After a short final illness, Charlotte, 96, died peacefully at Yesteryear House in San Mateo, where she had been living for four years since her husband died.
Before that, she had been happily married to William Frew (Bill) Train, Jr. for over seventy years. They had three children, William Frew (Bill) Train III, Bruce Gibner Train, and Leslie Stillwell Train, and one grandchild, Zachary Matthew (Zack) Train.
Charlotte graduated from Stanford in 1935, her mother's alma mater, where she was in the Pi Phi sorority. She met Bill Train, a career Army officer, shortly after graduation and they were married in 1936.
An Army brat as well as an Army wife, Charlotte traveled widely throughout her life, continuing to do so after she and Bill moved to San Francisco following his retirement as a three-star general in 1967 and also after they moved to the Peninsula Regent, a senior residence in San Mateo, in 1989, where they lived until his death at ninety-eight in 2006.
Known for her grace, quick wit, and great beauty, Charlotte made friends wherever she went and enjoyed keeping up with them throughout her life. Always athletic, Charlotte was an avid golfer and skier and, when stationed on an Army post with stables, an accomplished horsewoman.
She is survived by two of her children, Bruce (Mary Beth), of Palo Alto, and Leslie, of Mountain View, as well as her grandson, Zack, of San Jose and of whom she was very proud. Her first child, Bill III, pursued an Army career like his father and was killed in an ambush in Vietnam in 1962.
A private memorial service for Charlotte was held at Yesteryear House.
Per her wishes, she has been cremated and will be interred in the cemetery of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where she will join the two Bill Trains of her life, her husband and eldest son.
Published in the San Francisco Chronicle on February 20, 2011.
Before that, she had been happily married to William Frew (Bill) Train, Jr. for over seventy years. They had three children, William Frew (Bill) Train III, Bruce Gibner Train, and Leslie Stillwell Train, and one grandchild, Zachary Matthew (Zack) Train.
Charlotte graduated from Stanford in 1935, her mother's alma mater, where she was in the Pi Phi sorority. She met Bill Train, a career Army officer, shortly after graduation and they were married in 1936.
An Army brat as well as an Army wife, Charlotte traveled widely throughout her life, continuing to do so after she and Bill moved to San Francisco following his retirement as a three-star general in 1967 and also after they moved to the Peninsula Regent, a senior residence in San Mateo, in 1989, where they lived until his death at ninety-eight in 2006.
Known for her grace, quick wit, and great beauty, Charlotte made friends wherever she went and enjoyed keeping up with them throughout her life. Always athletic, Charlotte was an avid golfer and skier and, when stationed on an Army post with stables, an accomplished horsewoman.
She is survived by two of her children, Bruce (Mary Beth), of Palo Alto, and Leslie, of Mountain View, as well as her grandson, Zack, of San Jose and of whom she was very proud. Her first child, Bill III, pursued an Army career like his father and was killed in an ambush in Vietnam in 1962.
A private memorial service for Charlotte was held at Yesteryear House.
Per her wishes, she has been cremated and will be interred in the cemetery of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where she will join the two Bill Trains of her life, her husband and eldest son.
Published in the San Francisco Chronicle on February 20, 2011.
After a short final illness, Charlotte, 96, died peacefully at Yesteryear House in San Mateo, where she had been living for four years since her husband died.
Before that, she had been happily married to William Frew (Bill) Train, Jr. for over seventy years. They had three children, William Frew (Bill) Train III, Bruce Gibner Train, and Leslie Stillwell Train, and one grandchild, Zachary Matthew (Zack) Train.
Charlotte graduated from Stanford in 1935, her mother's alma mater, where she was in the Pi Phi sorority. She met Bill Train, a career Army officer, shortly after graduation and they were married in 1936.
An Army brat as well as an Army wife, Charlotte traveled widely throughout her life, continuing to do so after she and Bill moved to San Francisco following his retirement as a three-star general in 1967 and also after they moved to the Peninsula Regent, a senior residence in San Mateo, in 1989, where they lived until his death at ninety-eight in 2006.
Known for her grace, quick wit, and great beauty, Charlotte made friends wherever she went and enjoyed keeping up with them throughout her life. Always athletic, Charlotte was an avid golfer and skier and, when stationed on an Army post with stables, an accomplished horsewoman.
She is survived by two of her children, Bruce (Mary Beth), of Palo Alto, and Leslie, of Mountain View, as well as her grandson, Zack, of San Jose and of whom she was very proud. Her first child, Bill III, pursued an Army career like his father and was killed in an ambush in Vietnam in 1962.
A private memorial service for Charlotte was held at Yesteryear House.
Per her wishes, she has been cremated and will be interred in the cemetery of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where she will join the two Bill Trains of her life, her husband and eldest son.
Published in the San Francisco Chronicle on February 20, 2011.
Before that, she had been happily married to William Frew (Bill) Train, Jr. for over seventy years. They had three children, William Frew (Bill) Train III, Bruce Gibner Train, and Leslie Stillwell Train, and one grandchild, Zachary Matthew (Zack) Train.
Charlotte graduated from Stanford in 1935, her mother's alma mater, where she was in the Pi Phi sorority. She met Bill Train, a career Army officer, shortly after graduation and they were married in 1936.
An Army brat as well as an Army wife, Charlotte traveled widely throughout her life, continuing to do so after she and Bill moved to San Francisco following his retirement as a three-star general in 1967 and also after they moved to the Peninsula Regent, a senior residence in San Mateo, in 1989, where they lived until his death at ninety-eight in 2006.
Known for her grace, quick wit, and great beauty, Charlotte made friends wherever she went and enjoyed keeping up with them throughout her life. Always athletic, Charlotte was an avid golfer and skier and, when stationed on an Army post with stables, an accomplished horsewoman.
She is survived by two of her children, Bruce (Mary Beth), of Palo Alto, and Leslie, of Mountain View, as well as her grandson, Zack, of San Jose and of whom she was very proud. Her first child, Bill III, pursued an Army career like his father and was killed in an ambush in Vietnam in 1962.
A private memorial service for Charlotte was held at Yesteryear House.
Per her wishes, she has been cremated and will be interred in the cemetery of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where she will join the two Bill Trains of her life, her husband and eldest son.
Published in the San Francisco Chronicle on February 20, 2011.
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