Joseph J. Hart IV

To offer condolences doesn't seem enough--Joe was way too vibrant and way too young to leave this world--we went to COH together but reconnected on Facebook and messaged each other a few times over the last couple of years. This is a loss to the Delco community but more importantly to his family and friends. May God bless and keep you.

Here's a typical photo of Joe Hart. In it he's happy and he's standing next to a pop culture icon. The picture is of Joe, myself and William Shatner. The occasion was a screening of "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" at the Academy of Music in Philly. I had heckled Shatner for a good 30 minutes and Captain Kirk wasn't too happy to see me in his Photo Op line. Hart assured me I hadn't made a nitwit of myself (but he was probably fibbing) and he added another celebrity to his autograph...

My heart goes out to you Rosemary and Jeanne, as broken as it is. I don't have to tell you what a great person Joe was as the two of you know better than all. Having Joe as my best friend for the past 30 years was probably the best thing that ever happened to me. I can only hope that I was as good a friend to Joe as he was to me. They don't come any better than Joe. My heart is breaking. Love and hugs.

I met Joe through my dear friend Grayson Hall. Joe was instrumental in helping me move from England to the U.S and he made my transition to The States a happy time. We spent many fun days at that Old House he found for me and I will always be grateful for his friendship and his humor.

Roger, Carolyn and I express our deepest sympathies to Joseph's family and his very close friends. Joe was a wonderful man and a welcome guest at Collinwood on many occasions.

My sincere sympathy to Jeanne and the family. In reading this obituary, I´m hoping you can all celebrate the wonderful accomplishments of a very special friend and human being.

Joe was a warm and kind guy from his days in the musical "The Music Man" at Cardinal O´Hara High School. (1980?) Joe made time for conversation and a joke with the underclassman all the time. And he was helpful and encouraging with forensics. Later on, at my parents house in Springfield, he had rare insight into the news of the day, but always respected a difference of opinion. He was interested in others more than himself, and was generous and caring. He was a rare, wonderful man. My...

Our family will miss our Dear Cousin, Joe... He was just a wonderful person....Our Heart's are broken Gone to soon.. May he RIP... Judy, Bunny, Tina, KC, Maureen and Steven..

I offer my condolence to his family, coworkers, friends, classmates and readers. I was not a close friend of Joe but he close friends that I knew and other the years we spoke with him at event. I am old school and still read newspapers and respected Joe and his coworkers who still wrote article that we can read each day!! In his memory rekindle the reading newspapers and article Joe written. I still have book that was written over 40 years ago by my classmates at Cardinal O'Hara who worked...