AlbertL.JPG (4793 bytes) Albert Leo HARTMAN

birth   30 APR 1920 at Rankin, PA
died  20 JUN 1994

father William Edward HARTMAN
(b.  25 AUG 1890 - d.  17 JAN 1980)

mother  Carolina ZAPF HARTMAN
(b.  25 OCT 1896 - d.  2 JAN 1977)
Erna.JPG (6317 bytes) married Erna J. BERQUIST 
(b.  20 SEP 1921 at Johnstown, PA)
on 28 JUL 1945 at Chanute Field Rantaul, IL

children

Alice HARTMAN BARTEL
b. 29 MAY 1946 at Pittsburgh, PA

Elizabeth Ann HARTMAN MARCHILENA
b.  3 OCT 1951 at Homestead, PA
Attended C.M. Schwab Vocation School and graduated from Homestead High School on May 20, 1937 at the Carnegie Library Auditorium. In grade school, he skipped from the first semester of the first grade to the second semester in second grade because he did so well. 

He worked as a mechanic at W.F. Terrill's Garage in Homestead and then as a steel worker for Carnegie-Illinois Corporation until joining the US Army Air Corps.   He and two childhood buddies enlisted on January 14, 1942.  He was sent overseas and flew 202 missions until he was shot down over northern Italy.  Was discharged honorably.

Married at Chanute Field, IL to Erna J. BERQUIST on July 28,1945.  They settled in Homestead, PA after the war.  Was hired by the Union Railroad and moved to West Mifflin, PA in 1948 where they lived their days.

Retired in April 1980.  In 1993 he was diagnosed with small (oat cell) lung cancer.