Masonic Funeral services for Dr. Walter Ralph Hart, a dentist in St. Louis, Missouri for 40 years, will be at 8 p.m. today at Math Hermann & Sons undertaking establishment, 10212 Halls Ferry Road. Burial in St. Johns Cemetery, Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri.

Dr. Hart, 85 years old, died Tuesday August 13, 1974 at Deaconess Hospital. He had lived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida since his retirement in 1959. He was in St. Louis visiting friends when he died.

Dr.Hart lived in Olney with his parents until 1910 while attending dental school in St. Louis.

He was a life member of St. Louis Dental Society, Missouri State and American Dental Associations, Lodge No. 330 A.F.& A.M., member of Scottish Rite and Moolah Temple Shrine. He served with American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I.

Dr. Hart was the beloved husband of the late Mabel W. (nee Oberbeck); brother-in-law; uncle and dear friend.

Surviving are nieces and nephews in Florida.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) – Thursday August 15, 1974