Duane Wilmer Hartzell
Duane Wilmer Hartzell, 94, of Slippery Rock passed away peacefully Monday at Butler Memorial Hospital with his children in attendance.
He was born Feb. 25, 1922, in Slippery Rock to Herbert Arthur Hartzell and Rotha Mae Kelly. He married Leah Barbara Studebaker on Sept. 22, 1943.
Duane was a life-long dairy farmer and the owner of Hartzell Farm. He graduated from Slippery Rock High School and attended Slippery Rock State College, now Slippery Rock University.
He was a member of the Center Presbyterian Church in Slippery Rock, where he served as an elder, deacon and on various committees. Duane had been a Slippery Rock Township Supervisor, a member of the Democratic Committee, director for Dairylea Milk Cooperative and served on many farm organization boards.
Survivors include his wife, Leah Hartzell of Slippery Rock; three daughters, Dana Campbell and her husband, David, of Osprey, Fla., Barbara Keen and her husband, Jere, of Lancaster, Pa., and Marsha Repka and her husband, David, of St. Cloud, Fla.; two sons, Stephen Hartzell of Slippery Rock, and George Hartzell and his wife, Kathy, of Slippery Rock; seven grandchildren, Curran Campbell of Nokomis, Fla., Ben Campbell of Oakland, Calif., Karen Conway of London, U.K., Max Repka of Oakland, Calif., Janelle Hoffman of Belleville, Pa., and Daniel Hartzell and Michelle Hartzell of Slippery Rock; and three great-grandsons, Alexander and Ivan Conway and Matthew Hoffman.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Helen Jones; his brother, Herbert F. Hartzell; and his grandson, Samuel Keen.
HARTZELL — The family of Duane Wilmer Hartzell, who died Monday, July 4, 2016, will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and from 10 a.m. until time of service at 11:30 a.m. Friday at the SMITH FUNERAL HOME, 421 New Castle St. Slippery Rock.Funeral Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home with Rev. William Mumaw, pastor of the Center Presbyterian Church, presiding. Interment will be in Slippery Rock Cemetery.Memorial contributions may be given to the Center Presbyterian Church, 211 Center St., Slippery Rock, PA 16057
