KATE FLANAGAN STEWART Kate Flanagan Stewart, 96, passed away on the 8th of August. Kate was born August 21, 1910 in Vaiden, Mississippi, the daughter of Daniel Tobias Flanagan and Ella Burden Flanagan. She moved to the Monroe area as a child and resided here for the remainder of her life, graduating from high school in 1928 and Louisiana Normal College in Natchitoches in 1932. She taught at Crosley in West Monroe during the 1930s and 1940s. In 1940 she married Dr. J.C. Stewart, then a well-known West Monroe dentist, who later served on the Ouachita Parish School Board. In 1958, when West Monroe Junior High opened, she was one of the original members of its faculty; she taught there until her retirement in 1972. As a teacher she touched so many lives, in some cases teaching several generations in the same family. History and literature were her true loves. She was a voracious reader and an active participant for years in the Altrurian Book Club. She was also a member of the Chief Tusquahoma Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was a charter member of Memorial Presbyterian Church in West Monroe and later joined Highland Presbyterian Church where she had served as an elder and as a lifelong member of the Women of the Presbyterian Church, U.S. Kate is survived by her son Toby R. Stewart and her daughter-in-law Becky Stewart of Houston, TX and also by her stepdaughter Myrta Reace Persons of Dallas, TX and step daughter-in-law Marcile Stewart of Ruidoso, NM. She is also survived by three step-grandchildren and nine step-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her step-son Roy Stewart, and two sisters, Phyllis F. Cozine and Dorothy Flanagan. The family expresses thanks to the caregivers at Christus St. Joseph Assisted Living and Nursing Home in Monroe where Kate resided for the last years of her life, and extends very special gratitude to Sister Elizabeth. Visitation will be held Friday, August 10, from 5 until 7 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home in West Monroe. Services are scheduled at the funeral home at 10AM Saturday. Officiating will be Dr. George Wortham. Serving as pallbearers will be Jack Dement, Lee Edwards, Harry Prophit, Steve Walker and Wayne Walker. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Kate≠s name may be made to Highland Presbyterian Church, 1403 Wellerman Road, West Monroe, LA, or to the American Heart Association.