More detail on this person: This is from the
Army Transportation Museum Foundation:
I received a very sad phone call at 8:30 Sunday
evening (February 28, 2010) from Mrs. Jean Hartert
telling me that LTC Richard (Dick) A. Hartert,
Retired passed away Sunday afternoon at home
around 2:30. He had been in and out of the
hospital for months. She let my husband & I know
the week before that it was just a matter of a few
days. He is at Weymouth Funeral Home (NN), but I
don't have any information about his service yet.
Will keep you advised.
From: Anne Jenkins, 757-878-1180
Richard A. "Dick" Hartert
NEWPORT NEWS - U.S. Army Lt. Col. (RET)
Richard "Dick" A. Hartert, 79, died at home on
Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010, after a long illness.
He was a veteran of Korea and Vietnam. Dick was
born in Milwaukee, Wis., to Eric and Gertrud
Hartert. He attended UCLA and graduated in 1953
upon which he joined the Army as a 2nd Lieutenant.
His career took him many places for 22 years but
his home was Fort Eustis with the Transportation
Corp. He was an aviator flying fixed and rotary
wings, instructor for aircraft as well as the
Transportation Officer at Fort Eustis. He retired
in 1975 and then joined the civilian forces at
Fort Eustis and Fort Monroe. He retired from the
Army as a civilian in 1993.
Dick was the treasurer of the Fort Eustis
Transportation Museum Foundation for many years
dedicating many long hours. Transportation was his
love. He was a member of the Transportation Corps
Aviation Association, Disabled American Veterans,
Military Officer's Association of America,
Distinguished member of the Transportation Corps
Regiment, and the Retired Officers Association.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Gertrud
Hartert and father, Eric Hartert.
Dick is survived by his wife of 57 years, Jean;
his daughter, Laura Waters from Yorktown, Va.; his
son, Richard "Rick" Hartert and his wife, Debbie
of Jacksonville, Fla.; and granddaughters, Ashley
Hartert, Xanthe Waters and Courtney Hartert.
Memorial services will be conducted at 3 p.m.
Friday, March 5, at Weymouth Funeral Home
Chapel with full military honors. Visitation to
follow. Interment will be at Arlington National
Cemetery at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations
are made to the one of the following: Alzheimer's
Association , P.O. Box 96011, Washington D.C.,
20090-6011; Fort Eustis Transportation Museum
Foundation, PO Drawer D, Fort Eustis, VA 23604;
or St. George's Episcopal Church, 15446 Warwick
Blvd., Newport News, VA 23608.
Burial information: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
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