Lee L. "Pete" Hartman

MIFFLINBURG - Lee L. "Pete" Hartman, 61, of 6611 Buffalo Road since 1948, entered into rest at 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville.
He was born April 1, 1947, in Buffalo Township, a son of the late Marlin E. and Rosella C. (Yost) Hartman. On Nov. 15, 1975, at Dreisbach United Church of Christ, Lewisburg, he married the former Debra A. Kratzer, who survives.
Pete was a 1965 graduate of Mifflinburg High School.
He was employed as a draftsman at Milton Manufacturing from 1965 to 1973. In 1973, he began working at the Marlin E. Hartman family auto wrecking business. After his father passed away in March 1975, Pete and his brothers, Coon and Skip, owned and continued to operate the family business. Beginning in 1979, the Hartmans also leased trucks to Eastern Industries, Winfield.
Pete attended Port Ann Wesleyan Church.
He enjoyed fishing, hunting and re-loading his own ammunition before the next hunt.
Pete was a wonderful, caring person and always thought of everyone else before himself. He possessed a personality that afforded him the ability to talk to anyone. With Pete, you were only a stranger for a minute. He would ask you many questions, including your name and where you were from, and before long, he was your friend. He loved children and tended to spoil them whenever possible. Anyone who had the privilege to know Pete knew he was a big teddy bear with a loving heart.
In addition to his wife of 33 years, he is survived by two sisters, Ida Mae Hartman and Caroline E. Hartman, both of Mifflinburg; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Graydon and Ruby Kratzer of Lewisburg; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Ronald and Ruth Ettinger; niece, Tasha Rute and her husband Jerry; nephew Shane Ettinger and his wife Heather; great-niece, Erin Rute; great-nephews, Andrew Rute and Zachary Ettinger, all of Mifflinburg; and loyal friends and neighbors.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Wilson E. "Coon" Hartman and Kenneth C. "Skip" Hartman, and one sister, Barbara Ann Hartman, in infancy.
Visitors may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Roupp Funeral Home Inc., 8594 Old Turnpike Road, Mifflinburg, and 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday at Port Ann Wesleyan Church, 2856 Troxelville Road, Middleburg, where the funeral will be conducted at 2 with Pastor Paul Sheets and the Rev. Ned L. Knisely officiating.
Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Pete's memory to Port Ann Wesleyan Church, 2856 Troxelville Road, Middleburg, PA 17842.