at CSU Chico. His major was business administration. Kyle worked at Gates Resale.
He was a passionate fan of the Giants and Sharks and loved snow boarding, playing golf, camping and hunting with his friends.
His survivors include his parents Sherman and Sarah Bartley of Lafayette; two brothers, Spencer of Rohnert Park and Zachary of Lafayette; great-grandmother, Nancy Evans of Roseville; grandmother, Joan Evans of Portland, Ore.; grandfather John and his wife Patty Bartley of Galveston, Texas; many aunts and uncles and his dog Kia.
Arrangements are under the direction of Brusie Funeral Home.
Published in Chico Enterprise-Record on Aug. 22, 2006