Charles Edward Stenard, 82, passed away at the Princeton Medical Center on October 23, 2018 after a long and courageous fight against Parkinson’s disease.
He was born on February 3, 1936 in Watertown, New York. He was predeceased by his parents, John and Irene Stenard and his brother, John Stenard. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Kirby Stenard of 59 years as well as sons Steven, wife Lysa of Cincinnati, OH, Andrew and wife Jennifer of Manalapan, NJ, daughter Deidre of Princeton, NJ, and 5 grandchildren, Alexandre, Kirby, Andrew, Elizabeth, and Katherine. Charles attended Harvard University on a NROTC scholarship (AB ‘58). After serving three years as a Research Naval Officer at the National Security Agency he earned a PhD in Mathematics from Princeton University. He had an accomplished 30-year career at AT&T Bell Laboratories in research and development management, where he worked on many diverse national security programs. The span of his work included supervising ABM missile tests in Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, and machine learning and neural network software tool development for natural handwriting recognition for the US Postal service.
Having moved to Stonebridge Retirement Community he kept active. As an accomplished cellist, Charles enjoyed playing chamber music and giving concerts. He enjoyed activities such as lectures, musicals, attending various community activities and being active with his grandchildren. He was a member of Trinity Church, The Old Guard, and on the board of Crisis Ministry where he volunteered for many years.
The funeral will be at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton NJ, 08540 Saturday October 27, 2018 at 11:30 am. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s research or other charities is greatly appreciated.
