Obituary of Charlotte A. Southard

Charlotte Ann Southard Edison, NJ - Charlotte Ann (Wilchuck) Southard, 87, died peacefully on Friday, June 17, 2011 at CareOne at the Highlands in Edison. Born in Bound Brook on May 15, 1924 to Michael and Ethel Wilchuck, Charlotte and her family had resided in South Plainfield for many years. She subsequently lived in Cranbury for a few years before she and her husband William moved to New Port Richey, FL in 1987 until moving back to Edison in 2006. Before retiring in 1987, she had worked for over twenty years as a personnel assistant for the former Beecham Pharmaceuticals in Piscataway. Prior to Beecham, she had worked for the personnel department at the former Art Color Printing Co. in Dunellen. Charlotte was a former member of Sacred Heart RC Church in South Plainfield. After her retirement she and her husband did extensive traveling throughout the US and abroad. In her spare time, she enjoyed crocheting and loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. Charlotte is predeceased by her husband, William Green Southard, who died in 1991. She is survived by her daughter and son in law: Doreen L. And Dr. John D. Bogden of South Plainfield, her very dear friend Edward Allen of New Port Richey, FL. and by her granddaughters Jennifer Roberts and her husband Geoffrey of Hillsborough, Kimberly Ann Bogden of Hillsborough and her fiancé John Heald of Manchester, England and as well as her great grandchildren Cassandra, John and Travis Roberts of Hillsborough. She also leaves behind her siblings; Margaret Hansen of Sanford, NC, John Wilchuck of Nova Scotia and Michael Wilchuck of Toms River. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 22, beginning 9:15 AM in the McCriskin-Gustafson Home for Funerals, 2425 Plainfield Avenue, South Plainfield, NJ 07080 followed by a 10:00 AM funeral mass at Sacred Heart RC Church in South Plainfield. Charlotte will be laid to rest beside her husband in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Bound Brook. Visitation will be in the funeral home on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 from 4-7 PM and on Wednesday from 9:00 AM until the service time.