Hartman, Clair E.

Phillips, Dorothy E.

Hartman
Clair E., 75
Rawson
Services for Clair E. Hartman will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jenera by the Revs. Alois Schmitzer III and Jeffrey Bolwerk. Burial will be in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery with military honors conducted by the Hancock County Veterans Memorial Squad.
Friends may call 1-3 and 5-7 p.m. Sunday at Crates Funeral Home in Arlington.
He died Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008, at the Hospice Care Center in Findlay.
He was born Nov. 8, 1932, in Eagle Township, Hancock County to Emanuel E. and Mabel (Caris) Hartman. On May 26, 1957, he married Jonna L. Beach and she survives.
Also surviving are three sons, Mark Hartman and Matthew Hartman, both of rural Rawson and Michael (Nicole) Hartman of Hilliard; two daughters, Janet (Don) Dukes and Joyce (Tim) Falk, both of Bluffton; three grandchildren; two brothers, Raymond "Pete" Hartman of Kenton and Forrest (Rachel) Hartman of Arlington.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Donavan, Harold and Dale Hartman.
He was a farmer who owned and operated Dixie Farms. He also worked for 30 years for The Courier, retiring in 1988.
He was a member of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jenera and a 1951 graduate of Arlington High School.
A veteran of the U.S. Army during the Korean War, he was stationed two years in Germany.
Memorials may be made to Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Trinity Lutheran School or Bridge Hospice Care Center.
Condolences may be sent to www.coldrencrates.com.
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