Robert L. Hart Sr., 89, died at 1:50 a.m. on Saturday, September 5, 2015 at his residence. He was born June 24, 1926 in Illinois the son of the late James Leo and Mary (Kennedy) Hart. He served in the the U.S. Navy as a boiler man during WWII and was a graduate of Purdue University School of Engineering. He was an engineer for Shell Oil in Wood River and retired as a mechanical engineer form Mallinckrodt in St. Louis. He married the former Wilma Blankenship and she preceded him in death. Surviving are one daughter, Judith Bartels of Alton and one son, Robert L. Hart Jr. of Alton, one grandson, Franz Josef Bartels Jr. of Warsaw, Poland, one brother, Charles J. Hart (Margaret) of St. Louis, one sister, Jean Ryan (Tom) of Trotwood, Ohio, one sister-in-law, Mary Hart of Dayton, Ohio and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by one brother, Albert Hart and two sisters, Patty DeBrose and Helen Walker. Memorial service will be at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at Gent Funeral Home in Alton. Burial will be private.


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