Charlotte M. Hunt

"Charlotte Marie Hunt who was born September 3 1928 in Aberdeen Washington. She passed during the night of May 6th after a short illness and was 91 years old. To most in the family she was always known as Auntie Charlotte so you will hear both versions of her name here today. Charlotte ,her mother Goldie Marie Hunt, Father Albert E Hunt Sr and brother Albert E hunt Jr all shared the difficulties of the depression living in Portland, Newberg and Gales Creek at different times. My Grandmother Goldie was from the Gumm family in Newberg and is a direct descendent of Sebastion Brutscher, the founder of Newberg. My Grandfather provided for the family in several ways during those depression years sharing a family electrical business until it went under, cutting firewood, buying fish at the coast driving them in an old truck to Portland and selling them where he could. Life was not easy growing up in those years for Charlotte but she managed to develop some interest during those formative years and was quite devoted to becoming a scientist. She had chemistry sets and various tools for investigation of chemistry along with many textbooks . During her high school years Charlotte became involved in a church in Portland and became an active Christian, the first in her family to make that dedication of her life. Charlotte decided to go to college at Wheaton in Illinois and finished her bachelors at Lewis and Clark in Portland. She would later go on to achieve a master’s degree in Christian Counseling. I’m not sure at what point she was called to full time Christian work as a missionary. She went to work with the Wycliffe Bible Translators and took their training to prepare her for work in Southern Mexico translating the bible into the local dialect for a tribe in Tabasco, Mexico She spent 10 years with in the field and later came back to the Los Angeles area to work for Wycliffe internally. Auntie Charlotte remained in Southern California for many years. In the 1980’s She came back to Oregon to aid in taking care of Grandma Goldie. My father Al Hunt Jr had been taking care of grandma, but his life took a turn for the worse and he left Charlotte and I needing to take over Grandmas affairs and welfare.. As always, Charlotte rose to the challenge of caring for her, even though their relationship had been quite rocky over the years. As Grandma Goldie’s Alzheimer’s progressed she went into a care home until her passing. Charlotte became involved with Beaverton Foursquare church where she attended as much as possible over the years. During the later years of Charlottes life she had a private practice in Christian Counseling working mainly with women who had be involved in various abusive situations, some quite difficult. She helped many people during this time and often did this counseling for free or very low compensation. She did this work until she was almost 80. Auntie Charlotte was always involved with the family, though she never married or had any children of her own. Charlotte had a number of long term close friends that she really enjoyed spending time with. She always was upbeat and positive and a joy to be around. Even in her later years she remained a sharp, intuitive and deeply caring person. I’m humbled when looking back on her life at how many people she helped along the road of life. She always was concerned for everyone in the family. She prayed for them often but never made a big thing of it. If you were having a hard time, she prayed for you. If you’re here today, she no doubt prayed for you in earnest. Many of us became Christians over the years and I know her many prayers helped us along. She reached out to everyone where they stood and really wanted to know how they were doing and what their interests were. I suspect if you could tally the people who had their lives touched by Charlotte it would reach in the thousands. What a truly wonderful measure of a life well lived." - Eulogy read at the funeral service. Through this site, we invite you to share your thoughts and fond memories with her family.

Charlotte M. Hunt

September 3, 1928 - May 7, 2019