Charlotte Christopher Saunders

 

Charlotte Mary  Saunders, 88, died peacefully at the Hoosick Falls Health Center where she had lived for several months.  She was the widow of Lyndus G. “Peg” Saunders who died in 1989.

 

Born February 23, 1922, in Dresden, NY, she was the daughter of Martin L. and Charlotte (Bentley) Christopher. Charlotte grew up in Cambridge and graduated from Cambridge Union School, class of 1940 .

 

 On July 20, 1940, Charlotte and Peg were married. They raised their family in Cambridge.  When the youngest child started school, Charlotte became a hairdresser and had a beauty shop in her home for many years.

 

Peg and Charlotte loved to square dance.  She liked to knit and was a member of a knitting club and a local prayer group, in her younger years. Later in life, she liked doing puzzles and playing board games with her grandchildren.  She loved dolls.

 

Lunching with the girls and “tag saleing” were among her favorite social activities.

 

Charlotte was a communicant of St. Patrick’s Church.

 

Charlotte is predeceased by a son, Wayne G. Saunders who died in 2005, and a sister Evelyn Christopher.

 

Survivors include four children, Sharon S. Sloan and husband Gene of Salem, CT, Keith P. Saunders and wife Linda of Greenwich, Holly S. Boice, and Chad A. Saunders and wife Michele of Cambridge; a sister Agnes C. Morris of Albany; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and two nephews.

 

A private service followed by burial at St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Cambridge was held on Saturday, November 6, 2010.

 

The family would like to thank the staff of Hoosick Falls Health Center and The Community Hospice for their excellent care.  They request memorial donations be made to either Hoosick Falls Health Center, 21 Danforth Street, Hoosick Falls, NY 12090 or The Community Hospice, c/o The Community Hospice Foundation, 295 Valley View Blvd., Rensselaer, NY 12144.

 

The family would also like to thank Dr. Matthew Pender for his kind and compassionate care of Charlotte and of them.

 

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