Otis Woodward Stewart, 88, of Bosqueville, passed away Saturday, May 12, 2007, at the Sheridan Care Center. Private burial will be in Bosqueville Cemetery near Waco.
Otis was born in Waco, Texas, to the late Claude C. Sr. and Annie Wortham Woodward Stewart. He was a 1936 graduate of Abilene High School. While in high school, Otis became a federally licensed ham radio enthusiast and a member of the school's Naval Communication Reserve program. He attended Texas Tech's Electrical Engineering program for two years, then transferred to Port Arthur Radio College where he graduated with an Electronics Communications degree.
When the Navy activated the Reserve for World War II, Stewart entered active duty. He was on radio watch at Puget Sound, Washington, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941. He served on the USS Winston around 1944 to 1945. He was assigned to various communications programs, and also served with a unit of the Navy's Armed Guard. During his service he met and later married Mary Holly Stewart, a WAVE from Long Island, N.Y. Following the war, he was employed by the Civil Aeronautics Administration, predecessor to the Federal Aviation Agency. He retired from the FAA as a Senior Airways Engineer in 1972.
During his retirement, Stewart taught electronics classes at the Waco campus of Texas State Technical Institute (now TSTC), and served as long-time Communications Officer aboard Texas A&M University's original Texas Clipper. He was an emergency medical technician at Hilltop Lakes, where he lived for 18 years, and where he received the Lions Club Humanitarian Award. Stewart lived a life of Christian witness and service to all he encountered. He was active in Southern Baptist Church programs his entire life, and taught Sunday School to young boys, adult men, and nursing home residents in the various communities where he lived.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Claude C. Stewart Jr. and wife, Betty; and a granddaughter, Angela Chakhtoura.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Mary Holly Stewart; son, Claude Stewart and wife, Linda, of Yukon, Okla.; daughters: Kathleen Martin of Bryan, Jacquelyn Chakhtoura and husband, George, of Roeland Park, Kan., and Annie Earp and husband, Edwin, of Hilltop Lakes; grandsons, Alex Martin and J.P. Earp; and granddaughters, Mary Chakhtoura, Rachel Earp and Aimee Stewart; other relatives and many friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 5/14/2007...T-I1
Otis was born in Waco, Texas, to the late Claude C. Sr. and Annie Wortham Woodward Stewart. He was a 1936 graduate of Abilene High School. While in high school, Otis became a federally licensed ham radio enthusiast and a member of the school's Naval Communication Reserve program. He attended Texas Tech's Electrical Engineering program for two years, then transferred to Port Arthur Radio College where he graduated with an Electronics Communications degree.
When the Navy activated the Reserve for World War II, Stewart entered active duty. He was on radio watch at Puget Sound, Washington, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941. He served on the USS Winston around 1944 to 1945. He was assigned to various communications programs, and also served with a unit of the Navy's Armed Guard. During his service he met and later married Mary Holly Stewart, a WAVE from Long Island, N.Y. Following the war, he was employed by the Civil Aeronautics Administration, predecessor to the Federal Aviation Agency. He retired from the FAA as a Senior Airways Engineer in 1972.
During his retirement, Stewart taught electronics classes at the Waco campus of Texas State Technical Institute (now TSTC), and served as long-time Communications Officer aboard Texas A&M University's original Texas Clipper. He was an emergency medical technician at Hilltop Lakes, where he lived for 18 years, and where he received the Lions Club Humanitarian Award. Stewart lived a life of Christian witness and service to all he encountered. He was active in Southern Baptist Church programs his entire life, and taught Sunday School to young boys, adult men, and nursing home residents in the various communities where he lived.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Claude C. Stewart Jr. and wife, Betty; and a granddaughter, Angela Chakhtoura.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Mary Holly Stewart; son, Claude Stewart and wife, Linda, of Yukon, Okla.; daughters: Kathleen Martin of Bryan, Jacquelyn Chakhtoura and husband, George, of Roeland Park, Kan., and Annie Earp and husband, Edwin, of Hilltop Lakes; grandsons, Alex Martin and J.P. Earp; and granddaughters, Mary Chakhtoura, Rachel Earp and Aimee Stewart; other relatives and many friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 5/14/2007...T-I1
Otis Woodward Stewart, 88, of Bosqueville, passed away Saturday, May 12, 2007, at the Sheridan Care Center. Private burial will be in Bosqueville Cemetery near Waco.
