Nancy Hartman

Funeral Mass for Nancy Kay (Zent) Hartman, 76, of Dickinson will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, April 14, 2025, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Dickinson with Father Kerry Prendiville celebrating. Burial will follow at St. Joseph’s Cemetery.

Visitation for Nancy will be 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 13, 2025, at Stevenson Funeral Home in Dickinson with rosary and vigil beginning at 4:00 p.m.

Nancy passed away on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at Country House in Dickinson.

Nancy was born April 13, 1948, in Dickinson, ND, to Joseph and Katherine (Koenig) Zent. She began her childhood on a farm north of Mott, ND, and later moved with her family to the current Zent farm near Lefor, ND. Nancy attended country school for 6 years followed by St. Mary’s in Richardton and graduated in 1966 from St. Mary’s High School. In 1969, she graduated from nursing school as an LPN. During this time, she met Maurice O. Hamann, whom she married June 3, 1968. The couple were blessed with two children, Joleen and Kimberly. They made their home in Mandan while Nancy worked at the Mandan hospital. After Maurice passed away in 1976, Nancy and the girls moved to Dickinson.

While living in Dickinson, she met Laurence Hartman, and they were married August 1, 1978. Nancy and Larry had two children, Ashley and Andrew. Nancy continued to work as a nurse at several of the local nursing homes. Nancy owned and operated a daycare for 13 years (Happy Day Childcare) with her sister, Pat. She served on the Stark County Social Service board.

Nancy and Larry enjoyed time spent at their cabins at Mosset Bay and Dakota Waters where they spent many hours fishing and being outdoors.

In 2012 they retired and moved to Rapid City, SD, to be near the Black Hills, Nancy’s heaven on earth. While living in Rapid City, Nancy joined St. Therese Catholic Church and was an active member of the Saturday evening mass folk group as well as the Catholic Daughters.

Some of the hobbies Nancy enjoyed were knitting, sewing, arts and crafts as well as taking lots of pictures of whatever she loved. She also enjoyed staying busy in her flower gardens. She cherished her time with her family, especially her grandchildren.

Nancy is survived by her children: Joleen (Eric) Click of Box Elder, SD; Kim (Chad) Groll of Dickinson; Ashley (David) Larson of Cleveland, OH; and Andrew (Charity) Hartman of Cypress, TX; her eight grandchildren, Kodee (Brandon) Antoine, Brayden (Mariah), Tayler, Evan, Alex, Kacen, Darian and Harley; her godmother Luella Friedt, her sister-in-law Monica (Curtiss) Forster, her 4 brothers and sisters-in-law, Bob (Gini) Zent, Dick (Jeanette) Zent, Jack (Diane) Zent, and Duane (Karen) Zent as well as numerous aunts and uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her husbands, Maurice and Larry; parents Joseph and Katherine (Koenig) Zent, sister, Patricia Ebeltoft, brother-in-law, Hilary Hartman, sister-in-law, Betty Ann Hurinenko, her mothers-in-law and fathers-in-law and her grandparents.