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Betty (St. Charles) Hotchkiss

SALEM — Betty (St. Charles) Hotchkiss, 82, of Whitewood Assisted Living in North Canton, formerly of Salem, died at 6:15 a.m. Tuesday at Mercy Medical Center in Canton.

She was born on July 6, 1935, in Pontiac, Mich., the daughter of the late Ernest J. and Esther B. (LaLonde) St. Charles.

Before she moved to Salem in 1970, she was a secretary for General Motors Acceptance Company in Michigan. She was Catholic by faith but had attended various churches in the area.

She is survived by her children, Craig W. (Lori) Hotchkiss of Uniontown, Connie E. Hotchkiss of Cuyahoga Falls, Kathy M. Hotchkiss of Santa Clarita, Calif.; her sister, Ann Marie McGaffey of Fenton, Mich.; three granddaughters and 10 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death on Nov. 5, 2004 by her husband, William Edwin Hotchkiss, whom she married on April 7, 1956; and by her son, Steven W. Hotchkiss, in 1983.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Arbaugh-Pearce-Greenisen & Sons Funeral and Cremation Services with the Rev. Kari Lankford officiating. Burial will be at Hope Cemetery in Salem. A time of visitation will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to the Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation , 10810 E 45th St. Suite 300, Tulsa, OK, 74146.

See the obituary and sign the guestbook at www.apgreenisenfh.com.

1/18/18