Otis was born in Waco, Texas, to the late Claude C. Sr. and Annie Wortham Woodward Stewart. He was a 1936 graduate of Abilene High School. While in high school, Otis became a federally licensed ham radio enthusiast and a member of the school's Naval Communication Reserve program. He attended Texas Tech's Electrical Engineering program for two years, then transferred to Port Arthur Radio College where he graduated with an Electronics Communications degree.
When the Navy activated the Reserve for World War II, Stewart entered active duty. He was on radio watch at Puget Sound, Washington, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941. He served on the USS Winston around 1944 to 1945. He was assigned to various communications programs, and also served with a unit of the Navy's Armed Guard. During his service he met and later married Mary Holly Stewart, a WAVE from Long Island, N.Y. Following the war, he was employed by the Civil Aeronautics Administration, predecessor to the Federal Aviation Agency. He retired from the FAA as a Senior Airways Engineer in 1972.
During his retirement, Stewart taught electronics classes at the Waco campus of Texas State Technical Institute (now TSTC), and served as long-time Communications Officer aboard Texas A&M University's original Texas Clipper. He was an emergency medical technician at Hilltop Lakes, where he lived for 18 years, and where he received the Lions Club Humanitarian Award. Stewart lived a life of Christian witness and service to all he encountered. He was active in Southern Baptist Church programs his entire life, and taught Sunday School to young boys, adult men, and nursing home residents in the various communities where he lived.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Claude C. Stewart Jr. and wife, Betty; and a granddaughter, Angela Chakhtoura.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Mary Holly Stewart; son, Claude Stewart and wife, Linda, of Yukon, Okla.; daughters: Kathleen Martin of Bryan, Jacquelyn Chakhtoura and husband, George, of Roeland Park, Kan., and Annie Earp and husband, Edwin, of Hilltop Lakes; grandsons, Alex Martin and J.P. Earp; and granddaughters, Mary Chakhtoura, Rachel Earp and Aimee Stewart; other relatives and many friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 5/14/2007...T-I1
Otis was born in Waco, Texas, to the late Claude C. Sr. and Annie Wortham Woodward Stewart. He was a 1936 graduate of Abilene High School. While in high school, Otis became a federally licensed ham radio enthusiast and a member of the school's Naval Communication Reserve program. He attended Texas Tech's Electrical Engineering program for two years, then transferred to Port Arthur Radio College where he graduated with an Electronics Communications degree.
When the Navy activated the Reserve for World War II, Stewart entered active duty. He was on radio watch at Puget Sound, Washington, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941. He served on the USS Winston around 1944 to 1945. He was assigned to various communications programs, and also served with a unit of the Navy's Armed Guard. During his service he met and later married Mary Holly Stewart, a WAVE from Long Island, N.Y. Following the war, he was employed by the Civil Aeronautics Administration, predecessor to the Federal Aviation Agency. He retired from the FAA as a Senior Airways Engineer in 1972.
During his retirement, Stewart taught electronics classes at the Waco campus of Texas State Technical Institute (now TSTC), and served as long-time Communications Officer aboard Texas A&M University's original Texas Clipper. He was an emergency medical technician at Hilltop Lakes, where he lived for 18 years, and where he received the Lions Club Humanitarian Award. Stewart lived a life of Christian witness and service to all he encountered. He was active in Southern Baptist Church programs his entire life, and taught Sunday School to young boys, adult men, and nursing home residents in the various communities where he lived.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Claude C. Stewart Jr. and wife, Betty; and a granddaughter, Angela Chakhtoura.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Mary Holly Stewart; son, Claude Stewart and wife, Linda, of Yukon, Okla.; daughters: Kathleen Martin of Bryan, Jacquelyn Chakhtoura and husband, George, of Roeland Park, Kan., and Annie Earp and husband, Edwin, of Hilltop Lakes; grandsons, Alex Martin and J.P. Earp; and granddaughters, Mary Chakhtoura, Rachel Earp and Aimee Stewart; other relatives and many friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 5/14/2007...T-I1
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