Mr. Jerome "Jerry" Paul Hartman

Jerome “Jerry” Paul Hartman, 93, of New Bloomfield, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. Born on August 16, 1932, in Jefferson City, he was the son of the late Peter J. and Lilliah V. (Burks) Hartman. A graduate of St. Peter’s High School, Jerry married Dorothy Scrivner on April 14, 1956, at St. Peter’s Church in Jefferson City. He proudly served in the United States Army during the Korean War, stationed in South Korea in 1951, where he operated a 105 Howitzer Cannon before receiving an honorable discharge in 1953. In later years he enjoyed sharing a photograph of himself from that time with those he met.

Jerry was a lifelong, faithful member of St. Andrew Catholic Church, where he served in many capacities, including on the Parish Council, Building Committee, as a Communion Minister, and with the Cookbook Committee, CYO, Fall Festival, and by placing flags on veterans’ headstones. He was an active 4-H leader for many years, a dedicated blood and platelet donor for the Red Cross, giving more than 24 gallons, and a farmer who spent much of his life in custom hay harvesting. He also worked as a school bus driver, maintenance man at St. Peter School, at the butcher shop alongside his sons Pat and Larry, as a certified nursing assistant in local nursing homes and at Capital Region Medical Center, and later with his son Larry in the tree business. He found great joy in attending his grandchildren’s baseball and softball games and being present at family gatherings.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, and their eight children: Dorothy “Dottie” (Jim) Summers, Larry (Barb) Hartman, Patrick “Pat” (Kris) Hartman, Theresa (Bill) Borgmeyer, Steve (Wendy) Hartman, Vince Hartman, Mary (Chris) Scott, and Alice (Chad) Griggs; nineteen grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. Jerry was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers John (Ethel), James (Sally), and Charles Hartman, his sisters Anna (Raymond) Call, Virginia (Leonard) Luebbert, Lucy (Ben) Luebbering, and Dorothy (Charles) Jackson, and several brothers-in-law.