Eugene Francis Stewart

Eugene F. Stewart
Eugene Francis Stewart, 73, of Volant, died at 4:53 p.m. Friday following a farming accident.
Born, Oct. 1, 1930, in East Palestine, Ohio, he was the son of Clyde Atwood and Ethel Marie Gebhardt Stewart.
He was a self-employed farmer and also a Plain Grove Township supervisor. He had previously worked as a truck driver and dock worker at McLean Trucking, formerly of West Middlesex. He also drove a school bus for 20 years for the East Palestine School District. He later drove a school bus for the Slippery Rock School District for five years ending in 1999.
He was a member of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Grove City and was an Army veteran having served during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the Plain Grove Grange.
Surviving are his wife Ellen Pearl Dyke Stewart of Volant, whom he married on Aug. 8, 1970; four sons, Leonard (and wife Pat) Stewart and James (and wife Heidi) Stewart both of Volant, Russell (and wife Christine) Davis of Slippery Rock; and Bradley (and wife Kim) Stewart of Harrisville; three daughters, Carolyn (and husband Charlie) Lumley, Colleen (and husband Jeff) Dems; and Shelley Stewart, all of Volant; two sisters, Virginia Kelly of Bessemer and Marilyn (and husband Tom) Kuntz) of New Waterford, Ohio; and two brothers, Glenn (and wife Maxine) Stewart and Gordon (and wife Bonnie) Stewart, both of East Palestine, Ohio.
Also surviving are 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and first wife, Gale Kobel Stewart, whom he married on June 17, 1954, and who died on Dec. 18, 1965.
STEWART - Friends of Eugene Francis Stewart, who died Friday, June 18, 2004, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the SMITH FUNERAL HOME, 1778 Perry Highway, Volant. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Grove City, with the Rev. James M. Seeley officiating. Burial will be at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Lawrence County.