Obituary of Helen Isabel Stewart

Funeral Services for Helen Isabel Stewart of Griggsville, IL, formerly of St. Charles, MO, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, July 17, 2014 at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home in Elsberry, MO. Rev. Jim Crawford, church pastor, and Rev. Robert Bentley of Cape Girardeau, MO, will officiate with burial in Elsberry City Cemetery in Elsberry, MO. Serving as pallbearers will Floyd Stewart, Charles Daniels, John Daniels, Matthew Daniels, Bill Mitchell and Matthew Perkins. Mrs. Stewart, 86, passed away early Monday morning, July 14, 2014 at Illini Hospital in Pittsfield, IL. Born July 8, 1928 in Hamptonburg, NY, she was the daughter of Floyd Maxwell and Sophie Mae Tetz Wright. She was united in marriage on April 4, 1948 in Newburgh, NY to Albert Clyde Stewart, Jr. This union was blessed with seven children: Gail, Sharon, Katherine, Floyd, Susan, Rachel and Martha. While she lived in Missouri, Helen attended The Cross Church in Troy, MO. After moving to Griggsville four years ago, she attended Calvary Gospel Church in Summer Hill, IL, and volunteered for RSVP and the Church Mission Board. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Rachel Sophia Stewart in 1977; one granddaughter, Rebecca; and her beloved husband of 41 years, Albert C. Stewart, Jr. who died August 5, 1989. Survivors include one son, Floyd Stewart and his wife, Carolyn, of Davenport, IA; and five daughters: Gail Perkins of Milan, IL, Sharon Daniels and her husband, Charles, of Giggsville, IL, Katherine Crownover and her husband, Rev. Raymond, of St. Charles, MO, Susan Space and her husband, Donald, of Ponchatoula, LA, and Martha Pierre and her husband, Charles, of Hammond, LA. She also leaves eleven grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren, several nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. until time of the service at 1:00 p.m. at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Family of Helen Stewart in care of Carter-Ricks Funeral Home, 107 South Fifth Street, Elsberry, MO 63343.