Bertha (Hartzel) Redman

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Biography

Bertha T. Hartzel was born 12 Jul 1900 in the state of Pennsylvania. Her parents were John and Mamie Hartzell.

She was married to Travis Redman Jr. (1894 - 1975) from Illinois. Together they had one son mentioned below; and four other children, all daughters... and four grandchildren.

Bertha Redman, is a "Gold Star Mother" who turned her own sorrow into an opportunity to serve. Redman’s only son, Coast Guard SN2 Travis B. Redman, was killed in a plane crash off the coast of Florida on 29 September 1940.

Determined to carry on her son’s legacy, Bertha enlisted in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in December 1943. “I want to carry on as Travis would have done,” she said after enlisting. “I’ll do the best I can. Redman served until June 1945^[1].

Bertha (Hartzel) Redman passed away on 23 May 1982 at the age of 81. She is buried at Bay Pines National Cemetery in Pinellas County, FL.

Sources

1. ↑ The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Flordia), Thursday, 09 Dec 1943, page 6

• "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906"

Database with images, FamilySearch: (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBYW-RRQ : 25 September 2019), Bertha Hartzell, 12 Jul 1900; citing Birth, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, City of Philadelphia, Department of Records, Pennsylvania.

• "United States Census, 1930,"

Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SBHN-PW2 : accessed 11 February 2020), Travis Redman Jr., St Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 32A, line 6, family 640, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 329; FHL microfilm 2,340,064.

Listed below is "Name, Household Role, Sex, Age, and Birthplace":

Travis Redman Jr., Head, Male, 35, Illinois

Bertha T Redman, Wife, Female, 29, Pennsylvania

Mary E Redman, Daughter, Female, 10, Illinois

Travis Redman 3rd, Son, Male, 7, Illinois

M Joan Redman, Daughter, Female, 6, Illinois

T Jean Redman, Daughter, Female, 4, Illinois

Dorothy E Redman, Daughter, Female, 1, Florida

• U.S., Find A Grave Index 1600s-Current:

NAME Bertha (Hartzel) Redman BIRTH 12 Jul 1900 USA DEATH 23 May 1982 (aged 81) Dade City, Pasco County, Florida, USA BURIAL Bay Pines National Cemetery Bay Pines, Pinellas County, Florida, USA PLOT SECTION 40 ROW 4 SITE 17 MEMORIAL ID 15031453 · View Source https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15031453/bertha-redman