Charlotte Robitaille
April 5, 1913 ~ January 9, 2000
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Mrs. Robitaille was born in North Attleboro, MA, and was a former resident of Wrentham and Holliston, MA until moving to Asheville six years ago. She was a daughter of the late William and Susan Curly Smith, the wife of the late George F. Gay and the late Edward Robitaille and was also preceded in death by a son, George F. Gay, of Tampa, FL. She was a retired nurse and a member of the Basilica of St. Lawrence, D.M.
Surviving are a son, Gerald Robert Gay and his wife Jean of Asheville, six grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 11:00 am Wednesday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Fr. Christopher Davis officiating. Interment will be in Holliston, MA.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mountain Area Hospice, PO Box 16, Asheville, NC 28802, or to the American Heart Association, 50 South French Broad Ave., Asheville, NC 28801.
SAFETLY HOME
I am home in Heaven, dear ones;
Oh,so happy and so bright!
There is perfect joy and beauty I’n this everlasting light.
All the pain and grief is over,
Every restless tossing passed;
I am now at peace forever,
Safely home in Heaven at last.
Did you wonder I so calmly
Trod the valley of the Shade?
Oh! but Jesus’ love illumined
Every dark and fearful glade.
And He came Himself to meet me
In that way so hard to tread;
And wiath Jesus’ arm to lean on,
Could I have one doubt or dread?
Then you must not grieve so sorely,
For I love you dearly still:
Try to look beyond earth’s shadows,
Pray to trust our Father’s Will.
There is work still waiting for you,
So you must not idlyu stand;
Do it now, while life remaineth-
You shall rest in Jesus’ land.
When that work is all completed,
He will gently call you Home;
Oh, the rapture of that meeting,
Oh, the joy to see you come!
With love Susan and Paul