Steven Craig Hart

Steven Craig Hart of Emporia died on Friday, May 29, 2020 at his son’s house in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.  He was 60.

Steve was born on December 10, 1959 in Lyons, Kansas the son of Harry Walter and Marylin Mabel Robb Hart.  He married Diana Sue Presley on August 22, 1987 at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Emporia.  She survives.

Surviving family members include: wife, Diana Sue Hart of Emporia; sons, Jason Craig (Jennifer) Hart of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Joshua Alan Hart and Jeremy Edward Hart both of Emporia; grandchildren, David Matthew Hart, Harry Walter Hart II, James Nathaniel Hart, Madelyn Marylin Hart, and Evangeline “Evie” Hart all of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas; brother, Bruce Edward (Sherri) Hart of Harve, Montana; sister, Patricia “Trish” Kathleen Hart of Wichita, Kansas.

He is preceded in death by his parents, and brother Roger Alan Hart.

Steve was a funeral director and embalmer at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home since 1983.  He was a member of the Emporia Presbyterian Church and formerly a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Member and Past Master of the Emporia Masonic Lodge #12 A.F & A.M., Member and Past Commander of Emporia York Rite Bodies, former member of Miriam Chapter #14 Order of the Eastern Star, member of Kansas Funeral Directors Association and National Funeral Directors Association.

Cremation is planned with a memorial service at a later date.  Memorial contributions to the Emporia Arts Council or Emporia Friends of the Zoo in care of the funeral home.