Keokuk Gate City 2/28/1967

City of Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa

 

Mrs. Chester Hartman

Mrs Hila Margaret Hartman, 56, of Gorin, died at 5:00 p. m. Tuesday Feb 21, in Blesssing Hospital in Quincy following a long illness.

The funeral service took place on Friday at 2:00 p. m. in the Gorin Christian church with the Rev. David Stout and the Rev. Byron Crousore officiating.  Burial was in the Gorin cemetery.

She was a lifelong resident of Gorin and was born there on Jan 17, 1911.  Her parents were Wm. and Margaret Stephenson Creason.  When her mother died in 1913, she lived with foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Creason.

She married Chester Hartman of Wyaconda and he preceded her in death on April 14, 1965.

Surviving are one daughter, Carol Lynn Hartman, Keokuk music teacher, and a foster brother James W. Wright of Carrolton.

She was a member of the Gorin Christian church.