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Obituary: Charlotte M. Stewart, 87, Lowville
Published: January 06, 2023
By: Provided by Sundquist
Funeral Home
Charlotte M. Stewart
 LOWVILLE – Charlotte M.
Stewart, 87, formerly of Watson, died on Friday morning, January 6, 2023
with her daughters at her side at Lewis County Residential Health Care
Facility where she was a resident since 2019.
Charlotte was born on February 6, 1935
in Lowville the daughter of the late Edwin and Ethel (Ward) Lynch where she
graduated from Lowville
Academy in 1952. In
the fall of 1952 she attended Morrisville and Cortland for nursing
and graduated in 1953. The summer of that year she went to work as an LPN
for Lewis County General
Hospital.
She married
Frederick S. Stewart on November
21, 1953 at the Methodist Church
with Rev. Tom J. Williams officiating. She was a waitress at the Tinker
Tavern from 1965 through 1971 and on the weekends
she tended bar once in awhile during the summer.
In 1971 Charlotte
went to work at Kraft Foods and retired in 1991. Fred passed on July 16, 2000.
Surviving are her
five children, two daughters and spouses, Pamela and James Birchenough of Mexico; Jane and Patrick Martin of Rome;
three sons and spouses, Charles and Patricia Stewart of Glenfield; Michael
and Sharon Stewart of Turin; Claude and Mary Lou Guignard
of Lowville; her eight grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren; her half brother, Brian (Cheryl) Kaufman of West Carthage;
three step sisters, Linda Dicob of Martinsburg;
Barbara (Carlton) Wakefield, Jr. of Alden, MT; Sandra Pasquale of Virginia;
two step sisters-in-law, Lorraine Smith and Mary Smith.
She is
predeceased by her brother, Charles “Skip” (Kristen) Lynch, her step brothers, Jack and Robert Smith, and her step
brother-in-law, Richard Pasquale.
A member of
Lowville United Methodist Church 70 years, where Charlotte was on the Mission Committee
for three years, President of the Memorial Committee for ten years, put on
many dinners and volunteered for Stone Soup with Jenny Kelly, and was a
founding member with Marilyn Austin for “Food Sense”, 1991-1993. Charlotte was board
member of Lewis County Hospital Auxiliary, “life member”, where she helped
set spring luncheons and meetings, organized Euchre games, both for ten
years. She volunteered at the Gift Shoppe on the register and behind the
counter for 15 years. She also found time to be a “life member” of Lewis
County Memorial Post #6912, V.F.W. Auxiliary, as Poppy Chairman two years,
and worked banquets, dinners, and funeral dinners with Joanie Davis for
over ten years.
Charlotte was a member of
North Country Swingers Square Dancing, enjoyed cooking, gardening, playing
golf. She loved being with her children, grandchildren
and great grandchildren.
Visitation for Charlotte will be on Thursday,
January 19th from 10:00am
to Noon at the Lowville United Methodist
Church, followed by a
service at 12:00 noon, with the Rev. Denise Bowen
officiating. Spring burial will be in Beaches Bridge
Cemetery.
Memorials in Charlotte’s name may
be made to: Lowville
United Methodist
Church, 7618 N. State Street, Lowville, NY 13367
On-line
condolences of sympathy may be made to: www.sundquistfh.com
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