Hartland Statues President Fay Halliwell Has Passed Away

We have learned that Fay Halliwell, Owner and President of Hartland of Ohio LLC, has passed away.

We do not know the cause of her passing, but have learned through a third party that it occurred in Europe in late 2021. An obituary is not available online.

Hartland Statues, first introduced in the 1950s, are best known for their line of baseball player statues, which included Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, and Mickey Mantle. They released a popular line of TV and movie western stars, including Roy Rogers, The Lone Ranger, and Wyatt Earp. They also made football player and religious statues during their heyday of the 1960s. In the decades since, ownership changed hands several times, with several unsuccessful attempts to continue the line.

Halliwell acquired Hartland, then known as Hartland Collectibles in Shreveport, Louisiana, and formed Hartland of Ohio, LLC in 2006. The company produced statues in the Hartland style, as well as more stylized and detailed sports statues and bobbleheads. The web page for Hartland of Ohio is no longer online. The LinkedIn page for the company included this description in their “About” section.

Hartland of Ohio has produced many other quality figurines in the past six years including our Series of Firsts, our Classics, hollow plastic figures (Jim Thorpe), various commissioned bobble heads, awards for tournaments, promotional items for some minor (Lake Erie Captains) and major (Cleveland Indians) leagues, all bobble heads for the Hogettes “Cheer Leaders” for the Washington Redskins, corporate pieces and President Obama to name a few.

Hartland of Ohio recognized the value of the Negro League Baseball Players and has produced limited edition autographed quality statues of many players who reached the major leagues, (Nathan Sonny Weston, Minnie Forbes and the late B Bop Gordon) to name a few.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/hartland-of-ohio-llc/

Our condolences to Fay’s family and friends, and our thanks to her for keeping the Hartland legacy alive.