Charlotte Grant Sears of Chevy Chase, MD., born December 7, 1948 to the late Temple Haile Curry Grant and Charles Roeder Grant, died after a courageous journey with cancer on December 18, 2018. She was a loving mother, friend and teacher.
Born in Washington, DC and raised in Bethesda and Chevy Chase MD, Charlotte attended the Holton-Arms School where she memorized songs, psalms, and poems that she recalled throughout her life. Her athleticism shined in field hockey and tennis. Charlotte supported the school after graduation by serving on the alumni board. The mutual love of her classmates and friends was evident to her last days.
Charlotte graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1971 following her mother’s footsteps with a degree in home economics. She and her parents cheered on the Terps every football and basketball season as members of the Terrapin Club.
In the summer of 1971, Charlotte married H. Edwards Sears, Jr., also of Chevy Chase, Md. Together they raised four children with such love and support that each pursued his and her passion into adulthood, including the arts and teaching. The best mommy, Charlotte was generous with hugs, and kisses, hearty laughs, spontaneous songs, and the right words at the right time, especially to get a laugh in the midst of tears.
As a teacher at the Concord Hills School, Charlotte loved her students as much as her own family. For her, engaging three and four year old children in learning together was a source of pure joy for almost thirty years.
Charlotte loved people. She remembered the names and personal details of brief acquaintances as we as lifelong friends, demonstrating that each person she knew was special and important. Charlotte will be greatly missed and always loved.
Charlotte is survived by her loving husband of 47 years; four children, Dana Sears Schaefer and her husband Michael Schaefer of Ocean View, DE , Edward “Teddy” Sears and his wife Milissa Sears of Manhattan Beach, CA, Richard “Ricky” Sears and his wife Helen Sears of Kensington, MD, and Christian Sears and his wife Elizabeth Sears of Cornelius, NC; and four grandchildren, Grant, Molly, Otis, and Sonja. She is also survived by her four siblings, their spouses, and numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
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