Irene Hope Hartline

Irene Hope Roush Hartline, 94, of Beach City died peacefully Thursday, October 20, 2011 in the Park Village Health Care Center.

Born on December 18, 1916 in Bethlehem Twp., Bolivar, Ohio she was a daughter of the late Earl and Beulah Keller Roush. At age five she lost her mother to the flu and lived with her father and grandmothers until the age of 13, when her father married the late Grace Yackey who would then become her loving stepmother. Irene was also preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Russell R. Hartline Sr. on March 24, 2005; sister, Hazel Lewis and brothers, Wayne and Blake Roush.

Irene was a former member of the Beach City Lutheran Church and attended Wooster Highway and Strasburg Schools and briefly worked at Garver Brothers Store. After her marriage, she assisted Russell with the Dairy and Beef farm while raising her family. She and Russell loved traveling and took trips to Europe, Hawaii and Florida. She was interested in family research and was a member of the First Families of Stark County. Irene also enjoyed sewing and crocheting and helped crochet lap robes for nursing homes and the Pittsburgh UPMC Family Houses.

She will be sadly missed by her children, Russell Jr. (Connie) Hartline of Beach City, Dwight (Diane) Hartline of Massillon, Carol (Gary) Sliffe of Beach City and Nancy (Donald) Palmer of Massillon; sister, Marian (Pete) Angelo of Strasburg; brothers, Robert Roush of New Philadelphia and Rev. Dean (Barbara) Roush of Hilliard, Ohio; nine grandchildren, four step grandchildren, many great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 11:00 am in the Toland-Herzig Funeral Home and Crematory at Dover with Pastor Lynda Masters officiating. Interment will be in the Grandview Union Cemetery at Strasburg. Following the burial a luncheon will be held in the Toland-Herzig Monarch Center. Friends can call at the funeral home on Friday from 5-8 pm and one hour prior to the service on Saturday. Those wishing to express their fondest memories of Irene may do so by visiting the on line obituaries and flowers link on the funeral homes website.

Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice.

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