Forrest Donald Hart was born on Dec 7, 1907 to James Elmer and Rachel Belle Keever Hart. On June 28, 1928 he married Mildred Lois Meyers. He attended Skidmore High School and worked on area farms for a few years, then operated a delivery service for awhile and then, in 1939, he started working for Wiley Zook at the Zook Produce until he went into the service in 1943. After his discharge in 1944, he, Dougles Linville, and Robert Appleman operated the Lin-Man-Har Feed Store in the old Kellogg building in Skidmore. The following year, he purchased the Zook Produce and operated it about nine years, renaming it the Hart Produce, until he sold it to Kenneth and Marvin Nickels. He then worked at the Swanson Grocery Store in Savannah and he and Mildred went to Salisbury and operated an egg plant until he joined the Dept. of Agriculture as Egg Inspector in 1955. He retired in 1972.
Donald was a member of the American Legion, the Masonic Lodge and the Moila Shrine. Donald was also Mayor of Skidmore when the new wells for the water system were built south of town on the river bottom.
Source: Home of the Punkin Show, 1980.
Obituary from the Mound City News-Independent, Thursday, Dec. 10, 1981, page 7:
F. Donald Hart, 72, of Skidmore, died Friday, Dec. 4, in Methodist Medical Center, St. Joseph. He was a retired worker for the Missouri State Agriculture Department.
Born Dec. 7, 1907, at Skidmore, he was the son of James Elmer and Rachel Belle Keever. In 1928 he was married to Mildred Myers, in Atchison, Kan. He was a World War II veteran, and a member of the Skidmore United Methodist church, and A.F. & A.M. Lodge, Moila Shrine, and the Skidmore American Legion.
Survivors include his wife; two brothers, John Hart, Branson, and Francis Hart, Camdenton; and one sister, Opal Hart, Denver, Colo.
One sister, Hazel Linville and a brother, Harold Hart, preceded him in death.
Services were Monday, Dec. 7, in the Price Funeral Home, Maryville.
Burial was in the Hillcrest Cemetery, Skidmore.
Donald was a member of the American Legion, the Masonic Lodge and the Moila Shrine. Donald was also Mayor of Skidmore when the new wells for the water system were built south of town on the river bottom.
Source: Home of the Punkin Show, 1980.
Obituary from the Mound City News-Independent, Thursday, Dec. 10, 1981, page 7:
F. Donald Hart, 72, of Skidmore, died Friday, Dec. 4, in Methodist Medical Center, St. Joseph. He was a retired worker for the Missouri State Agriculture Department.
Born Dec. 7, 1907, at Skidmore, he was the son of James Elmer and Rachel Belle Keever. In 1928 he was married to Mildred Myers, in Atchison, Kan. He was a World War II veteran, and a member of the Skidmore United Methodist church, and A.F. & A.M. Lodge, Moila Shrine, and the Skidmore American Legion.
Survivors include his wife; two brothers, John Hart, Branson, and Francis Hart, Camdenton; and one sister, Opal Hart, Denver, Colo.
One sister, Hazel Linville and a brother, Harold Hart, preceded him in death.
Services were Monday, Dec. 7, in the Price Funeral Home, Maryville.
Burial was in the Hillcrest Cemetery, Skidmore.
Forrest Donald Hart was born on Dec 7, 1907 to James Elmer and Rachel Belle Keever Hart. On June 28, 1928 he married Mildred Lois Meyers. He attended Skidmore High School and worked on area farms for a few years, then operated a delivery service for awhile and then, in 1939, he started working for Wiley Zook at the Zook Produce until he went into the service in 1943. After his discharge in 1944, he, Dougles Linville, and Robert Appleman operated the Lin-Man-Har Feed Store in the old Kellogg building in Skidmore. The following year, he purchased the Zook Produce and operated it about nine years, renaming it the Hart Produce, until he sold it to Kenneth and Marvin Nickels. He then worked at the Swanson Grocery Store in Savannah and he and Mildred went to Salisbury and operated an egg plant until he joined the Dept. of Agriculture as Egg Inspector in 1955. He retired in 1972.
Donald was a member of the American Legion, the Masonic Lodge and the Moila Shrine. Donald was also Mayor of Skidmore when the new wells for the water system were built south of town on the river bottom.
Source: Home of the Punkin Show, 1980.
Obituary from the Mound City News-Independent, Thursday, Dec. 10, 1981, page 7:
F. Donald Hart, 72, of Skidmore, died Friday, Dec. 4, in Methodist Medical Center, St. Joseph. He was a retired worker for the Missouri State Agriculture Department.
Born Dec. 7, 1907, at Skidmore, he was the son of James Elmer and Rachel Belle Keever. In 1928 he was married to Mildred Myers, in Atchison, Kan. He was a World War II veteran, and a member of the Skidmore United Methodist church, and A.F. & A.M. Lodge, Moila Shrine, and the Skidmore American Legion.
Survivors include his wife; two brothers, John Hart, Branson, and Francis Hart, Camdenton; and one sister, Opal Hart, Denver, Colo.
One sister, Hazel Linville and a brother, Harold Hart, preceded him in death.
Services were Monday, Dec. 7, in the Price Funeral Home, Maryville.
Burial was in the Hillcrest Cemetery, Skidmore.
Donald was a member of the American Legion, the Masonic Lodge and the Moila Shrine. Donald was also Mayor of Skidmore when the new wells for the water system were built south of town on the river bottom.
Source: Home of the Punkin Show, 1980.
Obituary from the Mound City News-Independent, Thursday, Dec. 10, 1981, page 7:
F. Donald Hart, 72, of Skidmore, died Friday, Dec. 4, in Methodist Medical Center, St. Joseph. He was a retired worker for the Missouri State Agriculture Department.
Born Dec. 7, 1907, at Skidmore, he was the son of James Elmer and Rachel Belle Keever. In 1928 he was married to Mildred Myers, in Atchison, Kan. He was a World War II veteran, and a member of the Skidmore United Methodist church, and A.F. & A.M. Lodge, Moila Shrine, and the Skidmore American Legion.
Survivors include his wife; two brothers, John Hart, Branson, and Francis Hart, Camdenton; and one sister, Opal Hart, Denver, Colo.
One sister, Hazel Linville and a brother, Harold Hart, preceded him in death.
Services were Monday, Dec. 7, in the Price Funeral Home, Maryville.
Burial was in the Hillcrest Cemetery, Skidmore.
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