Hartman

Maxine (Brown) Hartman was born March 9, 1936, in her family home near Delhi, Oklahoma, to William Robert and Edna Mae (Wolfe) Brown and passed from this life March 4, 2023, at the age of 86 years, 11 months, 24 days, in Rowlett, Texas. She was the third of four children.

She graduated from Delhi HIgh School then attended Panhandle State University until she married Roy L. Hartman of Sayre, Oklahoma, on July 29, 1956. They immediately moved to Hereford, Texas, where Roy began a career in education. Maxine later graduated from West Texas State University and then from Oklahoma State University. Maxine and Roy were married for 52 years before his passing in 2009.

Maxine was a teacher, librarian, diagnostician, school psychologist and counselor during an education career that spanned more than 30 years in Texas and Kansas. After retirement you could find her playing golf or cards with her sister, Mary Alice, and brother, Bob, or visiting, volunteering and going places with friends from the Falconhead community near Burneyville, Oklahoma. Maxine was a member of the Church of Christ since 1960 and while living in Falconhead, she attended the Falconhead Christian Fellowship Chapel.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law Angela & Dennis Glascock (Weatherford, OK), Genell & Brad McClendon (Rowlett, TX), grandchildren Daniel Glascock (Lawrence, KS), Kathleen & Ryan O’Connor (Plano, TX) and Nick & Lissa McClendon (Arlington, TX) along with brother Larry & Janice Brown (Woodward, OK), brother- in-law James Sanders (Burneyville, OK) and sisters-in-law Mary Brown (Oklahoma City, OK) and Glenna Hartman (Sayre, OK). She is also survived by special friend Dan Bell (Burneyville, OK) and many loving nieces and nephews.

Maxine was preceded in death by her parents and husband along with her sister Mary Alice Sanders and brother Bob Brown and his wife Kay.

The family expresses gratitude to the workers at the Iris Memory Care of Rowlett and Anchor of Hope Hospice for their wonderful care of Maxine during her final days.

A memorial service was held on Monday, March 13, 2023, at 10:00 AM at the United Methodist Church in Sayre, Oklahoma with a burial following in the Lone Oak Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Alzheimer’s Association or to a charity of choice in Maxine’s memory.