Stewart Kirby Cudworth

Cudworth, Stewart Kirby

Stewart Kirby Cudworth, 89, died October 17 in St. Charles, IL. He was the son of Harold and Rena Stewart Cudworth of Virgil, NY. After his mother died, Stewart lived during the school year with his mother's siblings, Leon, Helen, and Shirley Stewart in Bainbridge, NY, and summered with his father in McGraw, NY. Stewart served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He held a degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, class of 1950. During his career, he worked for Sylvania Electric, Seneca Falls, NY; RCA, Lancaster, PA; and Belden Corp. and National Electronics in St. Charles, IL. His consuming love was golf, as an avocation. Stewart married poet Emily Nichols of Bainbridge, who predeceased him. He is survived by sons James (Suzanne Ranck) Cudworth, Willow Street, PA; Gary (Ricarda) Cudworth, Oswego, IL, Christopher Cudworth, St. Charles, IL; and Gregory (Susan) Cudworth, Kent, Oh. Also, sisters Helen (Louis) Metzinger, Louisville, KY and Margaret Cudworth Baranak, Philadelphia, PA. He has six beloved grandchildren. He is survived also by his devoted caregiver of many years, Leo Klevetts. Stewart's and Emily's cremains will be interred in the North Afton cemetery in Afton, NY, where many of Emily's Revolutionary War forebears are buried.