Mr. Michael F. “Mike” Hart, age 73, of Pleasant, Indiana, entered this life on December 23, 1945, in Madison, Indiana, the son of the late, Fay and Shirley (Briggs) Hart. He was raised in Switzerland County, Indiana, where he attended the Vevay High School. Mike was united in marriage on August 17, 1968, at the Caledonia United Presbyterian Church in Moorefield, Indiana. Mike was employed as a grader operator for the State Highway Department in Vevay, Indiana for over a year. He was a member of the Swiss Mixers Square Dance Club with his loving wife. He was also a member of the Fairview Saddle Club, Moorefield Community Fire Department and the Bennington Gun Club. Mike farmed most of his life in the Pleasant community. He enjoyed raising tobacco, hay and corn and milking cows. Mike will be remembered for his love of horse pulling and trap shooting. Mike passed away at 8:07 p.m., Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at the Norton Brownsboro Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky.
Mike will be deeply missed by his wife, Cathy Susan (Ackerman) Hart of Pleasant, IN; his sons, Toby Hart and his fiancé, Hannah Perry of Vevay, IN and Chad Hart and his wife, Dawn of Ocean Isle Beach, NC; his grandchildren, Lane Hart, Kelli Hart, Ryan Hart, Tristan Hart and Riley Hart; his sister, Mary Jo Combs and her husband, Allen of Columbus, IN and his several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Fay Hart, died February 1, 2000 and Shirley (Briggs) Hart, died December 16, 2012; his daughter, Peggy Sue Hart, died March 5, 1971 and his brother, Nicholas W. Hart, died April 6, 1990.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 2, 2019, by Pastor Pat Lanman, at the Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, 208 Ferry Street,Vevay, Indiana.
Interment will follow in the Vevay Cemetery, Vevay, Indiana.
Friends may call 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Friday, March 1, 2019, at the Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Moorefield Community Fire Department. Cards are available at the funeral home or online at www.haskellandmorrison.com