Betty Stewart

Betty Schenk Stewart, age 90, of Christiansburg, VA, died Sunday, August 20, 2006. She was born in Bedford, Va. on Oct. 20, 1925, a daughter of Rosa Lewis Schenk and George Winston Schenk.

She received an associate degree in merchandising from the Richmond Professional Institute of the College of William and Mary, and worked as a personnel manager for department stores in Washington, D.C. and Memphis, Tenn. She was a member of St. Thomas? Episcopal Church in Christiansburg and a past president of the Auxiliary of the Virginia Optometric Association. She also served as the national chairman of Volunteers for Vision, an organization that, under the auspices of the American Optometric Association, provided visual screening for pre-school children. She was an active member of the parents? advisory council of Southwestern Virginia Training Center in Hillsville, VA.

She was predeceased by her husband, Dr. Henry Warner Stewart, an optometrist in Christiansburg for 40 years.

She is survived by her son, H. Warner Stewart III of Hillsville; her daughter Susan Stewart Smith, her son-in-law J. Michael Smith, two granddaughters, Anne Taylor Smith and Sarah Winston Smith, all of Larchmont, NY; and a sister, Mrs. Howard A. Curle, of Richmond, Va. The funeral will be Thursday, Aug. 24 at 1 p.m. at St. Thomas? Episcopal Church, Christiansburg, with burial at Sunset Cemetery. Friends may call at the church on Wednesday, Aug. 23 from 6-8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Eldercare Program at Southwestern Virginia Training Center, P.O. Box 1328, Hillsville, VA., 24343. The Stewart family is being served by Horne Funeral Service, Christiansburg, VA.