Charles K. Engel, 91, of Hudson, passed away 2:05 p.m. Sunday (Oct. 8, 2017) at Heritage Health, El Paso, with his wife by his side.
His funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Calvert-Johnson & Froelich Memorial Home, El Paso, with the Rev. Ralph Wingate officiating. Burial with military rites will follow at Hinthorn Cemetery, Lake Bloomington. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday and one hour prior to the service Friday at the memorial home. Memorials may be made to Hudson Fire Department.
Charles was born May 1, 1926, in Chenoa, the son of Jacob and Katharina Carstens Engel. He married Norma Farrell in 1945, in Bloomington. She died Sept. 21, 1983. He then married Juanita Kessinger on July 28, 1984, in Lexington; they have been married for 33 years. She survives along with three sons, Allen Engel, El Paso; Tom (Tyke) Engel, Hudson; and Galen Engel, Normal; two stepchildren, Ron (Debra) Kessinger, Wellington, Colo., and Lanette (Al) Wallace, Bloomington; one brother, John (Marlene) Engel, Kappa; two grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; six stepgrandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren; one stepgreat-great-grandson; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, one stepson and one stepgrandson.
Charles attended Lexington Community Church. He farmed in rural Hudson for more than 40 years. After retiring, he drove a school bus for Unit 5 for 14 years. Charles was a sergeant in the Army Air Corps from Nov. 2, 1945, to Jan. 22, 1947. He spent a year in Occupied Japan as a photographer. He was a volunteer with the Hudson Fire Department for 40 years starting as a firefighter in 1972, and retiring as president of the board of trustees in 2012. Charles was an avid woodworker for as long as he was able, making quilting frames and other items for quilters. He enjoyed reading, watching TV and watching birds.
The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois)
October 11, 2017
His funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Calvert-Johnson & Froelich Memorial Home, El Paso, with the Rev. Ralph Wingate officiating. Burial with military rites will follow at Hinthorn Cemetery, Lake Bloomington. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday and one hour prior to the service Friday at the memorial home. Memorials may be made to Hudson Fire Department.
Charles was born May 1, 1926, in Chenoa, the son of Jacob and Katharina Carstens Engel. He married Norma Farrell in 1945, in Bloomington. She died Sept. 21, 1983. He then married Juanita Kessinger on July 28, 1984, in Lexington; they have been married for 33 years. She survives along with three sons, Allen Engel, El Paso; Tom (Tyke) Engel, Hudson; and Galen Engel, Normal; two stepchildren, Ron (Debra) Kessinger, Wellington, Colo., and Lanette (Al) Wallace, Bloomington; one brother, John (Marlene) Engel, Kappa; two grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; six stepgrandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren; one stepgreat-great-grandson; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, one stepson and one stepgrandson.
Charles attended Lexington Community Church. He farmed in rural Hudson for more than 40 years. After retiring, he drove a school bus for Unit 5 for 14 years. Charles was a sergeant in the Army Air Corps from Nov. 2, 1945, to Jan. 22, 1947. He spent a year in Occupied Japan as a photographer. He was a volunteer with the Hudson Fire Department for 40 years starting as a firefighter in 1972, and retiring as president of the board of trustees in 2012. Charles was an avid woodworker for as long as he was able, making quilting frames and other items for quilters. He enjoyed reading, watching TV and watching birds.
The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois)
October 11, 2017
Charles K. Engel, 91, of Hudson, passed away 2:05 p.m. Sunday (Oct. 8, 2017) at Heritage Health, El Paso, with his wife by his side.
His funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Calvert-Johnson & Froelich Memorial Home, El Paso, with the Rev. Ralph Wingate officiating. Burial with military rites will follow at Hinthorn Cemetery, Lake Bloomington. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday and one hour prior to the service Friday at the memorial home. Memorials may be made to Hudson Fire Department.
Charles was born May 1, 1926, in Chenoa, the son of Jacob and Katharina Carstens Engel. He married Norma Farrell in 1945, in Bloomington. She died Sept. 21, 1983. He then married Juanita Kessinger on July 28, 1984, in Lexington; they have been married for 33 years. She survives along with three sons, Allen Engel, El Paso; Tom (Tyke) Engel, Hudson; and Galen Engel, Normal; two stepchildren, Ron (Debra) Kessinger, Wellington, Colo., and Lanette (Al) Wallace, Bloomington; one brother, John (Marlene) Engel, Kappa; two grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; six stepgrandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren; one stepgreat-great-grandson; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, one stepson and one stepgrandson.
Charles attended Lexington Community Church. He farmed in rural Hudson for more than 40 years. After retiring, he drove a school bus for Unit 5 for 14 years. Charles was a sergeant in the Army Air Corps from Nov. 2, 1945, to Jan. 22, 1947. He spent a year in Occupied Japan as a photographer. He was a volunteer with the Hudson Fire Department for 40 years starting as a firefighter in 1972, and retiring as president of the board of trustees in 2012. Charles was an avid woodworker for as long as he was able, making quilting frames and other items for quilters. He enjoyed reading, watching TV and watching birds.
The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois)
October 11, 2017
His funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Calvert-Johnson & Froelich Memorial Home, El Paso, with the Rev. Ralph Wingate officiating. Burial with military rites will follow at Hinthorn Cemetery, Lake Bloomington. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday and one hour prior to the service Friday at the memorial home. Memorials may be made to Hudson Fire Department.
Charles was born May 1, 1926, in Chenoa, the son of Jacob and Katharina Carstens Engel. He married Norma Farrell in 1945, in Bloomington. She died Sept. 21, 1983. He then married Juanita Kessinger on July 28, 1984, in Lexington; they have been married for 33 years. She survives along with three sons, Allen Engel, El Paso; Tom (Tyke) Engel, Hudson; and Galen Engel, Normal; two stepchildren, Ron (Debra) Kessinger, Wellington, Colo., and Lanette (Al) Wallace, Bloomington; one brother, John (Marlene) Engel, Kappa; two grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; six stepgrandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren; one stepgreat-great-grandson; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, one stepson and one stepgrandson.
Charles attended Lexington Community Church. He farmed in rural Hudson for more than 40 years. After retiring, he drove a school bus for Unit 5 for 14 years. Charles was a sergeant in the Army Air Corps from Nov. 2, 1945, to Jan. 22, 1947. He spent a year in Occupied Japan as a photographer. He was a volunteer with the Hudson Fire Department for 40 years starting as a firefighter in 1972, and retiring as president of the board of trustees in 2012. Charles was an avid woodworker for as long as he was able, making quilting frames and other items for quilters. He enjoyed reading, watching TV and watching birds.
The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois)
October 11, 2017
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