Richard Keith Hart

Richard "Dick" Keith Hart, age 91, of Hastings, died on April 7, 2019, in Hastings Township, Michigan. He was born in Hastings, Michigan on March 6, 1928, the son of Russell Wellington and Lynn Ora (Lawton) Hart. He graduated from Delton High School. He married Ardith Laurene Shook on July 3, 1948. He was a foreman at E.W. Bliss Company and retired in 1988 after 41 years and then worked as a consultant where he traveled all over the United States and Mexico. He was a member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church where he served on several committees and was a lifelong member of the Knights of Columbus. He loved traveling and the outdoors where he would hunt, fish, icefish, and hunt for mushrooms. He was Scout Master in the Boy Scouts. He enjoyed bowling, golf, singing, and listening to County Western music. He could talk to anyone and was known and liked by many in town.

Dick was preceded in death by wife, of 69 years, Ardith, daughter Susan Cole, parents, brothers Russell Hart, Jr. and Roxie Hart, and sister Joy Lewis.

He is survived by son, Doug (Liz) Hart, daughters, Leslie (Bob) Guernsey, Linda (Russ) DeVries, grandchildren Catherine (Jay) Hart-Jasma, Anne-Marie (Jamie May) Hart, Michael (Becca) Hart, Corin (Andy) Swartz, Roxanne (Tim) Spence, Becky Jo (Justin) Pace, Erin Marsh, Michelle (Chris) Olmsted, Heather Watson, Chad (Georgiann) Watson, Andrew Cole, 20 great-grandchildren, sisters-in-law Maxine Hart, Audrey Burdick, Melva Shook, and Joyce Shook, son-in-law Robert Cole and another special son, Agustin Canales Lopez de Mungia, exchange student from Mexico.

Visitation Thursday, April 11, 2019 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Girrbach Funeral Home 328 South Broadway, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Funeral Mass 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 12, 2019 at the St. Rose of Lima Church, 805 S. Jefferson St., Hastings, MI 49058. Fr. Stephan Philip, celebrant. Interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Hastings Michigan.

Memorial Contributions may be made to St. Rose of Lima Church, 805 S. Jefferson, Hastings, MI 49058. To leave online condolences visit www.girrbachfuneralhome.net .