She was born June 11, 1914, the 10th child of the late Isaac Perry Hartman and Lucy Vandevander Hartman of Smith Creek. On January 8, 1939, she married Woodrow Johnston of Circleville.
She was a lifelong resident of Franklin and an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She spent the first 25 years of her married life devoting her time to being a wife, mother and homemaker. In 1965, she started working for Franklin Garment Company where she continued for 13 years until retiring in 1978. She enjoyed sewing, embroidering, crocheting and gardening.
She was preceded in death by a son, Bruce Boyd, a grandson, David Dewey, and three sisters, Retta Pennington, Gertrude Lambert and Martha Simmons, and two brothers, Arthur and Charlie Hartman.
Survivors include her husband, Woodrow Johnston, Franklin; four daughters, Bethea Edmonds, Richfield, Utah, Nina Dewey, Missoula, Montana, Stephanie Ashcraft, Idamay; Cathy Armentrout, Franklin; 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Also surviving are six sisters, Buanna Judy, Nettie Moyers, Dora Murphy, Vergie Simmons, Fannie Bodkin, Bessie Lambert, and two brother, Tom and Harry Hartman.
Funeral services were held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Franklin. Interment followed at the Smith Creek Johnston graveyard by Kimble Funeral Home.
Published in The Pendleton Times, Franklin, West Virginia, January 1992.
She was born June 11, 1914, the 10th child of the late Isaac Perry Hartman and Lucy Vandevander Hartman of Smith Creek. On January 8, 1939, she married Woodrow Johnston of Circleville.
She was a lifelong resident of Franklin and an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She spent the first 25 years of her married life devoting her time to being a wife, mother and homemaker. In 1965, she started working for Franklin Garment Company where she continued for 13 years until retiring in 1978. She enjoyed sewing, embroidering, crocheting and gardening.
She was preceded in death by a son, Bruce Boyd, a grandson, David Dewey, and three sisters, Retta Pennington, Gertrude Lambert and Martha Simmons, and two brothers, Arthur and Charlie Hartman.
Survivors include her husband, Woodrow Johnston, Franklin; four daughters, Bethea Edmonds, Richfield, Utah, Nina Dewey, Missoula, Montana, Stephanie Ashcraft, Idamay; Cathy Armentrout, Franklin; 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Also surviving are six sisters, Buanna Judy, Nettie Moyers, Dora Murphy, Vergie Simmons, Fannie Bodkin, Bessie Lambert, and two brother, Tom and Harry Hartman.
Funeral services were held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Franklin. Interment followed at the Smith Creek Johnston graveyard by Kimble Funeral Home.
Published in The Pendleton Times, Franklin, West Virginia, January 1992.
Family Members
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Retta Margaret Hartman Pennington
1898–1961
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Charles Cletus "Charlie" Hartman
1899–1987
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William Arthur Hartman Sr
1902–1990
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Bessie Susan Hartman Lambert
1903–1993
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Fannie Catherine Hartman Bodkin
1905–1992
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Gertrude Ola Hartman Lambert
1906–1965
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Alma Thomas "Tom" Hartman
1908–1996
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Martha Ellen Hartman Simmons
1910–1987
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Harry Wilson Hartman
1912–2002
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Virgie Mae Hartman Simmons
1916–2005
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Dora Belle Hartman Murphy
1917–2005
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Nettie Rebecca Hartman Moyers
1919–1995
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Buanna Cornelia Hartman Judy
1921–1999
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