Charlotte Belle Comstock Vitt, 1949-2020
STRUTHERS — Charlotte Belle Comstock Vitt, 70, died Thursday afternoon, March 12, 2020, at Continuing Health Care Center in Boardman, with her family by her side, following a two-year battle with cancer.
She was born Aug. 31, 1949, in Youngstown, the only child of William and Isabel Schall Comstock and had been a lifelong area resident.
She was a 1967 graduate of Struthers High School and had attended Mount Union College for a year before finishing her undergraduate studies and earning her master’s degree in education from Youngstown State University. Charlotte began her teaching career in New Middletown for her first two years before coming to the Struthers City School District, where she had taught kindergarten for 28 years.
Charlotte loved the children she had taught, as well as their parents. Among her accomplishments, she was named the Struthers Educator of the Year and the Tri-County Educator of the Year in 1997. That same year, she also was named the Martha Jennings Holden Scholar. She had also earned the “Class Act Award” from 21 WFMJ-TV.
Charlotte was a lifetime member of the Mahoning Valley Retired Teachers Association and the Ohio State Teachers Association, as well as a member of the Friends of the Boardman Library. Charlotte had been a member of Struthers Parkside Church, formerly Struthers Presbyterian Church, her entire life.
Besides her husband, Dennis Vitt, whom she married July 17, 1982, she leaves her two stepdaughters, whom she loved, Christa (Jim) Blythe of Dublin and Megan Vitt of Beaver Township; four grandchildren, Wynter, Ty, Piper and Leah, whom she adored.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, March 21, 2020, at the Davidson-Becker Funeral Home in Struthers, with the Rev. James Berkebile officiating. Interment will follow in Lake Park Cemetery.
Friends may call 3 to 5 p.m. Friday afternoon at the funeral home.
The family would like to thank The Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Hope Center for Cancer Care, Mercy Health Physical Therapy in Boardman, Mercy Health Radiation Facility in Boardman, Continuing Health Care in Boardman and Hospice of the Valley for the care and compassion given to Charlotte.
Condolences may be sent at www.beckerobits.com.
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