Stuart C. Dearth

                Stuart C. “Stu” Dearth, age 88, passed away on Thursday, March 6, 2014, at the VA Medical Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia.  He was officially a resident of VMRC Retirement Community in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Mr. Dearth was born in 1925, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, the son of the late Frank and Alice C. Dearth.   Stu was a veteran of the United States Navy/Coast Guard during World War II where he participated in the Normandy Invasion and later, the invasion of the Philippine Islands in the Pacific. He graduated from Arizona State University with a Master’s in Education.  Mr. Dearth was a high school principal in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  His career in education led him to become an educator on the Navajo Reservation in Albuquerque, New Mexico before retiring.  He was a member of the Opequon Presbyterian Church.    Stu was a former member of the National Education Association, New Mexico Education Association, Winchester Moose Lodge, and the Masonic Lodge.

Stu married Margaret Marietta Brown on June 6, 1997, in Las Vegas, Nevada.  His first wife, Mary Dearth, preceded him in death.

Surviving in addition to his wife, are daughters, Mary E. Low of Albuquerque, NM, Barbara Agregaard and husband, Hank, of Frederick County, VA, and Mollie Guthrie of Wardensville, WV; a son, Stephen Guthrie and wife, Anne, of Charlevoix, MI;  twelve grandchildren; and  twelve great grandchildren.

Two sisters, Mariam Mosk and Ardeanna Adams and two brothers, Frank Dearth and Steve Dearth, preceded him in death.

A memorial service will be conducted at 11:30 AM on Saturday, March 22, 2014, at Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel, with Pastor David Witt officiating.  Inurnment will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery following the service.

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