Nancy Lynn Hartmann

Nancy Lynn Hartmann (nee McCormick), 65, passed away peacefully on Saturday November 8, 2025 at Harbour Manor in Noblesville, Indiana. Born on April 30, 1960 in Woodstock, Illinois to William E. McCormick and Barbara L. McCormick (nee Cutforth). She lived in Crystal Lake, Illinois for 22 years, moved to Indianapolis where she resided for 30 years, before she moved to Fishers, Indiana for her remaining years.

After graduating in 1978 from Crystal Lake Central High School in Illinois as Salutatorian, Nancy went to the University of Illinois,Champaign Urbana. She studied Advertising in the College of Media and graduated as an U of I Bronze Tablet Scholar (Top 3% of Class.)

Nancy married her best friend James Hartmann (Jim) on June 5, 1982 in Crystal Lake, Illinois and moved to Indianapolis for Jim’s job.

She started her career with advertising company The Perkins Group in Indianapolis as a media buyer for 4 years before leaving to start her family. From then on, Nancy worked part time and volunteered at various organizations:

- Indianapolis Downtown Inc arranging school music groups to perform at Circle Center Mall during the holidays.

- The Flower Barn (Lebanon) creating dried flower arrangements.

- Irvington United Methodist Church Preschool teaching in the nursery school, volunteering on the Administrative Council and as Puppet Ministry Leader.

- Faith Presbyterian Church helping as temporary Administrative Assistant and volunteering as Elder for Missions, Head of Pastor Search Team, and Coordinator of the 50th Anniversary of the church in 2010.

- Orchard Park Presbyterian Church working as an Administrative Assistant.

- Vice-President for Congo Helping Hands, a mission for improving life in the village of Bulape in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nancy took two 3-week mission trips to DRC and spent her time working with women farming family sustenance farms to improve agriculture and improve health through the planting of Moringa trees. Called Mama Nancy in DRC, she established a library and community center in Bulape. Nancy found joy helping the people of Bulape.

Nancy was a Creative – painting, drawing, crafting, sewing, jewelry-making, and stained-glass artistry and sold her items at various craft fairs around Indianapolis over the years. She wrote and published “The Eyes of Horace Hollow” in 2024. It is available on Amazon.

She also loved antiques, especially primitives. She had a booth at Noblesville Antiques on the Square and another at Second Stories Antiques in McCordsville, and she went to many auctions to source them for resale.

Spending time with her children gave Nancy the most joy. Nancy loved to travel and loved planning vacations for her immediate and extended family. There are too many places to list where she and her family visited. The highlight of all the vacations was Europe in 2000 culminating in seeing the Sistine Chapel in Rome and Pompei.

Nancy is survived by husband Jim, son Benjamin Hartmann of Fishers, daughter Dana Dickey (Spencer) of McCordsville, and her miniature goldendoodle Riley. She is also survived by brother Brent McCormick (Linda) of Livonia, MI and sister Karen Treadwell (nee McCormick) of Fishers. She was preceded in death by her parents.

Nancy was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome around 1990, and then she was diagnosed with end-stage Non-Alcohol Fatty Liver Disease in 2021. PCOS and NAFLD were found to be correlated in recent years, but her liver was never checked by doctors during those 31 intervening years. Nancy’s family pleads with PCOS women to advocate for themselves with their doctors to get a liver scan.

In lieu of flowers, the family of Nancy Hartmann requests donations be made to the Indiana University School of Medicine to support PCOS/NAFLD research in the Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology. Please make memorial gifts payable to “IU Foundation – Liver Research Fund” and mail to Indiana University School of Medicine, c/o IU Foundation, P.O. Box 7072, Indianapolis, IN 46207. Please indicate “In memory of Nancy Hartmann” on your gift. To give online, please do so here:

Liver Research Fund

Nancy’s family thanks IU University Health Hospital, Harbour Manor in Noblesville, and Luminary Hospice of Carmel for compassionate care. A Celebration of Life will be held in March 2026. This document will be updated with final arrangements.