Richard R. Hartman

Richard R. Hartman, 88, died peacefully on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at Wingate at East Longmeadow. He previously lived in Wilbraham for many years and was a communicant of St. Cecilia�s Church. A Veteran of WWII, Richard entered the Navy at the age of 17, was in the V-5 flying program and was later transferred to the ROTC program at Dartmouth College. He was honorably discharged in 1946 and served in the Naval Reserve until 1954. An employee of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. for many years, he was Vice President and Senior Investment Officer in the Securities and Real Estate Investments divisions until 1984 when he became associated with Advest Inc. in Hartford as Vice President in the Investment Banking Division. While at MassMutual in the early 1970�s, Mr. Hartman was instrumental in forming and raising capital for two major stock exchange listed funds: MassMutual Corporate Investors, and a real estate investment trust, MassMutual Mortgage and Realty Investors. When he retired in 1984, he was the Treasurer and Chief Operating Officer of the Trust. He was active in the REIT industry as a member of the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts from 1975 to 1981 during which time he was a member of the Executive Committee and Chairman of the Education and Membership Committees. He spoke before seminars of the American Management Association, Institutional Investors Forum in New York and various Security Analysts groups. He was listed in Who�s Who in America. After leaving Advest in 1988, he established a corporate finance consulting business to assist corporations in raising long-term capital in the institutional private placement market. Active in community affairs, he was an elected member of the Wilbraham Local and Regional School Committees from 1964 to 1968. While living in Brookfield in recent years, he was a strong supporter of programs to protect water quality of lakes in Massachusetts. He lobbied with others to promote legislation for that purpose and was a member of the Brookfield Conservation Commission and a Director of Congress of Lakes and Ponds Association as well as a Director of the Quaboag Development Corporation. Raised in Reading, PA, he graduated from Dartmouth College in 1948 from Tuck School of Business with a Master�s Degree in corporate finance. He was predeceased by his wife of 52 years, the former Rebecca M. MacKenzie of South Ryegate, VT. In 2001 he married Marian E. Keough Hartman. In addition to his wife Marian, he leaves four children from his previous marriage: Laura J. Hartman and her husband Theodore P. Leigh of Beverly, MA, Robert M. Hartman and his partner James P. Lecky of Newark, NJ, James D. Hartman and his wife Debra of Westfield, and Jean E. Whipple and her husband David of Belchertown; his brother, Dana Shingle of Mohrsville, PA, five grandchildren; Matthew, Chera, Danny, Laura and Ricky, and three great grandchildren; Owen, Adelyn and Benjamin. Calling hours will be held on Friday, March 13th from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at the Wilbraham Funeral Home, 2551 Boston Road, Wilbraham. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Cecilia�s Church on Saturday at 1:30 pm. There will also be a Memorial Service in the Presbyterian Church in South Ryegate, VT at a later date. The family extends special thanks to Dr. Darren O�Neill and Margie Mcquillan of Enfield Medical Associates, and the caring and dedicated staff at Emeritus of East Longmeadow and Excel Home Care. Memorial contributions may be made to National Wildlife Federation at www.nwf.org .