- Date Of Birth: April 20, 1924
- Date Of Death: July 16, 2019
- State: New Mexico
Charlotte Leona Lazear Cutter, loving wife and mother, passed away in her Albuquerque home on Tuesday, July 16, 2019, she was 95. She was born in Palo Alto, California, in 1924. Her mother, Leona Saunders Lazear, died when she was three. Her father, Charles Lazear, was a cotton farmer in Arizona for most of Charlotte’s life. She spent her youth in Oakland with her aunt, Ida Lazear. During World War II, Charlotte began her postsecondary education when she entered the Cadet Nurse Corps in San Francisco but left before her completion to marry. She earned a B.A. (1977) and M.A. (1979) in history at the University of New Mexico. And she finally completed her cherished R.N., B.S.N. with honors, at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (1985). She loved working with the babies as a pediatric nurse at UNMH. Charlotte was preceded in death by her husband, Donald C. Cutter. Their paths crossed early as they lived a few blocks away from each other as children and attended the same schools and Presbyterian Church. Their 68-year married life was one of love, family and adventure. They raised nine children, including two sets of twins, while Donald’s work as a professor and historian allowed them to experience life in near and distant parts of the world.
