Gordon “Gus” Merritt Stewart

Gor­don “Gus” Mer­ritt Stew­art passed away Tues­day (July 10, 2012) at Wil­low Brook Chris­t­ian Vil­lage in Delaware.

Gus was born April 26, 1926 in Dundee, Ill., son of Alice Roehl Stew­art and Emery Verne Stew­art. He grad­u­ated from Dundee High School and attended the Uni­ver­sity of Illi­nois for a semes­ter before enlist­ing in the Army Air Corps. He served in World War II as a tail gun­ner, and upon return­ing from ser­vice he enrolled at Ohio Wes­leyan Uni­ver­sity. He grad­u­ated from OWU with a busi­ness degree in 1950. While there, he was a mem­ber of Phi Kappa Psi fra­ter­nity and let­tered in var­sity foot­ball. He mar­ried Maryanne Wright in 1949 and lived with his fam­ily on Mason Avenue in Delaware until her death in 1999. Gus worked for 20 years at Sun­ray Stove Com­pany as mate­ri­als and pur­chas­ing direc­tor and then worked at the Nip­pert Corp until his retire­ment. In 2000, Gus mar­ried Berna­dine Kern of Marysville and they were mar­ried until her death in 2009. In 2010, he moved back to Delaware and lived at Wil­low Brook.

Gus served on the boards of the Arts Cas­tle and the men­tal health asso­ci­a­tions. He was an avid golfer and ten­nis player and loved sports of all kinds. He loved trav­el­ing to Charleston, S.C., and Punta Gorda, Fla., in the win­ters. He was a strong sup­porter of OWU.

Gus is sur­vived by his daugh­ters, Cyn­thia Stew­art Welch of Madi­son, Wis., Nancy Stew­art Lane (Joe) of Charleston, S.C., and Lynn Stew­art Seguin (Jim) of Colum­bus, as well as eight grand­chil­dren and two great-grandchildren. He is fur­ther sur­vived by three stepchil­dren, Cheryl Levy (Larry) of Michi­gan, Lyn­nette Salton (Jeff) of Canada and Kevin Kern (Kristin) of Marysville, and their families.

Pre­ced­ing him in death are his first wife, Maryanne Wright Stew­art, and his sec­ond wife, Berna­dine Kern; his half sis­ter, Nancy Hubbs of Illi­nois; his par­ents; and other rel­a­tives and friends.

A cel­e­bra­tion of life will be held at 5 p.m. Sun­day, July 15, in the Ter­race Room of Wil­low Brook Chris­t­ian Vil­lage, 100 Wil­low Brook Way South, Delaware.

In lieu of flow­ers, the fam­ily requests dona­tions be sent in mem­ory of Gus Stew­art to the Ohio Wes­leyan Uni­ver­sity Team OWU fund, part of the ‘W’ Asso­ci­a­tion. (Team OWU, Mowry Alumni Cen­ter, 61 S.Sandusky St., Delaware, OH 43015). Arrange­ments by Robin­son Funeral Home.

Con­do­lences may be expressed at robinsonfuneralhomeinc.com.

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