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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you Jim Rechkemmer for finding this obituary. there’s a bit more here than the other one, so thought people would want to see it. I have pasted the text below.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Theodore R. Hart<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>February 20, 1940 - January 28, 2022<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Theodore R. “Ted” Hart, 81, of Mt. Pleasant, went to his heavenly home on Friday, January 28, 2022, in Jacksonville, North Carolina where he was visiting<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>one of his sons.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ted was born in rural Mt. Pleasant, in a log cabin on a cold and snowy winter night, on February 20, 1940, the son of Ronald and Bertha (Mills) Hart. Ted<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>was born again and unashamed about his Savior Jesus Christ. His life verse was Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>me.” <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ted lived a full life even though he lost his sight at the age of 10. Not being hindered by blindness, he achieved many things in life, retiring after<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>30 years from John Deere Tractor works as a machinist. He enjoyed many activities like working on cars, bowling, scuba diving, hunting and fishing, to<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>name a few. He was always blazing the trail for others that were blind or visually impaired. He was very active in the Federation of the Blind and held<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>the office of President of the Iowa Chapter several different times over the years. Ted was thankful to the Lord for having two sons in full-time ministry<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and two grand-daughters who serve with their families as full-time missionaries. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ted is survived by his former wife and mother of his children, Janet Wright, his four beloved boys, Larry Hart and his wife Sue Anne, of Palm Bay, Florida,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jim Hart and his wife Holly, of Jacksonville, North Carolina, Tony Hart and his wife Jenny, of Snowville, Virginia and Shawn Hart and his wife Christina,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>of Ottumwa, Iowa, 19 grandchildren and 37 great grandchildren, his brother, Gary Hart and his sisters, Janet Young, Joan Millard, Berta Pearson, Ginger<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Robertson and Cherry Hermanstorfer. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>He was preceded in death by his parents, Ronald and Bertha Hart and two brothers, Gene Hart and Ronnie Hart. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Funeral Services will be held on Friday, February 4, 2022, at 1 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Mt. Pleasant with his sons Pastor Jim Hart and Pastor<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tony Hart officiating. Burial will be in the Oakland Mills Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. on Thursday at the Murphy Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>where the family will be present from 5 to 8 p.m. that evening. The family will also receive friends at the church from noon until service time on Friday.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Memorials may be directed to the Federation of the Blind in his memory.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Scott Van Gorp, President<br>National Federation of the Blind of Iowa<br>Phone: 515-720-5282<br></span><a href="mailto:svangorp@nfbi.org">Email</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfbi.org/"><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Website</span></i></a><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <br></span></i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/National-Federation-Of-the-Blind-Of-Iowa-372681823082570/posts"><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Facebook</span></i></a><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <br></span></i><a href="https://twitter.com/nfb_iowa"><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Twitter</span></i></a><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <br>Live the life you want.<br></span></i><br>The National Federation of the Blind of Iowa is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>