Charity Cannavo, of West Bend, died peacefully on Thursday, March 19th, 2015 at the age of 89. She was born on September 18th, 1925 in Mt Olive, North Carolina to Edward and Eva Wiggins. She graduated from high school in Calypso, NC, in 1942, and afterwards worked at Seymour Johnson Air Force base in Goldsboro NC. It was there that she met her husband-to-be, Clayton.

After marriage in 1947, Charity moved to Milwaukee, WI. She moved to West Bend in 1965. Charity worked for many years at Amity Leather, where she worked in Quality Control. She retired in 1988.

Charity enjoyed working in her yard, cooking, playing cards, doing puzzles, and anything else to keep herself busy. You could always count on her asking if you wanted something to eat.

Charity is survived by her daughters Marianne Cannavo, of California, Linda Mertens of West Bend, sons Steve (Cherry) of West Bend, and Cam (Jennifer) of Oostburg. grandchildren Heidi Lindquist and Kristoffer (Sandy) Lindquist of California, Adam Gebhard, of Anchorage, AK, Nicole (John) Stark, of Anchorage, AK, Steve Cannavo, Jr., Chris (Anna) Cannavo, of Oshkosh, Sara Cannavo and Danny Cannavo, both of Random Lake, WI. and 5 great grandchildren. She is further survived by sisters Gretchel Moore, Faye Whitfield, Gail Rodgers, and Eva Louise Feuer, all of North Carolina, many nieces, nephews, and other relatives. Charity was preceded in death by her husband, Clay, daughter Laura Cannavo, her parents, 3 brothers and 2 sisters.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, March 24th, from 3:00pm – 4:00pm with a funeral service at 4:00pm.