James W. Hartmann, 75, Everly

Memorial services for James W. Hartmann were held Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at First English Lutheran Church in Spencer. Pastor Paul Kaldahl officiated.

Honorary casket bearers were his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Military services were conducted by American Legion, Glen Pedersen Post #1, and V.F.W. Clay County Post #3159. Interment was at Lone Tree Cemetery in rural Everly. Warner Funeral Home in Everly assisted with the arrangements.

James "Jim" Wendel Hartmann, the son of Clifford and Luella (Schmidt), was born April 5, 1949 in Spencer. His childhood years were spent in the Everly area, where he attended school and graduated from Everly High School in 1967. He then graduated from Northwest Iowa Technical College in Sheldon in the first carpentry class in 1969.

Jim married Nancy Jo Zimmer on July 19, 1969, at First Lutheran Church in Milford. They made their home on a farm north of Everly. He worked as a welder and farmer, sold cattle equipment and raised buffalo. He enjoyed talking, western movies, Beach Boys music, preparing meals, smoking meat, making homemade applesauce, homemade beef stew, eating chocolate chip cookies, drinking cocoa, church potlucks, computer aided drafting (CAD), and especially spending time with his grandchildren.

Jim passed away at his farm on Sunday, July 14, 2024, at the age of 75. He was preceded in death by his parents, stepmother, Elenore Kunzmann-Hartmann, and a stepsister, Connie Kunzmann.

Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Nancy, of Everly; three children: Kelly (Heidi) Hartmann, of Spencer, Michelle (Thomas) White, of Elizabethton, Tenn., and Penni (Brian) Blank, of Gardner, Kan.; eight grandchildren: Briana (Ed) Simmons, Emily (Clint) Kiecker, Britney Hartmann, Kate, Rachael and Andrew White, Makenzie and Brecken Blank; three great-grandchildren: Aris, Noah and Isleigh; one brother, Joel (Susan) Hartmann, of Everly; two stepbrothers: Craig (Linda) Kunzmann, of Everly, and Rick Kunzmann, of Sioux Falls, S.D.; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins; other relatives and many friends.