Rodney E. Hartman 4-18-1938 to 10-17-2011

Rodney E. Hartman

 Rodney E. Hartman, 73, of Blue Hill died Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, at his home.

Services were at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Blue Hill with the Very Revs. James Schrader and Valerian Bartek officiating. Burial was at Blue Hill Catholic Cemetery.
Rodney was born April 18, 1938, at Blue Hill to Albert and Mildred (Johnson) Hartman.
He graduated from Blue Hill High School in 1956.
 He took basic training at Fort Ord, Calif., and served in the Army National Guard from 1960 to 1965.
September 9, 1958  Rodney Hartman and Doris Witte were married at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Blue Hill.

From 1957 to 1977, he worked as a lineman and foreman for South Central Public Power in the Blue Hill and Nelson area. From 1977 to 1994, he was employed as a serviceman for Glenwood Telephone Co.
He was an avid outdoorsman, gardener and poker player. He also had been a boxing coach and gun safety instructor.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Lonnie.
Survivors include his wife; daughters, Judy Mullen and her husband, Sean, of Kearney and Susan Danehey of Blue Hill; sons, Douglas of Omaha and Tim and his wife, Elysha, of Kearney; brother, Richard Hartman and his wife, Jo, of Blue Hill; sister, Kathy Donscheski and her husband, Dallas, of Elba; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Mary Witte and Walt and Lavera Witte, all of Blue Hill, Joan and Ed Rempe of Superior, Laura Witte, Richard and Pam Witte, Marie and Russ Paulsen and Robert Witte, all of Hastings, and Al and Kathy Witte of Champaign, Ill.; nine grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Memorials are suggested to Republican Valley Trap Club or Mary Lanning Hospice.