Charlotte Cahalane

1934 - 2013

Charlotte Phillips Cahalane, 79, died Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, in Lexington, Mo. She lived in Arlington from 1970 until 2008. Memorial service: 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at Moore Funeral Home, 1219 N. Davis Drive, Arlington. Interment: Charlotte will be interred next to her beloved husband, Richard, in Moore Memorial Gardens. A reception will follow the service. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Charlotte's memory to an animal rescue shelter: Friends of the Friendless Animal Rescue Group, Box 411, Lexington, Mo. 64067; or The Cattery, Box 8575, Corpus Christi, Texas 78468. Charlotte was born in Needham, Mass., on Jan. 10, 1934, to Otis and Gladys Phillips. She lived in Bourne, Mass., until her senior year, when she moved to Osaka, Japan. Charlotte graduated from Osaka American Dependent School in Osaka, Japan, in 1951. She met and married Richard F. Cahalane, a U.S. Air Force sergeant who was stationed at nearby Otis Air Force Base. During their 32-year marriage, Charlotte and Richard lived in Massachusetts, Germany, Oklahoma, Colorado and Texas. Charlotte was awarded a scholarship to attend LVN school and became a licensed vocational nurse. She worked as a LVN at Arlington Memorial Hospital until her retirement in 1995. Charlotte was also predeceased by her parents, three sisters and six brothers. Survivors: Daughters, Julia Cahalane of Lexington, Mo., and Sheila Cahalane and Patricia Hundt (Rusty), both of Corpus Christi; and grandchildren, George Hundt and Jamie Hundt.