Stanley Richard Hart

Stanley (Red) Richard Hart, 82 took his final drive on March 6, 2015, from the Palmer Veterans & Pioneers Home in Palmer, Alaska after a brief battle with cancer. Red was born August 30, 1932 in McAlisterville, Pennsylvania to Roy Hart and Dorothy Benner. Red graduated from Fayette High School in McAlisterville, Pennsylvania in 1950 and joined the U.S. Air Force in 1951. After basic training, he was shipped to Anchorage, Alaska where he met and married his first wife (Kit Schneider Young). He retired from the Air Force after a 20 year career. After exploring a few options he then went to work for the State of Alaska BLM for over ten years until he decided in 1984 to return to Pennsylvania. Red worked for his brother, Bob, at the Hart's Trail Diner in Duncannon, Pennsylvania and then for the Civil Service at New Cumberland Army Depot where he finally retired in 1992. Always restless, Red continued to work part-time to pass the hours. In 2007, he moved back to Anchorage to be closer to his children and grandchildren. Stanley is survived by daughter, Jan Hart-Dinneen (Michael) of Anchorage; son Todd Hart of Kona, Hawaii; son, Charlie Hart (Sonja) of Anchorage; daughter, Jennifer Hart of Vancouver, Washington; daughter, Julie Beffort (Steve) of Colorado Springs, Colorado; six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren; brother, Robert Hart (Joyce) of Lititz, Pennsylvania; one niece and two nephews in Pennsylvania; and many cousins in Pennsylvania. Red was preceded in death by his father, Roy Hart; Chas and Evelyn Graybill who helped to raise him; and his second wife, Nancy L. Edge Hart. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Mat-Su Hospice, 950 E Bogard Road, Suite 132, Wasilla, Alaska 99654 There will be a ceremony and interment of his cremated remains at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.