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Charlotte Elizabeth <I>Lawrence</I> Fergusson

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Charlotte Elizabeth Lawrence Fergusson

Birth
Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Death
8 Mar 2013 (aged 100)
Pebble Beach, Monterey County, California, USA
Burial
West Point, Orange County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.3986257, Longitude: -73.968066
Plot
Section 7, Row C, Site 158.
Memorial ID
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She was the daughter of Colonel Charles G. Lawrence. and Clara Peckham Lawrence.
On November 18, 1937, she married Robert G. Fergusson at the Mission San Carolos Borromeo in Carmel, California.
They were the parents of one child.

Charlotte Lawrence Fergusson was born January 15, 1913 to Colonel and Mrs. Charles G. Lawrence in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She met Robert G. Fergusson, USMA Class of 1936, who arrived at the Presidio in September of 1936 as a Second Lieutenant with the 11th Cavalry Regiment. They were married on November 18, 1937 at the Carmel Mission founded in 1771 by Father Junipero Serra. In early 1941, Lieutenant Fergusson was stationed at Fort De Russy in Waikiki, Hawaii. When the Japanese attacked on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Mrs. Fergusson became a driver in the Red Cross Motor Corps. She later rejoined her husband, now Major Fergusson, at Camp San Luis Obispo in California. Their son, Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson was born in April 1943 at Fort Ord. The Fergusson family moved where Colonel Fergusson's career led them to Kansas, Virginia, Hawaii, and Germany. Their son, Bobby, entered the United States Military Academy in July 1962. On July 27, 1967, he reported for duty as a First Lieutenant with the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division in the Republic of Vietnam. In the fall of 1967, while General and Mrs. Fergusson were in Berlin, their son died of combat wounds after being injured while on Operation Wheeler near Hiep Duc, Vietnam. He received the Distinguished Service Cross Medal for extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty.

Upon retirement from military service in 1970, the Fergussons moved to Los Angeles and then to Pebble Beach. She was active in the Casa Abrego and Carmel-by-the-Sea Garden Clubs. She was a member of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America and was a Lady in the International Order of Saint Hubert. She enjoyed American and world history, art history and fine art collection, architecture and interior design.
Source: The Monterey County Herald, Thursday, March 14, 2013.
She was the daughter of Colonel Charles G. Lawrence. and Clara Peckham Lawrence.
On November 18, 1937, she married Robert G. Fergusson at the Mission San Carolos Borromeo in Carmel, California.
They were the parents of one child.

Charlotte Lawrence Fergusson was born January 15, 1913 to Colonel and Mrs. Charles G. Lawrence in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She met Robert G. Fergusson, USMA Class of 1936, who arrived at the Presidio in September of 1936 as a Second Lieutenant with the 11th Cavalry Regiment. They were married on November 18, 1937 at the Carmel Mission founded in 1771 by Father Junipero Serra. In early 1941, Lieutenant Fergusson was stationed at Fort De Russy in Waikiki, Hawaii. When the Japanese attacked on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Mrs. Fergusson became a driver in the Red Cross Motor Corps. She later rejoined her husband, now Major Fergusson, at Camp San Luis Obispo in California. Their son, Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson was born in April 1943 at Fort Ord. The Fergusson family moved where Colonel Fergusson's career led them to Kansas, Virginia, Hawaii, and Germany. Their son, Bobby, entered the United States Military Academy in July 1962. On July 27, 1967, he reported for duty as a First Lieutenant with the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division in the Republic of Vietnam. In the fall of 1967, while General and Mrs. Fergusson were in Berlin, their son died of combat wounds after being injured while on Operation Wheeler near Hiep Duc, Vietnam. He received the Distinguished Service Cross Medal for extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty.

Upon retirement from military service in 1970, the Fergussons moved to Los Angeles and then to Pebble Beach. She was active in the Casa Abrego and Carmel-by-the-Sea Garden Clubs. She was a member of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America and was a Lady in the International Order of Saint Hubert. She enjoyed American and world history, art history and fine art collection, architecture and interior design.
Source: The Monterey County Herald, Thursday, March 14, 2013.


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