Rita Elbert News Today

Saturday, January 9, 2021 Joseph “Joe” John Hartman, 90, passed away peacefully on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in Lewistown, Montana. His illness was quick and he died without long-term suffering. There will be no memorial services per his wishes. Joe was the son of John Hartman and Olga Hartman, who moved to Central Montana in the early 1900s, along with other Czech homesteaders to build their own small family farms from scratch. Joe was born “at home” on Christmas Day, 1930, in the original...