Donald J. Hart

DONALD J. HART – in Woburn, April 23rd. Beloved husband of Ann M. Farrey-Hart. Devoted father of Donald J. Hart, Jr. of Winchester, NH, Harry C. Hart of Holden, Carol A. Quillen and her husband Larry of Rice Lake, WI, Mary E. Tuttle and her husband Robert of Holden, Dory Huard and her husband Richard of Paxton, and David J. Hart and his wife Andrea of Sterling. Dear brother of Hugh Hart and his wife Joan of Modesto, CA, and the late Charles, Frank, and John Hart. Also survived by 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Funeral from the Lynch-Cantillon Funeral Home, 263 Main Street, Woburn, on Friday, April 26th at 9 a.m. Funeral Mass in St. Eulalia Church, 50 Ridge Street, Winchester, at 10. Calling hours are Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. Interment in Calvary Cemetery, Woburn. Donations may be made in Donald’s memory to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 220 North Main Street, Suite 104, Natick, MA, 01760.

OBITUARY:

Donald J. Hart of Woburn, formerly of Holden, passed away at the Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Burlington early Tuesday, April 23rd, at the age of eighty-five. He was the beloved husband of Ann Farrey-Hart for the past twenty-five years.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Charles and Elizabeth (Scullin) Hart. He joined the Navy in the final months of World War II, and was stationed in Guantanamo Bay.

Upon his retirement as a manager for NECA, the National Electrical Contractors Association, he was very active as a lobbyist and a director for various associations. Over the years he received awards from the governor, including the Silver Dove Award, for his dedicated volunteer services for the elderly. He was a long time member and lector of St. Mary’s Church in Jefferson while he was living in Holden, Massachusetts, and in more recent years was a communicant of St. Eulalia’s Parish in Winchester. Don was an avid golfer and loved to travel. He had many happy memories of times spent together with his family in Moultonborough, New Hampshire.

Preceding him in death were three brothers, Charles, Frank, and John Hart.

Surviving, along with his beloved wife Ann, are six children: Donald J. Hart, Jr. of Winchester, New Hampshire, Harry C. Hart of Holden, Carol A. Quillen and her husband Larry of Rice Lake, Wisconsin, Mary E. Tuttle and her husband Robert of Holden, Dory Huard and her husband Richard of Paxton, and David J. Hart and his wife Andrea of Sterling. He was the dear brother of Hugh Hart and his wife Joan of Modesto, California, and is further survived by 13 loving grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be held from the Lynch-Cantillon Funeral Home, 263 Main Street, Woburn, on Friday, April 26th at 9 a.m., followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Eulalia Church, 50 Ridge Street, Winchester, at 10. Interment will take place in Calvary Cemetery, Woburn.

Relatives and friends are invited to call at the funeral home on Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m.

Donations may be made in Donald’s memory to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 220 North Main Street, Suite 104, Natick, MA, 01760.