Joan Hartman

Joan E. Hartman, of Cortland, Ohio, found peace when she was called home at 3:45 AM on Saturday, April 11, 2015, while a patient in University Hospital Case Medical Center of Cleveland, Ohio, following a period of declining health. She was 77.

Joan was born April 11, 1938, at home in Hubbard, Ohio, a daughter to John William & Anna Delores (Senich) Kosensky-Brak.

A 1956 graduate of Hubbard High School, she worked as a medical secretary for Northside Hospital, Youngstown, Ohio.

She was catholic by faith and in her spare time, she enjoyed reading herbal & homeopathic remedies, walking, cooking, vegetable gardening, canning, and tending to her house plants.

She is survived by: her children, Jeffrey K. Hartman, Cleveland, Barry M. Hartman & his wife Kelly, Centerburg, Ohio, Jennifer D. Hovanec & her husband Richard, Vienna, Ohio, and Dawn L. Hartman, Fowler, Ohio; her siblings, Donald Kosensky, Glencoe, Oklahoma, and Dorothy J. Dutton, Kinsman, Ohio; and her grandchildren, Zoe Elizabeth Hartman, Tyler, Amanda, & Kara Hovanec.

She was preceded in death by her parents; by her husband, Donald Leroy Hartman, who died April 15, 2008; and by her sister, Carol Johnson.

In accordance to her wishes, a memorial service will be announced at a later date. She will be laid to rest in Vienna Township Cemetery.

Expressions of sympathy may be left for her family at www.bricelandfuneralservice.com

Coordination of this tribute for Miss Joan was presented by Daniel Briceland, Owner & Director of Briceland Funeral Service, LLC, 379 State Route 7, SE, Brookfield, Ohio 44403 (330-509-3135).