Charlotte Jeanette Hartman, former Cozad, Nebraska resident, passed away on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at Kearney Regional Hospital iin Kearney, Nebraska at the age of 84. Charlotte was born on April 17, 1936 in Callaway, Nebraska to Leo and Eva (Cudaback) Baker. She graduated from Callaway High School with the Class of 1954.
Charlotte worked for the Telephone Company in Lexington, Holdrege and Omaha in Nebraska. On June 3, 1956, she married Donald Lewis "Buck" Hartman at Red Fern Church near Callaway, Nebraska. The couple moved to Pierre, South Dakota where Michael Ray was born. They moved to Lexington, Nebraska and then to Cozad, Nebraska where Douglas Wayne was born, followed by Gregory Lee a few years later.
Charlotte worked at various jobs, including Monroe Auto, Circle S Motel as a housekeeper, Hunt Cleaners and worked along side Buck in D & R Furniture which he co-owned.
Charlotte and Buck moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1985 and she managed apartments until they moved to Norton, Kansas in 1999 where they retired.
Buck passed away in January of 2005.
Charlotte was active in the various churches she attended. She recently moved to Callaway, Nebraska until being ill and in need of hospitalization.
Survivors include her sons, Michael (Monica) Hartman of Sperry, Iowa, Douglas (Kim) Hartman of Cozad, Nebraska, and Gregory (Melissa) Hartman of Cozad, Nebraska; grandchildren Kim Edwards, Janelle Hartman, Joe (Julie) Hartman, Rachel Cisneros, Lydia (Justin) Dorn, Cole Hartman, and Erica (Noah) Stewart; 13 great grandchildren; her sister, Sandy Fox of Callaway, Nebraska; sisters-in-law Bonnie Block of Cozad, Nebraska, Norma Vanzant of Ulysses, Kansas, and Joan Schweitzer of Bossier City, Louisiana; and numerous friends and other relatives.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her mother & father-in-law; her husband, an infant brother; sisters Audrey Kugler and Janese McCaslin; sister-in-law Vaneta McCreary; brothers-in-law Bob Hartman, Archie Block, Carroll McCreary, Jerry Schweitzer, Neal Kugler, Gage McCaslin, and Steve Fox.
Memorials are suggested to the family in her name for later designation. Online condolences may be shared at berrymanfuneralhome.com. services will be held on Friday, September 18, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at the Cozad Bible Church. Burial will follow in the Cozad Cemetery. Visitation will be on Thursday, September 17, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with family receiving friends from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at Berryman Funeral Home, 620 East 22nd Street in Cozad, Nebraska.