39-year-old Micheal James Hart of Dahlgren, died at 4:13 a.m. Wednesday, March 13 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He was a fork lift driver and employed by Nascote in Nashville, Illinois. He loved working on the Dahlgren Volunteer Fire Department, loved blacksmithing, yard work, hanging out with friends, going to concerts and shooting guns.
Micheal was born in Harrisburg on June 21, 1979 to Ricky Eugene Hart and Lisa Darlene (Brown) Hart. He married Jamie Lynn (Clevenger), and she survives.
Survivors include his wife Jamie of Dahlgren; his parents: Rick and Lisa Hart of McLeansboro; a daughter: Jalynn Grace Hart; a brother: Matt Hart of McLeansboro; a sister-in-law: Jody Gray and husband B.J. of McLeansboro; mother and father-in-law: Russell and Vicki Clevenger; two nephews: Aaron Hart of McLeansboro and Hunter Gray of McLeansboro; grandmothers: Flo Ann Hart of McLeansboro and Sue Brown of McLeansboro; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins also survive. He was preceded in death by grandfathers Kenneth Hart and Cecil Brown and cousin Zach Hart.
Funeral services for Micheal James Hart will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 17 at the Harre Funeral Home in Dahlgren, with Reverend Robert Sefried officiating. Burial will be at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Dahlgren. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 16 at the Harre Funeral Home in Dahlgren.
Memorials can be made to the Dahlgren Volunteer Fire Department and will be accepted at the Harre Funeral Home in McLeansboro. The Harre Funeral Home is in charge of all the arrangements.