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- Edwin J. Hartman, 75, of Main St., Dansville passed away at home Thursday evening, June 22, 2000 following a short illness. He was born in West Sparta on Oct. 11, 1924, a son of the late Floyd P. and Gladys Martin Hartman. On July 31, 1948, he was married to the former Helen Engert Hartman who survives. He was predeceased by his brother Leon. Edwin participated in high school and town team sports and was an avid bowler, golfer, skeet shooter and horseshoe pitcher. He played basketball on the town team against the Rochester Royal's and the Harlem Globe Trotters for the benefit of the Polio Drive. He was a former member of the Dansville Exchange Club and had served as the chairman of the Polio Drive in Dansville in 1961. He was a 52-year member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Dansville, serving on the Church Council, Stewardship and Property committees, the Loyal Club and adult Bible study group. He helped with the excavation project beneath the sanctuary to create a new social hall which was started in 1947. Edwin was employed by C.C. Bateman Dodge Agency, Inc. for 13 years as parts clerk and later was a salesman. He had also worked for Castle, Sybron and MDT Corporation in Henrietta for 27 years, retiring in 1989. Surviving in addition to his dear wife Helen are his daughter, Jewel L. (David) Goodsell of Penn Yan; his son Gerald E. Hartman of Hornell; his grandchildren Megan V. Hartman and Kenneth E., Charles A. and Joseph P. Goodsell; a sister, Harriet M. Pickard of Sparta; two brothers, Austin (Elsie) Hartmann of West Sparta and Robert (Julia) Hartmann of Farmingville; and several nieces and nephews. Friends called Saturday from 2-4 and 7-9 at the Hindle Funeral Home, 271 Main St., Dansville. Services were held at 1 p.m., Sunday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Dansville with the Rev. Randolph Bishop officiating. Interment was in Greenmount Cemetery, Dansville. Memorial contributions may be sent to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 21 Clara Barton St., Dansville, 14437, Livingston County Hospice, 2 County Campus, Mt. Morris, NY 14510, or American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 10609, Rochester, NY 14610. (GCE, June 29, 2000, p4)
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