Ed Hartsinck — 1922-2015

Ed Hartsinck

Former Lake Tahoe resident Edward G. (Ed) Hartsinck died Aug. 29, 2015. He was 92.

Mr. Hartsinck was born Nov. 21, 1922, in Albany and raised in Oakland. He died at his home in Angels Camp after a short illness.

He and his wife, Sally, had retired to Incline Village in 1974. They moved to Angels Camp in 2001 to be near his daughter, Lynn.

He and his partner Ken Reilly built the only seven-story condominium on Lake Tahoe.

Mr. Hartsinck enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942, where he was stationed at the equipment depot in India getting ready in 1943 for the invasion over the “Hump” into Burma. When he returned to his home in California in 1945, he went to work for his Army buddy’s father who owned a lift truck franchise. Eventually, Hartsinck owned Lifton Inc. from 1965 until he retired in 1974 to Tahoe where he enjoyed water skiing, traveling, golf and being a song and dance man.

He is survived by his wife, Sally; daughter Lynn and son in law Bill Goff of Arnold; granddaughters Kimberlynn, Melissa, Skyla, Teela, Lacey and grandson Dutch Lawrence. He was preceded by son, Larry.

A celebration of life will be at the Country Lane Estates Social Hall in Arnold on Sept. 19 at 1pm.