Mary Hart

Mary Kathryn (Kate) Hart passed away on March 13, 2024, at her home in Humboldt, Kansas. Kate was born on November 17, 1928, to Louis Sherman and Irene Fay (Armstrong) Montgomery. She was the youngest of two children. She grew up in Topeka, Kansas. She graduated from Topeka High School on a Saturday in 1946, and the next day married the love of her life, Wallace Hart.

Kate and Wally made their life together in Topeka before moving to several different cities because of Wally's work as a grocery store manager. They welcomed their three sons, Robert, Joseph and John, and in 1964 they moved to Humboldt. Kate worked as a reporter for a newspaper in Ottawa and doing accounting for Humboldt IGA.

Kate taught piano and knitting to local girls. She loved baseball, especially the Chicago Cubs, reading, and playing pitch. Most of all, she loved her family, as evidenced by the many photographs all around her home.

She is survived by her husband of 77 years, Wally Hart and her son John Hart, of the home; grandchildren, David & Kaylee (Rourk) Hart, Humboldt, Joshua & Sarah (Baker) Hart, Humboldt, Danielle (Hart) & Daryl Kelly, Las Vegas, NV, Richard Hart, Dana Point, CA, Kyle Hart, Chanute, KS, Jaden Hart, Iola, KS, and Lindsay Hart, Omaha, NE,; thirteen great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Robert Montgomery, and sons, Robert Hart and Joseph Hart.

A graveside service for Mary Kathryn Hart is planned for Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery, Humboldt, Kansas. Memorials may be made to Humboldt Food Pantry and may be left with Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, 1883 US Hwy 54, Iola, Kansas 66749.

Condolences may be left for the family at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.