Life Notes: Susan Stewart, Van Fletcher

Life Notes: H. Waller Whittemore, father of the Recording Academy's Susan Stewart, died Oct. 7 in Norfolk, VA at the age of 98. See full obituary and Oct. 16 memorial service details here. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in his memory to the Children's Hospital of the Kings Daughters here, or the Back Bay Restoration Foundation here. Condolences to Stewart here.

Rilla Whitaker Fletcher, mother of Fletcher Entertainment's Van Fletcher, died Oct. 10 in Boonville, NC at the age of 95. See full obituary here. The funeral was held yesterday (10/12). In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Mountain Valley Hospice here. Reach Van Fletcher here.