Hamman, Robert C. (1924-2002)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2002 Aug 12 p. 8

Birth date: 1924 Jun 22

text of obituary:

ROBERT C. HAMMAN

Robert C. Hamman, 78, of Harrod, Ohio, died July 26, 2002, at Winebrenner Village in Findlay. He was born June 22, 1924, to Raymond and Ruth (Ritter) Hamman at Pennsburg, Pa.

He married Doris Garmatter on April 4, 1948.

He worked as a school teacher and admissions counselor. He was a rehab counselor for the blind, a talented and gifted coordinator and director of four county HHWP community action program. He had been director of guidance at Christopher Dock High School in Lansdale, Pa. He also worked with Brethren Services Heifer Project and reconstruction and transportation in France, and with food and clothing distribution for Mennonite Central Committee in Italy.

He graduated from Bluffton College and Bowling Green State University. He also attended Wright State University, the University of Southern Illinois and Temple University.

He was a member of First Mennonite Church of Bluffton. He was a life member of the Swiss Historical Society, and a member of the Missouri Historical Society and the Schwenkfelder Historical Society. He enjoyed flea markets and auctions.

Survivors include his wife, Doris; four daughters, Emilie Ruth Hamman and Bobbie Jean Hamman, both of Lima, Doris Ann Schumacher and her husband, Tom, of Brookings, S.D., and Martha Ellen Eisele and her husband, Randy, of Silentz, Ore.; and six grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Raymond Hamman, and a sister, Clymenia Radulovich.

Memorial services were held at First Mennonite Church of Bluffton. Burial was in Ebenezer Mennonite Cemetery in Bluffton.