NORA STEWART

Posted 9/29/10

Nora Stewart of Beach Lake, PA, died Wednesday morning June 13, 2012 at the Special Care Hospital in Scranton, PA. She was 83.

The daughter of the late Bruce John and Ella Flora Morton Moore, she …

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NORA STEWART

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Nora Stewart of Beach Lake, PA, died Wednesday morning June 13, 2012 at the Special Care Hospital in Scranton, PA. She was 83.

The daughter of the late Bruce John and Ella Flora Morton Moore, she was born in Hasbrouck, NY on October 6, 1928.

Nora was an avid genealogist, successfully tracing her roots back into the 1700s. She also enjoyed knitting, making many items as gifts for friends and family and many others as donations to charities and presents to "the troops defending our country." She was always quick to give someone a helping hand.

She was the widow of Jay Stewart, to whom she was married on April 5. 1947 in White Sulphur Springs, NY.

Survivors include her son, Frederick J. Stewart of Stratharn, NH; daughter Lorraine Lee Davis of Beach Lake. PA; grandsons Timothy J. Adase and Christopher A. Adase, both of College Station, TX; sister Agnes Ruth Kortright and her husband Clifford of Aden, NY; and several nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband in 2004; her daughter Linda Diane Adase in 1990; son-in-law Thomas Davis in 1999; sisters Helen Hartman and Janet Smith; and brother Fred Allen Moore.

A memorial service will be held Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 10:00 am in St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Narrowsburg, NY.

Internment of her cremains will follow at Glen Cove Cemetery in Narrowsburg.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 'The Tusten Historical Society, or to the Narrowsburg, Beach Lake or Welcome Lake Fire Departments.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Rasmussen Funeral Home, Narrowsburg.