Marvin L. Hartman Sr.

Mar­vin L. Hart­man Sr., age 76, of North­ern Mor­row County, died Sat­ur­day evening, Sep­tem­ber 29, 2012, at the Mor­row County Hos­pi­tal fol­low­ing an extended illness.

On March 15, 1936, Mar­vin was born in Zanesville, Ohio, the son of the late Arthur and Thelma (Harper) Hart­man. He grew up in Dun­can Falls, Ohio and attended Philo High School.

Fol­low­ing high school, Mar­vin enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corp. to serve with his fel­low coun­try­men in the Korean Con­flict. He had been sta­tioned in Korea, serv­ing as an infantry­man towards the end of the war, after the peace treaty had been signed and there was still police action.

After his hon­or­able dis­charge, Mar­vin returned home to be with his high school sweet­heart, Shelby Con­fer. They were mar­ried soon there­after on Sep­tem­ber 1, 1956 in Dun­can Falls, Ohio.

As a fam­ily, Mar­vin and Shelby moved to Mor­row County in 1965 for work. After work­ing a few other jobs, Mar­vin found a home at the Mar­ion Power Shovel, where he worked as a weld­ing super­vi­sor for 24 years until his retire­ment in 1997.

The say­ing “you can take the boy from the farm, but you can’t take the farm from the boy” was cer­tainly true with Mar­vin. After his retire­ment, one of his favorite pas­times was tend­ing to his small 10 acre farm at his home, where he bailed hay and grew a veg­etable gar­den “as big as he could make it”. He also enjoyed car­ing for and watch­ing his horses there.

After his health pro­hib­ited him from being able to farm, Mar­vin sur­prised his entire fam­ily when he started help­ing in the kitchen, learn­ing to cook for the first time. He enjoyed help­ing Shelby make cook­ies and try­ing new recipes.

A sports fanatic, Mar­vin was an avid Cleve­land Indi­ans and Cleve­land Browns fan. He espe­cially enjoyed watch­ing and root­ing for his chil­dren, grand­chil­dren and great-grandchildren, mak­ing it to as many of their games as he could. He even coached lit­tle league base­ball for many years,

Despite hav­ing strong opin­ions, any­one who knew Mar­vin knew he was a deeply car­ing and giv­ing man. And most impor­tant of all to Mar­vin was his fam­ily, he always said his great­est accom­plish­ment was his fam­ily and he reminded them as often as he could just how proud he was of all of them.

Mar­vin will be dearly missed by his wife, Shelby Hart­man of Galion; five chil­dren: Michael (Cindy) Hart­man of Mar­ion, Melody (Marty) King of Ashville, Mar­vin (Gerry) Hart­man Jr., Mark Hart­man, Myron (Tammy) Hart­man, all three of Mount Gilead, OH; 10 grand­chil­dren: Amy Fisher, John (Sara), Erik, and Luke Diosi, Evan (Lau­ren) Hart­man, Eli Hart­man, Lance and Kendra Hart­man, and John and Daniel Brewer; and 7 great-grandchildren.

Includ­ing his par­ents, Mar­vin was pre­ceded in death by a son, Jef­frey Hart­man; and a brother, Jerry Hartman.

The Hart­man fam­ily will greet friends from 4 – 7 p.m. on Wednes­day, Octo­ber 3, 2012, at the Sny­der Funeral Home, 76 S. Main St., Mount Gilead. Ser­vices hon­or­ing his life will also be held there at 1:00 p.m. on Thurs­day, with Pas­tor T. J. McNew III of the Fresh Faith Com­mu­nity Church offi­ci­at­ing. Bur­ial with mil­i­tary hon­ors will fol­low in Bloom­field Ceme­tery near Sparta.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions may be made to the Mar­vin L. Hart­man Sr. Schol­ar­ship Fund, and they may be sent in care of the funeral home.

Sny­der Funeral Homes of Mount Gilead is hon­ored to have been cho­sen to serve Marvin’s fam­ily and your pri­vate con­do­lences may be expressed to them by vis­it­ing www.snyderfuneralhomes.com.

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