Edna Smith

Family/Spouse: Irvin Victor Swarts. Irvin was born on 5 Nov 1884 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Quite a commotion was caused at Bruce and Eleanors wedding reception, at the home of Eleanor's parents. Alice Moose Oaks stated in the Moose genealogy, "When seated at the table, a horn tooted outside as a signal to the bride and groom. They were up an dashing out the door as we sat in stunned silence. In short order the best man and maid of honor were out and after them - but to no avail. Dr. Buck drove the bridal pair to where their car had been secreted with their luggage in the Geneva area. Fortunately the bride's mother knew what was going to happen. Having played some devilish tricks on others at times, they were being very cautious about any tricks that had been hatched up for them." Eleanor graduated Dansville High School as well as Alfred State College and Geneseo Normal School. She was a teacher having taught the Webster District, "Knowledge is Power" Robert's District, Sparta Center, Dansville, Scottsburg, Kysorville, and retired from the Wayland Central School in 1972. Many one room schools closed one after the other as the districts were consolidated. She was the last of the one-room school teachers in Livingston County when the Kysorville School was closed in 1964. In 1984 she was enjoying her retirement with her grandchildren. One winter went to Florida "and wouldn't you know it - it snowed in Florida that winter!" Eleanor and Bruce had a cottage at Loon Lake in Steuben County. She was a member of the Dansville Presbyterian Church, the Kate J. Jackson Chapter of the Court of Amaranth and the Deborah Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star both in Dansville. She was also a former member of the Scottsburg Grange.
(Evening Tribune, Hornell, New York, 19 November 1996)

Eleanor married Bruce Whiting Hartman on 28 Jul 1932 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York. Bruce (son of Edgar Monroe Hartman and May Parker) was born on 28 Apr 1906 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York; died on 24 Jan 1980 in North Dansville, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Kiehle Cemetery, Sparta, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Peter A. "Pete" Swarts, 85, of Church Road in Sparta, passed away
Tuesday evening (July 25, 2000) at Strong Memorial Hospital in
Rochester after being stricken at home.
He was born in Sparta on June 7, 1915, the son of the late Irven and
Edna Smith Swarts. On Oct. 25, 1939, he was married to the former
Elizabeth Crane who survives.
Pete was a self-employed farmer and lumberman and had operated Swarts
Lumber Company in Sparta for many years.
He had attended the Sparta Center United Methodist Church. He was a
former member of the Dansville Exchange Club, the former Dansville
Grange and was a great collector of Lionel Electric Trains.
Surviving in addition to his dear wife Elizabeth are his son, Peter
"Chris" (Margery) Swarts of Sparta; three daughters, Karen (Earl
Daley) Emory of Naples, Lisa (Doug) Sanford of Dansville and Lydia
(Mike Baker) Depuy also of Sparta; 11 grandchildren and one
great-grandson; several nieces, nephews and many friends.
Friends may call Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 at Hindle Funeral Home,
271 Main St., Dansville. A memorial service will be held Saturday at
11 a.m. in the Sparta Center United Methodist Church, with the Rev.
Jamie Stevens and the Rev. David Hotchkiss officiating. Interment will
be in Greenmount Cemetery, Dansville.
Contributions may be made to the Sparta Center United Methodist
Church, 8455 Sparta Center Road, or the Dansville Ambulance Fund, P.O.
Box 235, both of Dansville, N.Y. 14437

Peter married Elizabeth Crane on 25 Oct 1939. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

SPARTA Bruce Irven Hartman, 58, of the Sparta Center Road in Sparta,
died Monday (Jan. 1, 2001) after a short illness.
He was born July 5, 1942 the son of the late Bruce W. and Eleanor
(Swarts) Hartman. He was married in East Aurora on June 1, 1963 to
Valerie Ruth Bennett Hartman. Bruce was a graduate of Dansville
Central School and Alfred Agricultural and Technical College where he
received an AAS degree in Rural Engineering. He was a self-employed
farmer owning and operating Bruce Hartman Farms and Val-Bru Holsteins
of which he operated from 1963 to 1999. In 1999 Bruce was honored for
having the oldest contract in existence with the Conesus Milk Co-op
having signed his father's charter contract of 1939 when he purchased
the farm in 1975. Bruce was a charter member of the Sparta Center
Volunteer Fire Department, a Councilman on the Sparta Town Board for
over 20 years, former Treasurer of the Kiehle Cemetery Association, a
member of the Dansville Presbyterian Church, The Livingston County
Farm Bureau, and Monday Night bowling league, a past member of the NYS
Holstein Assoc., the Livingston Co. Holstein Club, and the Holstein
Assoc. of America.
Besides his wife Valerie, Bruce is survived by three daughters, Sharon
Hartman (Rob Waltman) of Dansville, Annetta (Kevin) Herrington of
Sparta, Carol (Rick) Raeman of Canandaigua; one son, Bruce G. Hartman
of Sparta; three grandchildren, Jessica and Tyler Herrington of Sparta
and Sarah Raeman of Canandaigua; an aunt, Elizabeth Swarts; several
cousins, nieces and nephews.
Friends may call today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Chamberlin
Funeral Home Inc., 73 Main St., Dansville, where funeral services will
be held Thursday at 11 a.m. with Rev. David Hotchkiss and Rev. Jamie
Stevens officiating. Burial will be in Kiehle Cemetery in Sparta.
Friends who wish may make memorial contributions to the Sparta Center
Volunteer Fire Dept., Reeds Corners Rd. or the Sparta Center United
Methodist Church, 8455 Sparta Center Rd., both of Dansville, N.Y.
14437.

Bruce married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]