Charlotte Button

1933 - 2023

Charlotte Button, 90, of Springville, passed away surrounded by her family at Hospice of the Sacred Heart on Oct. 25, 2023.

She was born in Bristol, Pa., on Oct. 12, 1933, and she was the daughter of the late former Mildred Mershawn and Russell Booz. She said she would never marry a farmer having been brought up on a farm but found contentment and happiness when she married the late Malcolm D. Button, a handsome, quit of a man, in 1969.

She was a graduate of the Bristol High School in 1951 and the Pa. Hospital of Nursing in 1954, earning her degree as an RN.

Charlotte worked in St. Mary's Hospital while living in Rochester, N.Y., she also worked as a substitute nurse in an oral surgeon's office while raising her four children.

In 1966 she moved to Springville, and she worked at Whispering Pines Nursing, Susquehanna County Home and, later, she worked as a geriatric nurse.

Charlotte's first love was her family. Having been an only child her family came first. She was a member of the Springville Ladies Auxiliary and she helped out at the Springville Clothes Closet. She enjoyed traveling especially when she took a cruise to Alaska and other bus trips.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Cheryl Graham.

She is survived by her sons, Thomas and Debbie Graham, of Factoryville; Bill Graham, of Factoryville; James Button, of Sandy Creek; a daughter, Mary Beth Staff, of Nicholson; grandchildren, Alea Button, Syracuse, N.Y.; Malcolm Button, Boston; Allen Graham, Scranton; Miryah and Justen Hummel, of Nicholson; Malcolm Staff, Nicholson; and Noah Staff, North Carolina; great-grandchildren, Kloey Mae, Clint and Kathy.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 5 p.m. from the Springville United Methodist Church, 12112 PA-3004, Springville, PA 18844, with Pastor John Shaffer officiating. A viewing will be held at the church from 3:30 p.m. until the time of the service. Interment will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at the Sunnyside Cemetery. For online condolences or direction, visit www.aplitwinfuneralhomes.com. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Springville United Methodist Church.