Mervin Hartke
Former Marion resident Mervin C. Hartke, 83, died Feb. 20, 2005, at Skaggs Community Health Care Center, Branson, Mo.
Born July 3, 1921, at Lincolnville, he was the son of Henry and Lena (Poppe) Hartke.
He was a Hutchinson resident and retired owner/operator of Reno County Abstract & Title Company, working there from 1955 to his retirement in the early 1990s.
In 1980, he married Winnie Baumgarten.
He was preceded in death by his parents; first wife, Trudy; and two brothers.
Survivors include his wife, Winnie; a son and daughter-in-law, Pastor Gerald and Debbie Hartke of Oregon, Ohio; two daughters and sons-in-law, Carolan McFarland and Norman Funk of Marion and Nancy and Grant Housewright of Houston, Texas; a stepson, Edwin Baumgarten of Lincoln, Neb.; two stepdaughters and their husbands, Fritz and Rob Fletcher of Branson, Mo., and Mary Elisabeth and Bryan Humphries of Dallas, Texas; 17 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Elliott Chapel, Hutchinson.
Burial will be in Fairlawn Cemetery, Hutchinson.
A memorial fund has been established with the Alzheimer's Association.
