Elzie Stewart Tosto

Elzie Stewart Tosto, 85, of South River, passed away Monday, March 15, 2021, at his home.

His funeral service will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, March 18, 2021, at Edwards Chapel Free Will Baptist Church, officiated by Pastor Merle. Hunt. Interment will follow at Hardy Family Cemetery with military honors and Masonic Rites. Friends are welcome to attend the service. For those unable to attend, the family invites you to view the service through Elzie’s obituary page on Munden Funeral Home’s website. In keeping with the CDC guidelines pertaining to the Coronavirus, those who are ill or at-risk (elderly, immune-compromised) are encouraged to stay home. Additionally, there will be a limit to the number of people in the building at one time, as well, those who attend will be asked to bring and wear a protective mask. Help us honor the family while practicing safe measures. Friends are also encouraged to leave words of comfort to the family through the website.

(See link below for the Service Bulletin including the Order of Service.)

Elzie was born and raised in South River, NC, the youngest of 10 children to George T. and Mary S. Day Tosto. He graduated from Beaufort High School in 1954 and shortly after enlisted in the U.S. Navy. After four years of service, he was decommissioned in 1958. Elzie joined the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves in 1961 and retired as CDR in 1995 as the Commanding Officer of Fort Macon.

He married the love of his life, Marsha Kay Hill on December 9, 1960. That same year, he went to work at Cherry Point (NARF) in the Apprentice Program where he retired in 1991 after 31 years. As a longtime member of the Edwards Chapel Free Will Baptist Church, he served as Trustee, Secretary, Sunday School Superintendent and Building Committee Chairman.

Elzie loved serving his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, as well as serving the Church and the South River Community. He was very skilled at fixing things and thoroughly enjoyed being the Community Handyman and helping others in need.

He loved his family, his wife, his children, and his grandchildren. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, crabbing, and shrimping. He enjoyed working outdoors, building, and fixing houses and gardening. He enjoyed being a longtime member of the Franklin Masonic Lodge, as well as a Shriner.

He is survived by his wife, Marsha H. Tosto of the home; daughter, Angela Tosto Pittman and husband Robin of Beaufort; sons, Albert Tosto of Hampstead and fiancé Shelia Cox and Adam Tosto and wife Teri of South River; brother, Maxton Tosto of South River; and five grandchildren, Cameron Cotham of Hanover, MA, Kent Pittman of Morehead City, Brady Tosto of Morehead City, Evan Tosto of Atlantic Beach and Rylee Tosto of Beaufort.

He was preceded in death by his parents, George Thomas Tosto and Mary Day Tosto.

The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m., prior to the service at Edwards Chapel Free Baptist Church.

Family and friends are welcome to submit online condolences at www.mundenfuneralhome.net

Arrangements are by Munden Funeral Home & Crematory, Morehead City, NC.