Robert H. Hartlage, 85, passed away on May 14, 2014 at Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington surrounded by his awesome family.
Bob was born in Milwaukee on March 10, 1929, to Henry and Florence (Schweitzer) Hartlage. He grew up in Milwaukee and graduated from Lincoln High School. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He married Gloria M, Borgias on April 11, 195,3 in Milwaukee. He owned and operated a service station in Milwaukee before moving to Burlington in 1968.
Bob and Gloria raised their five kids on Browns Lake. He worked for Packaging Corp. in Burlington until his retirement. Bob and Gloria later moved to Vermont (because it was warm and they didn’t get as much snow!). They eventually ended up in Arkansas but returned to Burlington in 2011 to be closer to family.
Bob was a fun-loving, free-spirited man who flew airplanes and drove race cars. He loved fishing and hunting and was an avid bowler, having spent the last three years bowling in leagues at Towne and Country Lanes with his sons and grandsons.
Bob is survived his loving wife of 61 years; sister Jackie (Nick) Scrima of Waukesha, sister-in-law Carole (Robert) Jeray of Colorado; children, Jeffrey (Susan), Phyllis (Marc) Wucki, Duane (Tina), Mark (Brenda) and Rochelle (James) Zelenski.
He is further survived by his grandchildren Kimberly Schoonover (Matt Carpenter), Tracy Enright (Will Pepe), Mandy (Aaron) Krueger, Bristol, Samantha (Jeffrey Willis), Reese, Jennifer Sterns, Katie, Cassandra, Christopher (Jessica), Stephanie Malom and Kaytlyn Zelenski (Michael Mack); and great grandchildren, Kaela, Austin, Delaney, Riley, Haille, Ava, and Joely.
He was preceded in death by his parents; father and mother-in-law Frank and Beatrice Borgias; brothers, Wayne and Lowell Hartlage, brother-in-law Joseph Russell, and nephews Joe Scrima and Nick Scrima Jr. and Steven Russell.
Services will be held on Sunday, May 18, 2014, at 7 p.m. at the Schuette-Daniels Funeral Home. Relatives and friends may visit with the family on Sunday, May 18 from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will take place at the Southern Wisconsin Veterans Cemetery at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to the family would be appreciated. Schuette-Daniels Funeral Home & Crematory 625 S. Browns Lake Dr., Burlington, assisted the family.
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