Obit for Pam McCarthy's mother

The obituary in the Beacon Journal for Charlotte McCarthy, mother of former BJ staffer and retired Hoover High teacher Pam McCarthy.

Charlotte Ruth McCarthy passed away July 28, 2011 peacefully after a long illness.

She was preceded in death by husbands, James J. Longstreth (1951); Edward J. McCarthy (2006); and son, Steven McCarthy (2008).

Born on May 15, 1929, in Akron, Ohio, she graduated in 1947 from West High School. She devoted her life to taking care of her family and home, first in Akron, during summers at Marblehead, and for 33 years, in Florida.

Charlotte returned to the Akron area in April 2009 to be near her daughters, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, who were grateful for the two years and four months they shared with her.

``Cha-Cha' will be sadly missed by daughters, Pam McCarthy (Ken Pakenham) of North Canton, Karen Uber (Jim Sanzone) of Cuyahoga Falls, and Kathy McCarthy of Cuyahoga Falls; son, Jerry McCarthy of Bradenton, Fla.; grandchildren, Jennifer (Mike) Watson, Bethany (Andy) Stevens, Natalie (Matt) Everly, Rachel McCarthy, Michael Pakenham, Kate Pakenham, and Brittany McCarthy; and eight great-grandchildren, Julia and Nick Siegferth and Liam, Olivia and Amelia Watson; Jackson Stevens and Alexis and Mason Everly.

The family wishes to give a final ``woo-woo' to Emeritus at Stow for their loving care of Cha-Cha.

Calling hours will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, at Hennessy Funeral Home, 552 N. Main St., Akron. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Blessed Trinity Church, 300 E. Tallmadge Ave., Akron, and at Holy Cross Cemetery, 100 E. Waterloo Rd, Akron. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association , Akron Tri-County Chapter, 1815 W. Market St., Suite 301, Akron, OH 44313-7067.
Hennesy Funeral Home 330-376-3032
[Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, OH, Sunday, July 31, page B6, col. 2]