Rhonwyn Valdes Huff, 57, of Kiawah Island, South Carolina, wife of Charles M. Huff entered into eternal rest Friday, May 3, 2013. Her Funeral Service will be held Sunday, May 26, 2013 in Grace Episcopal Church, 98 Wentworth Street at 3:00 pm. Entombment will follow in Grace Episcopal Church Columbarium. Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL.
Rhondy was born May 9, 1955 in Atlanta, GA, daughter of Joseph Franklin Valdes and Eugenia Breeden Valdes. She attained her undergraduate degree from Converse College, and graduate degrees from Georgia State College and Emory University. As a Medical Technologist she was a former Director of the Hemapheresis Unit under Laboratory Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Rhondy was a member of The Junior League of Charleston and the Chaine des Rotisseurs. After Hurricane Hugo she became a board member of LowCountry ReLEAF. She was also a member of the board of The Preservation Society of Charleston and Life Management Center of Charleston.
Rhondy was a member of Grace Church, Grace Church Hand Bell Choir and Grace Cares. Rhondy captained the Country Club of Charleston Tennis Team in 2007 and was currently a member of RBTW ( Reading Between the Wines ) Book Club.
She is survived by her husband of 27 years, Charles; her mother, Gena, of Mt. Pleasant, SC; her two children Emily Palmer Huff and Joseph Moran Huff, both of Charleston; her brother, James Valdes (Barbara) of Austin, TX; and her niece, Andrea Valdes Merritt of Atlanta, GA.
Memorials may be made to Grace Episcopal Church, 98 Wentworth Street, Charleston, SC 29401 or to Hospice of Charleston, 4975 LaCross Road Suite 200, North Charleston, SC 29406.