OBITUARY: Harland C. Hartwig, 1923-2005, Mitchell County, Iowa 
 
Original version posted on www.mcpress.com - July 20, 2005 
 



                          Harland C. Hartwig

Funeral services for Harland C. Hartwig, age 81, of Stewartville, Minnesota,
and formerly of Osage, Iowa, were held on Saturday, July 16, 2005, at the
Trinity Lutheran Church, 402 State St. in Osage, with Pastor Lyle Fritsch of
Stewartville, Minnesota, officiating.

Interment was in the Osage Cemetery. Harland died Wednesday, July 13, 2005,
at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota.

Harland was born in rural Osage, Iowa, on November 20, 1923, the son of C.R.
and Josephine (Schumacher) Hartwig. He was baptized and confirmed at St.
John's Lutheran Church rural Osage. He married Elaine L. Albrecht on
December 19, 1943 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Osage. They moved away from
Osage in 1976. Harland retired from White Motor in 1982.  Harland enjoyed
family trips and holidays, photography, camping, and cooking for family and
friends.

Harland was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Harold Hartwig
and Edward Hartwig; and one sister Evelyn Perrin.

He is survived by his wife Elaine of Stewartville, Minnesota; two sons,
David (Barb) Hartwig of Rochester, Minnesota, and Mark (Mary) Hartwig of
Elgin, Illinois; a daughter Robyn (Robert) Milliken of Rochester, Minn.;
four grandchildren, Heath (Melissa) Hartwig of Rochester, Minn., Heather
Hartwig of Rochester, Minn., Marilee (Paul) Tuite of Minneapolis, Minn.,
Geoff Reu of Chicago, Ill; a sister Ardella Hooker of Santa Ana, California;
a stepbrother Oscar Erickson of Monona, Iowa; and several nieces and nephews.

Arrangements were made by the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage.



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