Ambrose T. Hartman

A World War II veteran, he was a deputy city solicitor and lawyer who successfully argued before the Supreme Court

"Oh, we used to spar sometimes, legally only, but it was never in a personal manner," she said.

At the time of his retirement, Mr. Hartman told The Sun, "I've gotten a lot of satisfaction in performing public service ... and shaping the direction of city government. But after all these years ... I'm leaving while I'm still in good health and can enjoy life."

In 1996, Mr. Hartman and his wife of 44 years, the former Doris "Darcy" Smith, moved to Keowee, S.C., where he joined the Salem Lions Club and volunteered with the organization's mobile vision screening unit.

He was also a board member of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Clemson University and a member of St. Paul the Apostle Roman Catholic Church.

Mr. Hartman was an avid reader - he enjoyed biographies, history and literature - and a fisherman.

A memorial service was held yesterday at the Goucher College chapel.

Also surviving are two other brothers, Bernard Hartman of Columbus, Ohio, and Thomas Hartman of Naples, Fla.; two sisters, Helen Webber of Perry Hall and Elizabeth "Lisa" Astudillo of Falls Church, Va.; and many nieces and nephews.