Edgar E Hartung

It is with profound sadness, yet profound gratitude for a life well-lived, that we announce the passing of Edgar (Ed) Eugene Hartung, who departed this world at his home in Aurora, Ohio, surrounded by family, on April 1, 2025, at the remarkable age of 95 years and 5 months. Edgar was born on October 9, 1929, in Lansford, PA.

He is predeceased by his wife, Elinor Susanne “Susie” Hartung, his sister Elizabeth“Betty” Auld, and his cherished granddaughter, Josephine Elle Rispoli. Ed is survived by his two devoted daughters, Laura Hartung and Heidi Hartung Rispoli, two granddaughters, Stasia and Violet, and two nieces, Christina Kadri and Karen Weaver,and one nephew, Stephen Auld.

Ed was a dedicated husband to Susie, his loving wife of 55 years, and a devoted father to Laura and Heidi. Big Ed loved Little Susie with all his heart, as was apparent by the love poems, cards, and creative tokens he made for her over the years. He provided Cadillac care for Little Susie during the most difficult years of her Alzheimer's diagnosis."Everyone needs an Ed!” their Aunt Caroline would say. He was a loyal husband and fierce father, always guiding his daughters when to change their car oil, rotate their vehicle tires, or watch out for those boys!

He attended both Temple and John Carroll Universities, earning his Masters in Education. Edgar worked as a history teacher for 25 years, in Shaker Heights, Ohio, retiring at the age of 55, in 1984.

Ed touched the lives of countless people, making friends with everyone he met, from the grocery store clerks to bank tellers, doctors to fellow church goers, his daughters’ friends to his neighbors, who would often say “we love your father!”

Ed said “When I die all you need to say is”, “he lived, he died, he loved his family!”

A church service will be on Saturday, June 21, 2025 at Hope Lutheran Church in Aurora, Ohio from 11:00am - 11:45 am Edgar’s "Celebration of Life" will be held on Sunday, June 22, 2025 at the Aurora Inn in Aurora, Ohio from 12-3:30pm. Please stop by!

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Josephine’s Garden for childhood cancer research in memory of his granddaughter, Josephine, the Alzheimer’s Society in honor of Susie, his wife, or Rescue Village in Chagrin Falls where he rescued his beautiful little dog, Daisy.

Donation links to cut and paste:

Josephine’s Garden https://www.josephinesgarden.org/donate.html

Alzheimer’s Association https://www.alz.org/

Rescue Village https://www.rescuevillage.org/

ARRANGEMENTS BY FIORITTO FUNERAL SERVICE OF NORTHEAST OHIO www.FiorittoFS.com