Obituary: Patrick HART Contributed by (Joan) IRISHjb@aol.com Transcribed by (Sandi Loritz) ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Death of Patrick Hart. East Holland, April 20, 1897. Editors Democrat:- Another of our oldest and most worthy citizens has finished the battle of life, laid aside the armor and taken up the crown. The familiar form of Patrick Hart will be seen no more among the living. After an illness of about three months, he quietly passed away as if going to sleep, on Friday morning, April 9, 1897. Mr. Hart was born in the parish of Killasbandra, County Cavin, Ireland, March 17, 1833. He emigrated to this country in 1847, landing at Montreal, Canada, where he remained about one year, when he went to Schenerlady, New York, where he remained about six years. He then went to Zanesville, Ohio, and after one year's residence in that place went to Fond du Lac, Wis., where in the year 1860 he was married to Miss Mary Heehil and shortly after he with his wife moved to East Holland, Wis., where he has since resided. By industry and thrift he succeeded in making for himself and family a beautiful home. He was a worthy and exemplary citizen, strictly honest in all his business relations, quiet and inoffensive, universally respected by the public at large and beloved by his relatives and more intimate friends. He possessed all those sterling qualities of mind and heart which enable him to rise above the ignoble things of life and by his example, cousel and earnest endeavor to do good to his fellow men and point out the way to a higher and nobler sphere of human action. In the sacred precinets of his family circle, all the nobility of his nature asserted itself a thousand fold and here his loss is most keenly felt. How vain, how futile the attempt of tongue or pen to measure or portray the irreparable loss to his beloved family. Personally, Patrick Hart was one of the most compassionable of men; his generous heart beat in sympathy with the suffering and unfortunate and charity never appealed to him in vain. During his life he was a fervent and devout Christian, and passed away fortified by the Sacraments of the Catholic church, to support him in the "bourne from whence no traveller returns." Mr. Hart leaves to mourn his loss a wife, three sons, Dan and Barney of Vulcan, Mich., Thomas, at home, and five daughters, Mrs. Lahy, or Marinette, Wis., Annie and Nellie of Chicago and Bridget and Katie at home. The funeral took place from St. Patrick's church. East Holland, Monday.