Jean Rich Hart

Jean Rich Hart, age 93, died at Legacy House in Bountiful, Utah on February 11, 2016 of causes incident to age.  She was born August 11, 1922 in Paris, Idaho, a daughter of Clarence Matthews Rich and Theresa Johnson Rich.  She married Heber Jesse Hart on    September 1, 1943 in Pocatello, Idaho, and was sealed in the Logan, Utah LDS Temple on March 25, 1946.

Jean attended Ricks College and BYU.  She taught elementary school while her husband served as a Marine officer in the South Pacific during WW II.  She has resided in Bountiful, Utah since 1949.

She served in several leadership capacities in the LDS church auxiliary organizations.  She was a ward and stake president of the Relief Society, served in ward and stake Primary, stake Young Women, and as a member of the Young Women General Board.  She and her husband served an LDS mission to the Winter Quarters Visitor Center, Omaha, Nebraska.

She found joy in raising her six children and had a pleasant and warm nature that drew many to enjoy her friendship.  Jean was admired and loved by all who knew her, and was known for her dignity, strength, and fine spiritual character.

She was preceded in death by her husband Heber, her son Gregory and daughter Ann.  She is survived by daughters Catherine (Reed) Walsh and Judith (Tom) Irving, by sons Ned (Charmaine) Hart and Scott (Tammy) Hart, 15 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren.

A viewing will be held on Friday, February 19, 2016 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary, 295 North Main.  Interment will be at the Paris, Idaho Cemetery.