- Saint Cloud Daily Times, Sept. 10, 1968, P. 6:1. Edward P. Hart, 74, 1726 First St. S., a retired conductor for the Great Northern Railroad Co., died Monday. He was born in Villard MN and moved to Melrose in 1910. He married Rose Pung in Melrose in 1918. He is survived by his widow; two brothers, Marvin, St. Paul and John, Minneapolis; and a sister, Mrs. Mary Wing, Chula Vista CA. He was preceded in death by a son Laverne in 1944 in July during World War I, his parents and a sister. He was employed by the Great Northern Railroad Co. for 50 years, retiring April 1960. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Railroad Veteran's Assn., Fraternal Order of Eagles and Senior Citizens. Funeral service are at 11 a.m. Thursday for St. Mary's Cathedral with burial in Assumption Cemetery. Friends may call at the Daniel Funeral home after 2 p.m. Wednesday until time of funeral. St. Mary's Cathedral parish will say the prayers for the dead at 8 p.m. Wednesday."
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