Edmund N. “Ed” Hartman, Sr., a lifetime Marshall County resident, living on the family homestead, established by his grandfather at 12966 14th Road, Plymouth, died on Saturday, May 28, 2005, at 11:45 a.m. Ed, 76, died in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, from complications of a heart by-pass operation he received on March 3rd.
Born on April 14, 1929, in Plymouth, Ed was the son of Gregory J. and Beatrice Zehner Hartman. He attended Plymouth High School and worked the family farm until he entered the United States Army on January 12, 1953 and served his country in Korea.
On Dec. 31, 1955, in St. Michael Roman Catholic Church, Ed and Annebelle P. Leick were married. Annebelle died on February 6, 1999.
Along side his spouse and partner, Ed was a lifetime dairy and grain farmer, raising Holstein herds, pigs and other livestock.
He enjoyed his work and when he wasn’t doing that, he liked to square dance and collect old tractors.
In addition to his membership in St. Michael’s church, Ed was a member of the Plymouth Moose Lodge No 741.
He is survived by three daughters and a son. His children and their spouses are: Jeanne B. and Hal Sullivan, Argos; Annette C. and Mike Ray, Bourbon; Paula M. and Greg Kinney, Plymouth; and Edmund N. Hartman, Jr., Plymouth.
Two grandchildren, both of Argos, also survive. They are Charles W. Sullivan and Jennifer M. Sullivan.
A sister, Wilma L. Reinhold of Westfield, Ind., several nieces and nephews and a special friend, Joyce Williams, of Plymouth, survive as well.
Ed was preceded in death by his parents, his wife and a brother, Lloyd Hartman.
Friends are invited to visit with Ed’s family on Thursday, June 2, 2005, from 4 to 8 p.m. and continue on Friday after 7 a.m. in the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth. A Rosary will be prayed at 8 p.m. on Thursday in the funeral home.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated for Ed on Friday at 11 a.m. in St. Michael Roman Catholic Church, 615 N. Center St., Plymouth. The Rev. Father William Kummer will officiate.
Burial will follow in New Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth , where military honors will be provided by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Marshall County Post 1162.
Memorial gifts in Ed’s memory may be made to St. Michael Parish or to a charity of the donor’s choice.