She was a daughter of William Garland Mattingly (1896-1980) and his wife Bessie May, nee Roby (1891-1926). Her mother died of tuberculosis, leaving her husband with five small children: Geraldine (10), Mary Ruth (7), Joseph Charles "JC" (5), Mary Kathleen (3), and Mary Ethel (18 months).
Garland moved his family to Louisville and placed the children in orphan homes for a time as he struggled to care for his family.
Geraldine and Gilbert Henry Hartlage, Sr. married on June 10, 1933 in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana. This was followed by a church ceremony on June 25, 1933 at St. William Catholic Church, Louisville.
Gerry and Gilbert had four children. They were married 63 years at the time of her death. She died from the complications of Alzheimer's disease and was in a nursing facility in Winter Haven at death. Gilbert died on February 27, 1999, also in Winter Haven.
Her July 19, 1996 Lakeland (FL) Ledger obituary:
Geraldine Hartlage, 80
Homemaker
HAINES CITY - Mrs. Geraldine Hartlage of Haines City died Thursday (July 18, 1996) at The Meadows of Garden Grove in Winter Haven. She was 80.
Born in Knottsville, Ky., on Jan. 28, 1916, she moved to Haines City from Kentucky in 1975. She was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church in Haines City.
She was survived by her husband, Gilbert H. Hartlage, Haines City; sons, Gilbert H. Hartlage, Jr., Mantua, N.J., and William P. Hartlage, Jeffersontown, Ky.; daughters, Marilyn Ann Tharp, Winter Haven, and Theresa Darlean Morrison, Shepherdsville, Ky.; sisters, Ruth Mattingly and Ethel Lawson, both of Louisville, Ky.; 14 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight with a wake service at 6 p.m. at Ott-Laughlin Funeral Home, 645 W. Central Ave., Winter Haven. Services will be at St. Ann Catholic Church in Haines City.
Garland moved his family to Louisville and placed the children in orphan homes for a time as he struggled to care for his family.
Geraldine and Gilbert Henry Hartlage, Sr. married on June 10, 1933 in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana. This was followed by a church ceremony on June 25, 1933 at St. William Catholic Church, Louisville.
Gerry and Gilbert had four children. They were married 63 years at the time of her death. She died from the complications of Alzheimer's disease and was in a nursing facility in Winter Haven at death. Gilbert died on February 27, 1999, also in Winter Haven.
Her July 19, 1996 Lakeland (FL) Ledger obituary:
Geraldine Hartlage, 80
Homemaker
HAINES CITY - Mrs. Geraldine Hartlage of Haines City died Thursday (July 18, 1996) at The Meadows of Garden Grove in Winter Haven. She was 80.
Born in Knottsville, Ky., on Jan. 28, 1916, she moved to Haines City from Kentucky in 1975. She was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church in Haines City.
She was survived by her husband, Gilbert H. Hartlage, Haines City; sons, Gilbert H. Hartlage, Jr., Mantua, N.J., and William P. Hartlage, Jeffersontown, Ky.; daughters, Marilyn Ann Tharp, Winter Haven, and Theresa Darlean Morrison, Shepherdsville, Ky.; sisters, Ruth Mattingly and Ethel Lawson, both of Louisville, Ky.; 14 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight with a wake service at 6 p.m. at Ott-Laughlin Funeral Home, 645 W. Central Ave., Winter Haven. Services will be at St. Ann Catholic Church in Haines City.
She was a daughter of William Garland Mattingly (1896-1980) and his wife Bessie May, nee Roby (1891-1926). Her mother died of tuberculosis, leaving her husband with five small children: Geraldine (10), Mary Ruth (7), Joseph Charles "JC" (5), Mary Kathleen (3), and Mary Ethel (18 months).
Garland moved his family to Louisville and placed the children in orphan homes for a time as he struggled to care for his family.
Geraldine and Gilbert Henry Hartlage, Sr. married on June 10, 1933 in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana. This was followed by a church ceremony on June 25, 1933 at St. William Catholic Church, Louisville.
Gerry and Gilbert had four children. They were married 63 years at the time of her death. She died from the complications of Alzheimer's disease and was in a nursing facility in Winter Haven at death. Gilbert died on February 27, 1999, also in Winter Haven.
Her July 19, 1996 Lakeland (FL) Ledger obituary:
Geraldine Hartlage, 80
Homemaker
HAINES CITY - Mrs. Geraldine Hartlage of Haines City died Thursday (July 18, 1996) at The Meadows of Garden Grove in Winter Haven. She was 80.
Born in Knottsville, Ky., on Jan. 28, 1916, she moved to Haines City from Kentucky in 1975. She was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church in Haines City.
She was survived by her husband, Gilbert H. Hartlage, Haines City; sons, Gilbert H. Hartlage, Jr., Mantua, N.J., and William P. Hartlage, Jeffersontown, Ky.; daughters, Marilyn Ann Tharp, Winter Haven, and Theresa Darlean Morrison, Shepherdsville, Ky.; sisters, Ruth Mattingly and Ethel Lawson, both of Louisville, Ky.; 14 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight with a wake service at 6 p.m. at Ott-Laughlin Funeral Home, 645 W. Central Ave., Winter Haven. Services will be at St. Ann Catholic Church in Haines City.
Garland moved his family to Louisville and placed the children in orphan homes for a time as he struggled to care for his family.
Geraldine and Gilbert Henry Hartlage, Sr. married on June 10, 1933 in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana. This was followed by a church ceremony on June 25, 1933 at St. William Catholic Church, Louisville.
Gerry and Gilbert had four children. They were married 63 years at the time of her death. She died from the complications of Alzheimer's disease and was in a nursing facility in Winter Haven at death. Gilbert died on February 27, 1999, also in Winter Haven.
Her July 19, 1996 Lakeland (FL) Ledger obituary:
Geraldine Hartlage, 80
Homemaker
HAINES CITY - Mrs. Geraldine Hartlage of Haines City died Thursday (July 18, 1996) at The Meadows of Garden Grove in Winter Haven. She was 80.
Born in Knottsville, Ky., on Jan. 28, 1916, she moved to Haines City from Kentucky in 1975. She was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church in Haines City.
She was survived by her husband, Gilbert H. Hartlage, Haines City; sons, Gilbert H. Hartlage, Jr., Mantua, N.J., and William P. Hartlage, Jeffersontown, Ky.; daughters, Marilyn Ann Tharp, Winter Haven, and Theresa Darlean Morrison, Shepherdsville, Ky.; sisters, Ruth Mattingly and Ethel Lawson, both of Louisville, Ky.; 14 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight with a wake service at 6 p.m. at Ott-Laughlin Funeral Home, 645 W. Central Ave., Winter Haven. Services will be at St. Ann Catholic Church in Haines City.
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