HART, Irene J. (Seifert) Passed away on January 18th 2026. She was born on April 6th 1930 in Bellmore, NY. She was a trailblazer for women entering the workforce after WWII by securing a job with Frosted Food Fields of New York City and rising to the rank of a top selling sales executive for the company's trade journal in the burgeoning frozen food industry of the 1950's and 60's. In the 1970's she joined G.T.E. Directory Services (Yellow Pages) in Tampa, Fl. and quickly rose to the rank of senior sales executive and was consistently the company's top salesperson in the Tampa Bay area through the 1970's and 80's.

She was a long-time resident of Apollo Beach, Fl. and was a member of the Chamber of Commerce for many years. She was a devoted wife, mother and good friend to all who knew her. Irene was predeceased by her husband Robert E. Hart in 1979.

Irene is survived by her son Terry, her daughter-in-law Genevieve, grandson Devin and her niece and nephew-in-law Pam and Lou Ahlen of Vermont all of whom miss her kindness, strength, and counsel.