Adele Marie Hart

Adele Marie Hart, 89, mother of Suzanne Marie De La Riva and Michael Anthony Hart passed away on September 20, 2014 at St. Jude Hospital in Fullerton, California. She was just 3 months away from her 90th birthday when she went home to be with the Lord. Adele was born in Cleveland, Ohio on December 19, 1924. Her parents were Raymond and Adele Smith. She was one of three children. She had two brothers, Dave and Larry, that both served our country in the military during WWII. After the war, she came out west with her brother Dave and her mother in the 1950s. In 1958 she met Fred Hart Jr. in Tucson, Arizona. They were married on May 16, 1958 in Carson City, Nevada. Suzanne was born in 1959 and Michael was born in 1960. Adele worked at the US Treasury Department for 35 years until she retired in 1992. She did all she could to support and provide for her children as a single mother. Adele was a woman of faith and prayer. She was a constant source of inspiration and a devout Catholic. Many family members turned to her for prayer. She had five grandchildren (Michelle, Monique, Ray, Mike, and Jessica) and six great grandchildren (Andrew, Evan, Ryan, Christian, Ray, and Isaac). Funeral services were held at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Chino Hills, California on October 4, 2014. She was laid to rest at Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Orange, California.

A Special Mother

Once in a while, we meet someone

who makes us feel so good, who

seems to understand us in a way

few people could Someone who’s

truly glad for us when things are

going well, who’s always there to

listen when we’ve something new

to tell Once in a while, we find

someone on whom we can depend

I know, because I found in you a really

wonderful Mother and friend.