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The United Farm Workers issued the following news release:
Great social movements often demand great personal sacrifices, too often by people who go largely unheralded. It was with genuine sadness that the farm worker movement learned of the passing of one such unsung hero. Jane "Pudge" Hartmire passed away on her birthday, Nov. 2, at age 85. United Farm Workers President Arturo S. Rodriguez and Cesar Chavez Foundation President Paul F. Chavez joined in paying tribute to her.
Pudge Hartmire's 62 years of marriage to Rev. Chris Hartmire is also the story of a remarkable partnership that saw the couple playing an important part in the emergence and growth of the UFW. The pair was in at the birth of the union since the early 1960s when Chris Hartmire led the California Migrant Ministry, which soon organized vital support for farm worker strikes and boycotts.
Pudge Hartmire shared much in common with Helen Chavez, Cesar's wife, beyond their shared devotion to the cause their husbands championed. Both of their husbands were gone more and more beginning in the mid-'60s as...