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Long time Newton resident Anne Detarando Hartman passed away suddenly on August 8, 2020 at the age of 84. Anne waged a courageous battle with Parkinsons disease for many years. Although the disease robbed her of the ability to play piano, it didn’t deter her from continuing to enjoy her passion for the arts and music.

Anne was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years – Dr. Allan S. Hartman and her father (Anthony Detarando) and mother (Concetta Detarando). Mother to Laurie Hartman (Vitali) and Stephan Hartman (Victoria), Grammy to Giulia Vitali, sister to Jane Detarando Armes and Tony Detarando, and aunt and great aunt to many nieces and nephews and a loyal friend to many. Anne was a long-time member of the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton where she was active in many of the church’s committees and groups.

Born in 1936, Anne grew up in Southbridge, Massachusetts and graduated from Mary Wells High School. Anne received her BA in music from Connecticut college in 1957; a talent pianist - she won the school’s prestigious composition award in her senior year. Anne went on to receive her Masters in Music at Harvard college. Anne was a private piano teacher in Newton for many years and was a 27 year member of the New England Piano Teacher’s Association.

Anne met her husband Allan during their time at Harvard and through there 57 years of marriage – they shared a passion for opera, plays and musical theatre and traveled extensively throughout the and Europe. Anne shared her love for music and the arts with her children – helping them audition for plays and musicals (and accompanying them on piano when they sang in shows), bringing them to countless operas, musicals and plays, along with supporting them in their many school endeavors. Anne also had a love for jewelry making – and shared with her daughter a love for scoping out estate and garage sales.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Anne’s memory to the Michael J. Fox Parkinsons Foundation .