Richard Carleton Hart, 86, of Lake City, Fla., passed away peacefully on April 7, 2021, after an extended illness.
He was born in Berlin, N.H., on Dec. 2, 1934, to Winifred and Frank Hart Jr., and was a graduate of Berlin High School.
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