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ies in 1999
                               Hartford Michigan

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Please email the webmaster if you have obituaries of people who have lived in Hartford Michigan, or was active in the Hartford community, at some time during their lives. To find a specific obituary, use the  Search Our Site  feature located on the left menu of every page.  The Obituary section was started January 30, 2008 and current obituaries will be posted as they become available.  Obituaries are from the local newspapers, unless otherwise noted.  If you have an obituary notice (or learn of the passing away of someone who lived in Hartford at one time) of a former Hartford resident from a newspaper away from the Hartford area, please send it. Past obituaries will be added as time permits.  Death notices are also posted in the HHS graduate database.

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Raymond "Ray" Domain Hollar, 84, of Kalamazoo died Saturday, June 5, 1999, at Friendship Village, Kalamazoo.
     The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 9, at Grace United Methodist Church, Niles, with the Rev. David Crawford officiating. Burial will be in Sumnerville Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by American Legion Post No. 26, Niles. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, at Calvin Funeral Home, Hartford, and one hour prior to the service at the church. Memorials may be made to the Hartford United Methodist Church Endowment Fund or to Friendship Village Friends Fund.
       Mr. Hollar was born March 19, 1915, in Nappanee, Ind., the son of Joseph and Sylvia (pippenger) Hollar.
     He was a member of both the Hartford and Grace United Methodist Churches. He was a World War II Army veteran who served with the 132nd Signal Co., 42nd Rainbow Division, and former served as treasurer and financial secretary for the Grace United Methodist Church, Paw Paw United Methodist Church and the Hartford United Methodist Church.
     Survivors include: a daughter, Jean Hollar of Ludington, Mich.; three sons - Russell Hollar of Allendale, Mich., Kenneth (Esther) Hollar of Holland, Mich., and Dennis (Susan) Hollar of Kalamazoo; a granddaughter, Loreen (David) Miller of Macomb, Mich.; a grandson, Matthew Hollar of Holland; a great-grandson, Brendan Miller of Macomb; three brothers - William (Helen) Hollar of New Paris, Ind., Joe (phyllis) Hollar of Goshen, Ind., and Dale (Barbara) Hollar of Estero, Fla.; two sisters - Alberta (Theodore) Cripe of New Paris, Ind., and Delores (Don) Walker of Bristol, Ind.; an aunt, Lucille Johnson of New Paris; and two uncles - Robert Hollar of Carmel, Ind., and John Pippenger of New Paris.
     He was preceded in death by his wife, Jannette (Cook) Hollar on Jan. 5, 1982, and by his parents.
 

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