Forest L. Stewart

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Death of Forrest L. Stewart, 69, occurred on Sunday, May 24, at the Warsaw Hospital where he had been taken a few hours previously. Mr. Stewart had been in poor health for more than 20 years, confined to his home with crippling arthritis. He was born in Birdsall .N.Y., on Sept. 25, 1886, one of three children of Alvin and Anna Stewart. About 5O years ago he came to Perry Center where he was employed on a farm by B. B. Tewksbury. Later he operated a grocery store, and then engaged in the poultry business which he discontinued about 20 years ago because of his health. He was a member of Perry Grange, Congregational Church, and Perry Center Fire Department. On Dec. 5, 1908, he was united in marriage to Miss Bessie Hodges, who survives together with two sons, E. Dean Stewart of Baltimore, Md., and Graydon of Perry Center. Also surviving are one sister, Mrs. Fred Makely of Almond, and two grandchildren. Services were held from the Eaton Funeral Home on Sunday afternoon at 2.30, Rev. Arthur Guthrie officiating. Interment was in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Perry Center.
(Perry Herald, Perry, NY, Thursday, May 31, 1956)

A TRIBUTE
To Forest L. Stewart
Suddenly our community was saddened by a power beyond human control, which took the life of Forest L. Stewart, My friend, Your friend, and Our neighbor. Leaving his body behind, he journeys on toward immortality and unending existence. Safe from earth's storm and despair—Safe from the rude wind that tossed his floundering bark, now safely moored, his perils over. A man of great patience and heroic courage, well liked by all who knew him for his upright Christian character, integrity, and hospitality. His home never locked to any of his friends who cared to enter. While mentally alert he felt a quickened smart to wounds that had ranked his weakened flesh. He brought us pride and pleasure and left us a pathos of tears, forgetting the tortures of his body, is now lost in the triumph of his soul. Yet the years of our pilgrimage on earth rolls on, while we walk through the wilderness of this world. Life on earth is brief, we come out of the dark, back to the dark, and like a bird, flutter for a moment in the light. All of us that breathe will share that destiny. Thus man and mankind journeys from strength to invalidism, from joy to sorrow, from misery to happiness, and from defeat to victory. At this point we are mindful of the efforts of a faithful and vigilant wife whose promise to watch over in sickness and in health has been fulfilled. We wish it were possible for him who has left us to get one glance at the flowers, the gestures of respect, that adorn his grave and to inhale one breath of the fragrance of the red, the yellow, the blue and those as white as the foam of the wave that carried this neighbor home. Our admiration for this man who never lost his enthusiasm for life will always last and hope will brighten our remaining days and memory will gild the past.
—Daniel W. Ball.
(Perry Herald, Perry, NY, Thursday, May 31, 1956)

Forest married Bessie C. Hodges on 5 Dec 1908. Bessie was born in 1883 in New York; died in 1966; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Perry Center, Wyoming County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alfred married Phyllis R. MacArthur on 29 Dec 1932 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York. Phyllis was born on 24 Oct 1910 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania; died on 17 Jan 1991 in Texas; was buried in Bishop Mason Mausoleum and Columbarium, Flower Mound, Denton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Graydon D. Stewart, 75, who built the Hub Restaurant on Route 20A and operated it with his wife, Anita, for 17 years, died Thursday (Jan. 23, 1992) in the East Side Nursing Home, Warsaw, after a long illness. Born in Perry Center, he was an independent builder and constructed many homes in the area. He was a member of the Perry Center Volunteer Fire Company and First Congregational Church of Perry Center. In addition to his wife, survivors include a son, Roy of Kansas City; a brother, Dean of Denton, Texas, and two grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Eaton-Watson Funeral Home, 59 Lake St., Perry. Burial will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
(The Buffalo News, January 24, 1992)

Graydon married Audrey Anita Bauer in 1935. Audrey was born in 1915; died in 2012; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Perry Center, Wyoming County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Alfred Dean Stewart Jr., beloved husband, father, and grandfather, died August 17, 2014. Fred was born on 21 November, 1934, in Rochester, New York, to Phyllis MacArthur and Alfred Dean Stewart. He graduated from Cascia Hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and received his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Oklahoma, as well as a second masters in English. He served two years in the United States Army, stationed at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina. He received his Doctorate in English from the University of North Carolina. On October 29, 1966, he married Margaret Harris at the Chapel of the Cross Episcopal Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Fred taught English at Loyola University in Chicago for four years and continued his study of Philosophy at Northwestern University. In 1973 he joined the faculty of Midwestern University to teach both English and Philosophy. For 35 years he greatly enjoyed the privilege of sharing his love of literature, critical thinking, and philosophy with students and colleagues at Midwestern State University, where he was known for his wit, humor, and generous nature. He is survived by his wife Margaret, their three sons, David, Peter, and John and his wife Elizabeth, and his grandchildren Mary Katherine, Macaela, and Myles. Funeral services were held August 20, 2014, at St. Stephan's Episcopal Church with The Very Rev. John D. Payne officiating.

Alfred married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Peter MacArthur Stewart, beloved son, brother, uncle, and friend, died May 17, 2019. Peter was born on October 25, 1970 in Highland Park, Illinois, to Margaret Harris and Alfred Dean Stewart Jr. He attended Wichita Falls High School, and was a gifted artist, musician, and poet. Peter was known for his generosity and kindness to all he met, his quick wit and humorous nature, and his love for his home town of Wichita Falls, Texas. He was preceded in death by his father Fred. He is survived by his mother Margaret, his brothers David and John, John’s wife Elizabeth, his nieces Mary Katherine and Macaela, and his nephew Myles. Funeral services were held May 25, 2019, at the Episcopal Church of Wichita Falls with The Reverend R. Christopher Rogers and The Very Reverend John D. Payne officiating.