Stewart, Edmond Eugene

Passed: 1990-01-01

Age: 68

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice: 1990-01-03

Obituary Date:

Information: Edmond Eugene Stewart, 68, of Charles Town, WV, died Jan. 1, 1990, at the Veterans Medical Center in Martinsburg.  Stewart was born Oct. 22, 1922 in Parkersburg, the son of the late Hoyt H. and Odie Mae (Parsons) Stewart.  Stewart was a 1941 graduate of Ripley High School and later graduated from West Virginia University.  He retired in 1988 as a vocational-agriculture teacher in the Jefferson County school system following previous teaching stints in Keyser and Sand Fork, WV.  His teaching career spanned 31 years.  He was a member of the Asbury United Methodist Church, Charles Town and a member of the Charles Town Lions Club.  He was a Purple Heart recipient in World War II while serving with the U. S. Army's 34th Infantry Division in Italy.  Stewart is survived by two sons, Roger Earl Stewart of Marina Del-Ray, California, and Dale Eugene Stewart of Charles Town; a brother, Delbert Dale Stewart of Rehobeth Beach, Delaware.  He was preceded in death in 1983 by his wife, Ada Rosemary (Teter) Stewart, and by two brothers.  Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Melvin T. Strider Colonial Funeral Home, Charles Town, with the Rev. James Chambly officiating.  Visitation is Thursday evening at the funeral home from 7-10 p.m.  Burial will be at Pleasant View Memory Gardens.  In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations instead be made to the American Cancer Society or to the Asbury United Methodist Church.