Charlotte Ann Farnsworth

Charlotte A. “Charlie” Farnsworth

Port Gibson/Manchester---Charlotte Ann Ziegler Farnsworth, 72, died Thursday (December 22, 2011) at her home. 

            A funeral service will be at 2 P.M. on Monday (December 26^th) at the Port Gibson United Methodist Church with Rev. Patricia Page officiating.  Burial will be in Port Gibson Cemetery.

            Memorials, in her memory, may be made to Port Gibson United Methodist Church or the Ontario-Yates Hospice.

            Mrs. Farnsworth was born on March 2, 1939 in Lyons, the daughter of Owen and Mildred Robinson Ziegler.  She was a 1957 graduate of Palmyra High School.  A bookkeeper for Wayne Drug Company for many years, Charlie retired from Newark-Wayne Community Hospital where she worked in medical records.  She was a member of the Port Gibson United Methodist Church and the Palmyra Memorial Post 678, VFW Ladies Auxiliary.

            Charlie is survived by her husband of 49 years Wilson “Willie” Farnsworth; son Lawrence of Clifton Springs; two grandchildren Alex Farnsworth and Natalie Genrich; a great granddaughter Paige Lily Farnsworth; many other family members, friends and  former daughter-in-law Peggy Farnsworth.  She was predeceased by her parents and a brother Reginald O. Ziegler in 1989.

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