Katherine Lewis WHEAT

Katherine Lewis WHEAT

Female 1926 - 2014  (88 years)

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  • Name Katherine Lewis WHEAT  [2, 3, 4
    • Katherine Wheat Chittenden, "Kitty," died peacefully at the Friendly Home in Rochester on July 5, 2014, on her 88th birthday.

      Please join the family at a Memorial Service for Kitty at 10:00 a.m. on Friday (July 11) at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 400 South Main Street, Newark. Burial will be at the convenience of the family in Newark Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please consider a contribution to the Friendly Home, 3156 East Avenue, Rochester, New York 14618.

      Kitty was born in Geneva, the daughter of the late Katherine L. and Henry A. Wheat, Jr. She was a graduate of Geneva High School and attended Chevy Chase Junior College in Maryland. After college, she returned to Geneva and worked at Hobart College where she met her future husband, Dick. Together, they made their home in Newark where she was active at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital and the Village Opportunity Shop, among other volunteer activities. Summers were spent at their cottage on Crescent Beach, Sodus Bay, a place their family treasures to this day.

      Survived by a daughter and her family,
      son and his family, sister-in-law; niece and nephews. Predeceased by her husband Richard S. Chittenden in 1997 and her brother Henry Wheat III.

      The family would like to thank everyone on Morgan Place at The Friendly Home, Kitty's home for almost four years. More like family than caregivers, each Friendly Home staff member has shared a memory of chasing Kitty and her walker as she sped around the units, doing her "laps." Their love and support during Kitty's final lap could not be matched anywhere. Thank you also to Lifetime Care for their hospice support over the past several months.

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    Nickname Kitty 
    Birth 5 Jul 1926  Geneva, Ontario Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Christening 25 Sep 1926  Geneva, Ontario Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Gender Female 
    Census 1930  Living with parents in Rochester, Monroe Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1940  Living with parents in Geneva, Ontario Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Census 1950  Living with husband in Newark, Wayne Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Death 5 Jul 2014  Rochester, Monroe Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Newark Cemetery, Newark, Wayne Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I86273  Main Tree
    Last Modified 1 Nov 2022 

    Father Henry Axtell WHEAT, Jr.,   b. 21 Jul 1901   d. 20 Oct 1975 (Age 74 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Katherine Bell LEWIS,   b. 18 Jul 1904, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Oct 1979, Geneva, Ontario Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 26 Sep 1925  Ontario Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Family ID F35353  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Richard Sherman CHITTENDEN,   b. 19 Oct 1924, Newark, Wayne Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1997 (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 26 Jul 1948  Trinity Church, Geneva, Ontario Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F44127  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Nov 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 5 Jul 1926 - Geneva, Ontario Co., New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 25 Sep 1926 - Geneva, Ontario Co., New York Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Katherine Lewis Wheat Chittenden Headstone
    Katherine Lewis Wheat Chittenden Headstone
    Katherine "Kitty", daughter of Henry A. Wheat, Jr. and Katherine B. Lewis, is the wife of Richard S. Chittenden. She is buried in the Newark Cemetery in Newark, Wayne Co., New York.

    Created by: Cheyenne Humby
    Photo added by: Cheyenne Humby

  • Sources 
    1. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    2. [S01598] 1930 Census Rochester, Monroe County, New York.

    3. [S10088] Ancestry.com: New York State, U.S., Birth Index, 1881-1942.

    4. [S13406] Ancestry.com: New York, U.S. Episcopal Diocese of Rochester Church Records, 1800-1970.

    5. [S8547] 1940 Census Geneva, Ontario County, New York.

    6. [S13502] 1950 Census Newark, Wayne County, New York.

    7. [S6409] Ancestry.com: New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936.