Ardith Laurene Hart, age 89 of Hastings, passed away November 8, 2017 at Thornapple Manor in Hastings.
Ardith was born on November 9, 1927 in South Sioux City, Nebraska, the daughter of Lloyd and Margaret (Haubrick) Shook. She graduated from East High School in Sioux City, Iowa.
Ardith worked for the E.W. Bliss in the late 1940's and at the Barry County Clerk's Office from 1965 to 1986, when she retired. Ardith married the love of her life, Richard Hart on July 3, 1948. She was a member of the St. Rose of Lima Church and the Catholic Daughters. Ardith enjoyed gardening, flowers, needlepoint and sewing, canning, traveling with Dick and dancing.
Ardith was preceded in death by her parents, Lloyd and Margaret Shook, brothers, Harold and Don Shook, sister, Ann Booher and daughter Susan Cole.
She is survived by her loving husband of 69 years, Richard Hart, son, Doug (Liz) Hart, daughters, Leslie (Bob) Guernsey, Linda (Russ) DeVries, grandchildren: Catherine (Jay Jansma) Hart, Anne-Marie Hart, Michael (Becca) Hart, Corin (Andy) Swartz, Roxanne (Tim) Spence, Becky Jo (Justin) Pace, Erin (Chad Nixon) Marsh, Michelle (Chris) Olmsted, Heather (Chuck Jesiek) Watson, Chad (Georgiann) Watson, Andrew Cole, 20 great-grandchildren, sister, Audrey Burdick, son-in-law, Robert Cole and another special son, Agustin Canales Lopez de Mungia, exchange student from Mexico.
Visitation will be held on Sunday, November 12, 2017 from 6-8 pm at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. A Funeral Mass will be held on Monday, November 13, 2017 at 11:00 am at the St. Rose of Lima Church, 805 S. Jefferson St., Hastings, MI 49058. Fr. Stephan Philip, celebrant. Interment will take place at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
Memorial Contributions may be made to St. Rose of Lima Church, 805 S. Jefferson, Hastings, MI 49058.