Aaron B. "Papa" Hartman, 48, of 118 Hazzard St.
Jamestown, N.Y., passed
away at 11:53 p.m. Friday
Article Photos
(Feb. 1, 2013) in the emergency room of WCA Hospital.
An area resident for most
of his life, he was born
Sept. 17, 1964, in Jamestown, N.Y., a son of Craig
E. Hartman and Sandra
Boardman Spachtholz.
Aaron was a recent graduate of the Licensed Practical Nursing Program
through Erie 2 Chautauqua
Cattaraugus BOCES and
was employed as an LPN
for the Western New York
Developmental Disabilities
Office, working at the J.N.
Adam Community
Residence on Alleghany
Road in Silver Creek, N.Y.
In previous years he had
worked for the Resource
Center at the Celoron A
Group Home for 10 years.
He will be remembered
as a loving and caring son,
father, grandfather and
brother who had a great
sense of humor. He loved
camping and enjoyed his
many years attending the
Blue Heron Musical Festival.
Surviving are his father
and step-mother Craig and
Linda Hartman of Holly
Hill, Fla.; his mother and
step-father Sandra and
Walter Spachtholz of Ormond Beach, Fla.; two
daughters: Alicia (Ben)
Johnson of Mount Sinai,
N.Y. and Mandy Hartman
of Kennedy, N.Y.; three
grandchildren: Tyreke
Pena, who lived with
Aaron, and Alanna and
Kaia Johnson, both of
Mount Sinai, N.Y.; two sisters: Tracy Hartman of Randolph, N.Y., and Leeann
VanHouten of Florida; a
brother Toby Hartman of
Jamestown, his girlfriend
and companion Nicole
Marcoux; four nephews:
Andrew and Dustin Kling
of Jamestown, Jeffrey Hartman of South Carolina, and
Travis VanHouten of Florida; two great-nieces: Zoey
Kling and Aubrey Hartman;
and Ashley Monroe, whom
he considered a daughter.
He was preceded in death
by the mother of his children, Amanda Wilkins, who
died in 1992, his maternal
grandparents Arthur and
Joyce Boardman and his
paternal grandparents Albert and Margaret Hartman.
The funeral will be held
at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the
Lind Funeral Home. The
Rev. Roy E. Ferguson, pastor of the Busti Church of
God, will officiate.
Friends will be received
from 1-4 p.m. Tuesday in
the funeral home.
You may light a candle
in remembrance of Aaron at
