Maxine L. Stewart

Maxine Lucille Carpenter Stewart, 76, died peacefully in her daughter’s home on September 23, 2026. She was the daughter of the late Lucille Elva Edmonds and Ralph Samuel Carpenter. She was also preceded in death by her niece, Arianna Oetken, and her brother and sister-in-law, David and Patti Carpenter.

A native of Horton, Iowa, Maxine was a born on July 4, 1950, in Charles City, Iowa. She grew up on a farm in rural Horton, Iowa, and attended Plainfield Schools through high school. She was a member of Horton Baptist Church, where she trusted Christ as her Savior at a young age, and was baptized in local Cedar River. Her favorite activities growing up were sports – particularly basketball and softball.

After graduating high school in 1968, she attended one year of college at Faith Baptist Bible College in Ankeny, Iowa. She eventually moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she lived with older sister June and her family, and there met Ron Stewart in 1970. They married back in her home church in Horton on November 27, 1971. The newlyweds then traveled to Ron’s hometown of Athens, Georgia, to meet his family and begin their life together. In 1975, they were blessed with their only child, Angela.

Maxine worked her entire adult life at the University of Georgia, retiring in 2004 as a Data Entry Supervisor. In retirement, she and Ron enjoyed traveling to the Smoky Mountains and visiting her family in the Midwest nearly every summer. Maxine enjoyed all types of crafts, taking and sharing photos, playing games with family, and spending time with loved ones. She was also a committed and faithful member of Temple Baptist Church, where she served in whatever capacities she could find to contribute, including singing in the choir for many years, teaching Sunday school, and serving in the nursery.

Maxine is survived by her husband of fifty-five years, Ronald Stewart; daughter, Angela Stewart; three sisters and brothers-in-law: June and Dale Siewert of Aberdeen, South Dakota, Janice and Gerry Schindler of Marion, Iowa, and Joyce and Paul Oetken of Watertown, Wisconsin; as well as 13 nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends Thursday from 6:00 until 8:00 PM at the funeral home.

Funeral services will be Friday, October 2, 2026, at 2:00 PM at Temple Baptist Church, 2725 Cherokee Road, Athens, GA 30605. Interment will follow at Athens Memory Gardens.

Lord and Stephens Funeral Home, EAST, Athens, GA 30605, is in charge of arrangements.