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Family Tree:
Spouse:  Myra Lavon Edwards Hartzell

Children:  Carolyn LaVonne Hartzell Hanson
Donna Ann Hartzell Coffey Edmondson
Judith Ellen Hartzell Reasner Step-Son: Charles Ray "Jim" Crawford


Grandchildren:  Cynthia
Cathy
Sharon
Kimberly
Jack
Kyle
Georgia
George
Danny
Donald
Timothy
Great Grandchildren: Angela
Timothy
Billie
Bobbie
Tracy
Molly
Meghan
Brandon
Samantha
Danny Jr.
Danielle
Ricky
Great-Great-Grandchildren: Arcadia
Michael
Dennis

Parents:  Walter Simeon Hartzell and Estella Gertrude Kelly Hartzell

Siblings:  Wallace Franklin Hartzell
Betty Ann Hartzell Ranes
June Gertrude Hartzell Blanchard
Marian Frances Hartzell Sharer
John Roger Hartzell
James Hartzell
William Hartzell
Simeon Hartzell

Grandparents:  None listed
 
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Donald Walter Hartzell

Birth Date: 7/28/1913
Death Date: 8/30/1970
Oaklawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Garden of Devotion, Lot 62 C, Grave 3

Donald Walter Hartzell was the second of six children born to Estella Gertrude Kelly and Walter Simeon Hartzell. Donald was a mechanical engineer, as well as a musician. He played saxophone, banjo, marimba and some piano.Donald often sang duets with his wife, Myra. Donald was active in churches and church work, all of his life. In addition, Donald was a member of Toastmasters International and was active in Little Theater, portraying "Finion" in "Finion's Rainbow, in Centralia, Illinois.Donald's favorite pastime was fishing. Donald wrote poetry, for many years under the pen name of Jonathan Ware.
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Guess Who? Don around 9 years old.



Broad Ripple High School Graduation, 1931



Don and Myra at Loon Lake, 1940's



Don relaxing, 1945, poem written by Don.



Don wrote this poem in 1945 and photo of (back l to r) Don's father, Walter Simeon Hartzell, Wallace Hartzell, mom, Gertude Hartzell and Don Hartzell. (front l to r) Marian Hartzell, John Hartzell and June Hartzell Blanchard, 1940's.



Toastmasters Club, Centralia, Illinois, 1962.



Appointment of Chief Product Engineer, Elyria, Ohio, 1960's.



Don at a show demonstrating a Siegler Product, Centralia, Illinois, 1960's.



Don as Finion in "Finion's Rainbow", Centralia, Illinois, 1960's.



Don in the late 1960's, Sommerville, New Jersey.


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