Obituary for Cleva Louise Hartman (Haight)
Cleva Louise Hartman, 85, passed away January 4, 2022 in Indiana, PA. Cleva was born, September 8, 1936 in Ridgway, PA to her parents, Arthur Louis and Bertha Miller Haight. Cleva graduated from Johnsonburg High School in 1954 and Clarion University of Pennsylvania, receiving a degree in elementary education in 1959. She married Marlin Hartman on January 9, 1959.
Cleva taught first grade for five years following her graduation until 1964. She moved to Indiana, PA in 1967 and continued to raise her family there. In the mid-1970's, she went back to school and received a master's degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Soon after, she returned to the career she loved, teaching first grade at East Pike Elementary School in Indiana for 17 years until her retirement in 1993. She was able to do the traveling she dreamed of later in life, with wonderful vacations to places like Germany and Alaska and winters spent in Arizona.
Cleva will be remembered for her love of first graders everywhere. She took pride in her beautiful house and enthusiastically decorated it for every season and every holiday.
Cleva is preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Marlin. She is survived by her three daughters, her son-in-law, her three grandchildren, sisters, nieces and nephews and by her many friends, spanning the years from childhood to her newest friends from St. Andrew's Village.
Friends will be received Friday, January 7, 2022 from3:00 until 5:00 pm, the time of her funeral service at the Rairigh-Bence Funeral Home & Crematory of Indiana, 965 Philadelphia St., Indiana, PA. Pastor Tedd Cogar of Zion Lutheran Church will officiate. It is requested that all visitors to the funeral home wear face masks. Interment will be made at the Fairview Cemetery, Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, PA.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to the Marlin and Cleva Hartman Scholarship Fund at Clarion University, or by donating a children's book in Cleva's memory to the elementary school of your choice. Every time you read to a child, you will be honoring Cleva's legacy.
Cleva taught first grade for five years following her graduation until 1964. She moved to Indiana, PA in 1967 and continued to raise her family there. In the mid-1970's, she went back to school and received a master's degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Soon after, she returned to the career she loved, teaching first grade at East Pike Elementary School in Indiana for 17 years until her retirement in 1993. She was able to do the traveling she dreamed of later in life, with wonderful vacations to places like Germany and Alaska and winters spent in Arizona.
Cleva will be remembered for her love of first graders everywhere. She took pride in her beautiful house and enthusiastically decorated it for every season and every holiday.
Cleva is preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Marlin. She is survived by her three daughters, her son-in-law, her three grandchildren, sisters, nieces and nephews and by her many friends, spanning the years from childhood to her newest friends from St. Andrew's Village.
Friends will be received Friday, January 7, 2022 from3:00 until 5:00 pm, the time of her funeral service at the Rairigh-Bence Funeral Home & Crematory of Indiana, 965 Philadelphia St., Indiana, PA. Pastor Tedd Cogar of Zion Lutheran Church will officiate. It is requested that all visitors to the funeral home wear face masks. Interment will be made at the Fairview Cemetery, Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, PA.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to the Marlin and Cleva Hartman Scholarship Fund at Clarion University, or by donating a children's book in Cleva's memory to the elementary school of your choice. Every time you read to a child, you will be honoring Cleva's legacy.