Teddie Doreen Stuart, 90, died in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, at her daughter’s home in Snowflake from causes incident to her age. The public visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 28, at Owens Livingston Mortuary-Heritage Chapel, 84 E. 19th South St. in Snowflake. The funeral service will begin 11 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 29, at the Silver Creek Stake Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 309 W. Willow Lane in Taylor, where additional visitation will begin one hour prior. The concluding service and interment will immediately follow at the Reed Hatch Memorial Cemetery in Taylor. Doreen, as she was known, was born on Saturday, June 12, 1926, to the late Walter Larcum and Nettie Ann (Hatch) Lewis. She was a member of Holbrook High School’s graduating class of 1944. While in school she was a member of its Drum and Bugle Corps. It was during her high school years that Doreen met the love of her life, Virgil Stuart. After graduating, the couple wed on June 4, 1944, in Gallup, N.M. In 1960, their marriage was solemnized in the Mesa Arizona Temple of the LDS church. Throughout her long life, Doreen was a loving homemaker to her family. In August 1993, after 49 years of marriage, Virgil passed away. Her children and grandchildren would constantly remind her of the happiness she shared with him. She also found a great deal of comfort knowing that their marriage was a forever union and that she would be separated from him for only a short time. She was an active member of the LDS church and had the opportunity to serve in many callings through the years. Survivors include her children, Dana (Gary) Fawcett of Snowflake, V. Craig (Cynthia) Stuart of Holbrook, Charles “Chuck” (Margie) Stuart of Kingman and W. Brent (Debbie) Stuart of Thatcher; her daughter-in-law, Linda Stuart of Kingman; 18 grandchildren; 44 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Along with her parents and husband, Doreen was preceded in death by her son, Ronald Lee Stuart in November 2013, and by a sister, Thelma Jean Lewis, who died as an infant of 6 months.
