Neal L. Hart

Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 11, at the Runge Mortuary, with visitation beginning at 9:00 a.m. He will be laid to rest in Davenport Memorial Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in his honor to the New Kingdom Trailriders.

Neal was born on October 17, 1933 in Pleasant Township, IA, the son of Jasper and Mollie (Shadden) Hart. On August 24, 1957 he was united in marriage to Darlene Reins in Davenport, IA. He was employed as a millwright at Alcoa for 31 years. Neal proudly served as Fourth Class Corporal in the U.S. Army. He was a member of the Moose and also the American Legion.

Neal was a loving, caring, honorable, selfless man. He was known to fiddle around the house. He loved going to garage sales, chatting with neighbors over the fence, and playing with his grandchildren. He loved his family dearly.

Those left to cherish his memory include his loving wife of 67 years, Darlene Hart; children, Jim (Cathy) Hart, Kenneth Hart, William (Robin) Hart, and Steven (Rita) Hart; grandchildren, Christopher (Bryan) Hart, Eric Hart, Christopher (Katie) Davis, Summer Hart, Stephanie Hart, and Courtney Hart; great grandchildren, Gabriel Hart, Logan Abernathy, Lily Hardin, Savannah Hardin, and Hudson Davis; along with many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his beloved granddaughter, Jennifer Hart Abernathy; parents, Jasper and Mollie; and siblings, Junior Hart, Marie Corvaia, Rex Hart, Bea Ferguson, Johnny Hart, Herbert Hart, Helen Hart, and Delbert Hart.

The family would like to give a special thank you to St. Croix Hospice for their care and support.