Paul Richard Hart Jr.

Paul Richard Hart Jr

He was one of a kind; you knew you’d never meet another like him. It was Paul’s easy-going ways that drew you in. He spent his life making friends and he kept them for a lifetime; and everyone had a nickname. His loud laughter followed by a boisterous clap would bring a smile to everyone’s face.

Quiet times found him in his garden: cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes. And he cooked a great steak and crabs that he’d wash down with a cold Miller Lite. He chopped all the wood in his backyard for his winter warmth. He played a little pool and cheered for the Eagles. Paul was raised in Moorestown and spent his later years in Boothwyn, PA. He worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Courier Post before becoming a Longshoreman for the Crowley Maritime Corporation at Petty’s Island, Pennsauken, NJ.  Dock work was his calling; brutal hours under the toughest of conditions but he loved every second of it.

Paul is survived by his two sons: Matthew (Meghan) Hart and Michael Hart; his significant other, Renee Burkholder; his mother Patricia Bryan; siblings: Debbie Hart (Tom) Fougeray, Lew (Colleen) Hart, Barbara Hart (Ken) Lessig and Jimmy (Terry) Bryan. He was predeceased by his father Paul R Hart Sr. and his step-father, James L Bryan Jr. He will be missed by many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Come celebrate 64 great years, Saturday Oct. 1, 10:00 to11:30 a.m. at Sweeney Funeral Home, Beverly NJ, where there will be an 11:30 am service. Interment Monument Cemetery, Beverly NJ. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made American Heart Association: www.heart.org