THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, November 9, 1995 TAG: 9511090286
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: RIDGECREST, CALIF. LENGTH: Short : 27 lines
Otho Edwin Hart Jr., 72, died Nov. 7, 1995, in his home after a courageous battle with cancer.
He was a native of Norfolk and a graduate of Maury High School. He served in the Air Force during the Berlin Airlift and graduated from the University of Arizona in mechanical engineering. He worked in civil service in the development of the Shrike and Sidewinder Missile program. His specialty was rocket timing devices. He was an avid outdoorsman and an ardent church man. And he leaves many close and loving friends.
Beside his wife, Winona Hall Hart; he is survived by three daughters, Jane Jepson of San Diego, Karen Custodio of Los Angeles, and Nancy Speakman of Colorado Springs, Colo.; a son, Otho Stephen Hart of Bakersfield, Calif.; and his sister, Doris Hart Montgomery of Virginia Beach.
Burial will be in the National Cemetery, Riverside, Calif., on Nov. 10, 1995.
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