- Date Of Birth: June 19, 1917
- Date Of Death: December 4, 2010
- State: Indiana
Fort Wayne, Indiana Wilma E. (Love) Hartzell, 93, died Saturday, December 4, 2010 at her home. Born on June 19, 1917, just west of Eaton, Indiana, to William P. and Elma (Taylor) Love, she graduated from Eaton High School in 1934. She received a B.A. from Ball State and an M.A. from Indiana University. She used her degrees to teach primarily high school social studies in Eaton, Dunkirk, New Castle, Montpelier, and Hartford City. In May, 1982, she retired from Blackford County High School after a 40 year teaching career. Wilma married Fred Hartzell in Muncie on January 1, 1947. Her memberships included Wednesday Afternoon Club and Psi Iota Xi Sorority. She volunteered at Minnestrista Center, was a docent at Morrison House and enjoyed gardening and reading. Survivors include three daughters, Janet Hartzell, Ft. Wayne, Jeanine (Donald) Rhodes, Goshen, and Peg (Randy) Baumgartner, Wolcottville; three grandchildren, Jameson Rhodes, Kayla Baumgartner and Steven Baumgartner; and one sister, Norma Milhollin, Angola. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband in 1975, two brothers, Lawrence and James Love and a sister, Louise Davis.
