PAUL JOSEPH 'PAULIE' HARTMANN
Paul Joseph (Paulie) Hartmann, 85, of Fredericksburg, died Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, at Knopp Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center.
A funeral mass was celebrated at 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 25, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with Msgr. Enda McKenna officiating.
Mary Ann Murchison was the pianist, and David Mayfield and the church choir sang.
Interment followed at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery.
Arrangements were under the direction of Schaetter Funeral Home where visitation and vigil-rosary services were held Friday evening, Oct. 24.
Hartmann was born April 20, 1929, in Gillespie County, the son of Emil Henry Hartmann Sr. and Erna M. Oehler Hartmann. He married Frances Hohmann on Oct. 25, 1949, and she survives.
He attended St. Mary’s School and was a truck driver for Weirich Brothers. In later years, he was a home delivery carrier for the Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post.
He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and St. Joseph Society, a member of the American Legion and Disabled American Veterans.
In addition to his wife, Hartmann is survived by two sons, one daughter and spouses, including Mike and Carol Hartmann and Diane and Dennis Reininger, all of Fredericksburg, and Keith Hartmann of Wichita, Kansas.
Survivors also include seven grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
He is also survived by four sisters and one brother, including Anita, Mrs. Simon Burg and Betty, Mrs. Paul Klein, both of Stonewall; Alice, Mrs. Frank Hopf of Llano; Irene Loth and her husband, A.J., and Emil Hartmann Jr., all of Fredericksburg; two sisters-in-law, Celie, Mrs. Eugene Hartmann Sr., and Sandy, Mrs. Daniel Heep, and a brother-in-law, E.L. (Gabby) Hohmann, all of Fredericksburg.
Hartmann was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Ronnie Hartmann; two sisters, Dora Hartmann and Carol Luckenbach, and two brothers, Johnny Hartmann and Eugene Hartmann Sr.
Memorials may be made toward the restoration of St. Joseph Halle or to the charity of choice.
Pallbearers included Sean Heep, Scott Hartmann, Jeff Hopf, James Petsch, Dennis Segner, Neil Burrer and Larry Wallendorf.