Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Charles Thomas WOLLASTON
Charles Thomas Wollaston, 84, of New Garden Township died peacefully Saturday, March 29, at Linden Hall in Kennett Square.
He was the husband of the late Janet Gatchell Wollaston, who died in 1974 and with whom he shared 28 years of marriage.
Born in West Grove, he was the son of the late Howard C. and Ellen Mitchell Wollaston.
A birthright member of New Garden Friends Meeting, he was a 1941 graduate of Kennett High School. He was a self-employed dairy farmer for over 60 years at Maple Lawn Farm.
Mr. Wollaston was a member of London Grove Grange for more than 65 years. Actively involved in 4-H in his youth, he was a 4-H leader for more than 60 years. Other memberships included Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, Home and Farm Antique Association, Interstate Milk Producers Cooperative and the American Jersey Cattle Club. For more than 30 years he was chairman of the Unionville Fair Dairy Show. In addition, he enjoyed many years calling square dances and spending time with his family and friends.
He is survived by one son, Thomas H. Wollaston and wife, Mary, of Landenberg; five daughters, Margaret Empet and husband, Dale, of Kingsley, Martha Johnson and husband, Stephen, of West Chester, Nancy McMahon and husband, William, of Kirkwood, Catherine Guest and husband, Stanley, of Pottstown, and Elizabeth Stahlnecker and husband, Kevin, of Cogan Station; 15 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren; his sister, Eleanor Hawthorne of Kennett Square; sisters-in-law Elizabeth Naghski of Germantown and Rebecca McIlvain of State College; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his wife, he was predeceased by his brother, J. Paul Wollaston.
Family and friends may call at New Garden Friends Meeting House.
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