Hartman, Shirley (Mrs. Darrell) 1938-2006

HARTMAN, VERMEER, HULSTEIN

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 8/29/2014 at 13:07:32

Sioux Center News July 26, 2006

Shirley Hartman
Shirley Joyce Hartman, 68, of Maurice died Thursday, July 20, at the Mercy Medical Center of Sioux City. Funeral services were Monday at First ReformedChurch of Maurice at 10:30 a.m. with the Reverend Mark Haverdink officiating. Interment was at the Sherman Township Cemetery of Maurice.

Mrs. Hartman was born January 23, 1938, to Cornelius and Elizabeth(Vermeer) Hulstein at Hawarden. Her family settled near Sioux Center where she attended school. On August 8, 1957, she married Darrell Gene Hartman in Sioux Center. They made their home in Amarillo, Texas, and later In Maurice where Shirley worked at the Million Dollar Lunch and the Maurice Cafe. Over the years she had been active with the Maurice Booster Club and assisted with the Maurice Centennial celebration. She loved spending time with her family,
especially her grandchildren. She enjoyed gardening and outdoor activities. She looked forward to the camping season each year, when she and Darrell would spend time at Yankton or the Lakes. She also was an active collector of porcelaindolls.

Survivors include her husband of 48 years, Darrell Hartman of Maurice; three daughters, Clara Renken of Merrill, Bonnie Epling and her husband Joel of Le Mars and Pamela Hartman of North Fort Myers, Florida; a son, Jeff Hartman of Maurice; nine grandchildren; a sister, Cornelia Wiersma of Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by five brothers, Gerrit Hulstein, Raymond Hulstein, Edward Hulstein, Harold Hulstein and an infant brother; and three sisters, Gertrude Brunsting, Esther Lems and infant sister.