Floyd Hartman was a Mt. Cory High School graduate
Floyd H. Hartman, 87, of Bluffton died April 19, 2014, at 5:25 a.m., at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. He was born Feb. 14, 1927, in Orange Township, Hancock County to the late Purl and Bertha Cook Hartman. On August 29, 1946, he married Jeannine Stewart and she survives.
He was a farmer and also a steamfitter/welder with the Steamfitters Local 693. He also owned Hartman's Southern Truck Parts. He was a member of Bluffton Trinity United Methodist Church and a graduate of Mt. Cory High School.
Survivors also include four daughters, Cheryl (Cliff) Eastman of Richmond, Ind., Janice vonStein of Mt. Horeb, Wisc., Jeanette Brush of Salisbury, Vt., Carol (Kris) Roscoe of Bristol, Vt., two sons, Stanley (Jodee) Hartman of Lincoln, Vt., Steven (Sherraine Pechie) Hartman of Ball Ground, Ga., seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Michael Hartman, a grandson, Scott Roscoe, a son-in-law, Fletcher Brush, and two sisters, Sylvia Basinger and LaDonna Watkins.
Services will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Chiles-Laman Funeral and Cremation Services, Bluffton. William Herr will officiate. Burial will be in Thompson Cemetery, Bluffton. Friends may call Monday from 5-8 pm at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Bluffton Trinity United Methodist Church or Mennonite Memorial Home. Online condolences may be expressed at www.chiles-lamanfh.com. The family extends their gratitude to Jim Smith for his friendship and support not only to their father, but to their mother.
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