From the Butler Speedway website:
Darla Hart passes
Posted: Friday, November 06, 2015
The staff and management of Butler Speedway would like to offer our condolences to the Hart family, after hearing of the passing of Darla. The Hart family has been a long time fixture of the speedway and it will not be the same without Darla's smile and fun personality.
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She was the wife of Gerry Hart and mother of Chad, both long time racers out at Butler and elsewhere up the Michigan way. Condolences to all.
OBITUARY: Darla D. Hart
Saturday, November 07, 2015 8:21 a.m. by Ken Delaney
Darla D. Hart, 67 of Coldwater passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at the University of Michigan Hospital while surrounded by family.
A funeral service will take place at 3:00 PM on Saturday, November 14, 2015 at Dutcher Funeral Home with Pastor Dave Anderson officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be prior to the funeral beginning at 12:00 Noon.
Darla was born July 6, 1948 to Douglas and Beulah Belle (Butcher) Mott in Coldwater. After graduation from Coldwater High School, she continued taking some college courses. On January 20, 1968 she married the love of her life Gerald “Gerry” Hart in Coldwater. Darla worked at Federal Mogul before becoming a secretary, working with Jay’s, Odren’s, and D & M Auto Repair before retiring.
Darla was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She always put her family first, especially her grandchildren. Darla’s true passion in life was sprint car racing, where she was a team owner of Hartbreaker Motorsports. Early in Gerry’s racing career, they traveled to many different tracks throughout the Midwest. For the past several years, Darla enjoyed watching her husband and her son race at Butler Motor Speedway. Darla was affectionately known as the “Race Mom”. She also enjoyed scrapbooking and going to high school football games. Darla will be remembered as a loving, caring, and amazing woman who always had a big smile.
Mrs. Hart is survived by her husband of 47 years, Gerry Hart of Coldwater; her children Todd (Jessica) Hart of Auburn, IN, Micki Rankin of Coldwater, and Chad (Trink) Hart of Coldwater; her grandchildren Tylar and Carly Rankin, Tabby and Dakota Sommers, Destiny Darlene, Michael, and Shawn Hart, Keller, Skylar, Chandler, and Alic Haas; her sister-in-law & friend Helen Hart and many other good friends. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Memorials may be directed to the Branch County Humane Society.
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