Herbert G. Reckart, 89, of Bruceton Mills, died Saturday, May 2, 2020, at his home.
The son of the late Okey and Cora Haugher Reckart, he was born July 11, 1930, in Kingwood.
Herbert was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and served as a Military Police in Germany. He was a member of the Bruceton United Methodist Church and an employee of General Motors, Inland Division in Euclid, Ohio. After retirement, he moved back to his home place in West Virginia, where he especially enjoyed his family and working in his greenhouse, gardening and mowing.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Dorothy M. Wise Reckart; children, Herbert G. Reckart Jr., of Bruceton Mills, Betty L. Ingram and Michael Short, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and John H. Reckart and Donna Duncan, of Mantua, Ohio; grandchildren, James D. Ingram, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Thomas J. Jacobs, of Theresa, N.Y., and Makayla L. Jacobs, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; two brothers and their spouses, Harlan and Onilee Reckart, of Brook Park, Ohio, and Floyd and Nancy Reckart, of Rome, Ohio; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by eight brothers, Darwin Shafer and Dailey, Donal, James, William, Delbert, Otis and Playford Reckart.
The family wishes to thank the Veterans Association and Amedisys Hospice for their help in caring for Herbert.
A celebration of life with full military honors will be scheduled at the family residence at a later date to be announced.
Carl R. Spear Funeral Home in Brandonville-Bruceton Mills is assisting the family with funeral arrangements.
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