Funeral service for former Lawton resident Edward D. Hart, 83, Albany, Illinois will be at 10:00 am Saturday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Dennis Dawson, Associate Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Lawton officiating. Mr. Hart died Friday, February 11, 2011 in Clinton, Iowa. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. He was born December 17, 1927 in Lovington, NM to Edward and Hazel (Wood) Hart. Ed was a graduate of Lovington High School and received a Physical Education Degree from the University of Colorado. He was a veteran of the US Army, and served during the Korean War. He married Kathryn Florene Rouse on November 5, 1951 at Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico. She died March 17, 1970. He was a union pipe fitter for Local #25 in Rock Island for over fifty years. Ed was a member of Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Order of the Eastern Star, the Lawton Masonic Lodge, a Rainbow Dad, and coached little league football in Lawton. He loved to travel and was able to visit every state in the union but Hawaii and Alaska. His greatest passion was his two daughters and his grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was a square dancer and a card player and he will be remembered for his smile and love of life. He is survived by two daughters, Brenda Hart and husband Terry Post of Beetown, WI, Linda Hart and husband Steve Stalf of Rock Island, IL, four grandchildren, Trinity (Dawn) Hansen, Jayson (Amanda) Kinkaid, Eddie Luckritz and Talia Voss, seven great grandchildren, Curtis and Kiersten Kinkaid, Alexis, Calista and Brett Voss, and Caleb and Chloe Luckritz. He is also survived by a sister Billy Jo Withers of Anchorage, AK. He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife.