Gene D. Hauseman

Gene Davis (Fillman) Hauseman passed away on February 11, 2023, at the age of 104. She was born August 28, 1918, to Hanna (Davis) Fillman and Gerald I. Fillman in Jeffersonville, PA. She graduated from Norristown High School in 1935 and went on to study business at Ursinus College, graduating in 1939 with a B.S. degree. Her first job was as a statistician with SKF Industries in Philadelphia. In 1944 she married Newton K. Hauseman. They promptly moved to several locations around the country as Newt was stationed by the U.S. Army.

Gene was active in church and community work wherever she and Newt lived. After the war, they settled in Pottstown, PA, where she was a member of the First Baptist Church and often taught Sunday School to children and youth. She was a member of the Lower Pottsgrove Council of Republican Women and the PTA organizations of both Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School and Pottsgrove Junior/Senior High School, as her children made their ways through both. After her children were of school age, Gene went back to school to earn her teaching degree. She went on to teach American History at Pottsgrove Jr. High School.

When the family moved to Akron, Ohio, Gene switched her focus to math and began a long career teaching junior high math. She kept teaching math when they moved to Decatur, Illinois and retired there after many years in the classroom. In Decatur, she was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Decatur and served on many boards and committees.

Following their retirements in the early 1990s, she and Newt moved to the Atlanta area to be closer to family members. There, she became active in the First Methodist Church of Smyrna and the Senior Citizens Center in Cobb County. She volunteered at the Senior Center Library, helping other seniors with their annual income tax filing. She finally retired, again, at the age of 94.

Gene was preceded in death by Newt, her husband of 52 years, her parents, her sister, Miriam Clark and her brother, Gerald L. Fillman. She is survived by three children: David (Dianne) of Roswell, GA; Jon (Rebecca) of Big Canoe, GA; and Sue of Big Canoe, GA. She was also the proud grandmother of Amber Kaul, Laura Hauseman, Adam (Maggie) Hauseman, Mark Just, and Sara (Daniel) Weiss, and the great-grandmother of seven: Madison, Jackson, and Alexa Kaul; Logan and Emma Hauseman; and Helena and Clara Weiss. She is also survived by many loving nieces and nephews.

Interment will be at Highlands Memorial Cemetery in Pottstown. A memorial service will be held 1:00 p.m. at Big Canoe Chapel on Saturday, February 25, 2023.