Rex Thomas Harty, age 74 of rural Menno, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2011 at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton. Funeral services will be 2 PM, Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at the Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Chapel, Yankton, officiated by Manny Greer. Burial will be in Yankton Cemetery. Visitations will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. The Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Rex Harty was born December 5, 1936 in Aberdeen, SD to Frank and Stella (Kocer) Harty. While he was young the family moved to Omaha, NE. At the age of 7, his family moved to Yankton where he attended rural Yankton schools and graduated from Yankton High School in 1954. Rex was baptized January 5, 1957 as one of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Rex married Shirley Oswald on February 8, 1958 in Sioux Falls, SD. The couple farmed for many years and Rex started trucking in the mid-1970s. He retired in 2009, still living on their farm near Menno, SD.
Rex was an active member of the Yankton Congregation of Jehovah Witnesses. He enjoyed yard working and occasionally some fishing.
He is survived by his loving wife, Shirley Harty of Menno, SD; brothers, Jerome Harty of Kenyon, MN, Kenneth Harty and LeRoy Harty, both of Yankton, along with several nieces and nephews.
Rex was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Joanne.
