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Cynthia Parker Witt

Cynthia Parker Witt

Cynthia Parker Witt, 89, died peacefully on Monday, January 14, 2019 in the Hilton Head Island Hospital, SC.

She was born in Gowanda, NY on February 18, 1929 and received a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York at Geneseo in 1951. She married James R. Witt later that year. During the course of their 58-year marriage, they lived in seven states and raised four children. Though she spent most of her time as a homemaker, she co-developed a pre-school program for her church, co-started a gift shop business, and was involved in many church and volunteer organizations. In her spare time, she enjoyed playing golf, sewing, reading, completing jig saw puzzles and arranging flowers.

She was a beloved wife of the late James R. Witt Sr; loving mother of Kathy Witt Sturges (Richard), Michael James (Valerie), Deborah Witt Hearl (James) and the late James Roger Witt Jr.; caring grandmother of James Clarke Sturges (Maria), Abigail Hearl Frattini (Will), Caroline Marie Witt, Natalie Rose Witt and proud great-grandmother of Eleanor James Frattini and Parker Lauring Sturges.

A graveside service will be held Saturday July 13, 2019 at 11 a.m. from the Versailles Cemetery Versailles, NY.

Arrangements are by SCHINDLER FUNERAL HOME 44 Center St. Gowanda, NY.