Charlie grew up in the Corydon
area of Southern Indiana. He attended St Michael's Grade School at Bradford. His
high school and business college education was in the same area. In 1941 he
commenced employment with PSI Energy (now Duke) and in his 42-year career,
worked in 11 different offices throughout the Hoosier state. He retired in 1984
as Vice President of Marketing and Customer Service at the Corporate Offices in
Plainfield. Charlie has two sons, a daughter, 6 grandchildren and 2
great-grandchildren. Imogene, his wife of 54 years died in November, 2005. He
has lived in Terre Haute for 38 years and has been a member of St Margaret Mary
Parish the entire time. He has been extremely active in community affairs,
having served as president of several business and community organizations, in
addition to numerous other officer positions. Charlie has
served our parish as volunteer business manager for 18 years. He has been a
Eucharist Minister for 30 years and Server for 17 years. In his spare time, he
plays golf.