CHARLES SPRING
(1914 - 2006)
Charles A. Spring, Two Rivers, died peacefully at home Feb. 27, 2006.
Associated with the Two Rivers school system for 30 years before retiring in 1976, he taught courses such as Problems in American Democracy, Economics and American History. After retirement, he continued to be interested in these issues as well as in enlarging consciousness about preserving and promoting the prudent use of the natural environment, caring for the homestead, reading, politics, economics and visiting with friends.
Charles was born in Buskirk, N.Y., on Dec. 13, 1914, the son of George H. and Edna Shedd Spring. He attended the Port Henry, N.Y., public schools; Green Mountain Junior College in Poultney, Va.; North Central College in Naperville, Ill; the University of Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.; and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He and Winifred Ahrens were married on Dec. 25, 1942, in Nashville, Tenn., at the First Congregational Church by the Rev. Malcolm White. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942 shortly after Pearl Harbor, and served as a Pfc. combat correspondent and night fighter in New Guinea and the Philippines, with Company I, 152nd Infantry, 38th Division, until the end of the war. He was involved in savage fighting to liberate the Philippines and to avenge Bataan. After World War II, he returned to Two Rivers.
He is survived by his wife: Winifred and son: Shedd, who resides at home with her; son: Mark and daughter-in-law: Nancy, of Madison; grandchildren: Soibian Huntsman (mother: Chesley Spring, husband: Brian), Mammoth Lakes, Calif.; Charles R. Spring (mother: Carolyn Kott Washburne), Shorewood; Alex and Sara Spring, Madison; and great-grandchildren: Aero and Oliver Huntsman. Other survivors include: James Murray and family, Corinth, N.Y.; Robert Murray and family, Milton, Vt.; Merton Spring, Aurora, Ill.; Charles and Jean Ahrens, Roseburg, Ore.; John and Barbara Pappas, Seabrook Island, S.C.; cousins: Marilyn Pfeffer; Lorraine Leider; and Vivian Jaklin; Dennis Rocheleau; and, of course, Slam the cat.
A memorial service for later in the year will be planned. Donations in Charles' memory may be made to Lakeshore Peacemakers, Wisconsin Public Radio, Woodland Dunes, and other like-minded organizations.
The Klein & Stangel Funeral Home and Cremation Care Center, Two Rivers, has the privilege of assisting the Spring family with funeral arrangements.
Special thanks to Drs. Roy Ozanne and Robert Barylak; home care providers: Tammy Pelner, Kathie Leslie, Angie Eis, Tammy Muck, and Louise Wagner; and special friends: Judy Goldsmith, Carol Wergin and Connie Hendricks.
Manitowoc Herald Times Friday, March 10, 2006 pg. A3
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(1914 - 2006)
Charles A. Spring, Two Rivers, died peacefully at home Feb. 27, 2006.
Associated with the Two Rivers school system for 30 years before retiring in 1976, he taught courses such as Problems in American Democracy, Economics and American History. After retirement, he continued to be interested in these issues as well as in enlarging consciousness about preserving and promoting the prudent use of the natural environment, caring for the homestead, reading, politics, economics and visiting with friends.
Charles was born in Buskirk, N.Y., on Dec. 13, 1914, the son of George H. and Edna Shedd Spring. He attended the Port Henry, N.Y., public schools; Green Mountain Junior College in Poultney, Va.; North Central College in Naperville, Ill; the University of Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.; and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He and Winifred Ahrens were married on Dec. 25, 1942, in Nashville, Tenn., at the First Congregational Church by the Rev. Malcolm White. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942 shortly after Pearl Harbor, and served as a Pfc. combat correspondent and night fighter in New Guinea and the Philippines, with Company I, 152nd Infantry, 38th Division, until the end of the war. He was involved in savage fighting to liberate the Philippines and to avenge Bataan. After World War II, he returned to Two Rivers.
He is survived by his wife: Winifred and son: Shedd, who resides at home with her; son: Mark and daughter-in-law: Nancy, of Madison; grandchildren: Soibian Huntsman (mother: Chesley Spring, husband: Brian), Mammoth Lakes, Calif.; Charles R. Spring (mother: Carolyn Kott Washburne), Shorewood; Alex and Sara Spring, Madison; and great-grandchildren: Aero and Oliver Huntsman. Other survivors include: James Murray and family, Corinth, N.Y.; Robert Murray and family, Milton, Vt.; Merton Spring, Aurora, Ill.; Charles and Jean Ahrens, Roseburg, Ore.; John and Barbara Pappas, Seabrook Island, S.C.; cousins: Marilyn Pfeffer; Lorraine Leider; and Vivian Jaklin; Dennis Rocheleau; and, of course, Slam the cat.
A memorial service for later in the year will be planned. Donations in Charles' memory may be made to Lakeshore Peacemakers, Wisconsin Public Radio, Woodland Dunes, and other like-minded organizations.
The Klein & Stangel Funeral Home and Cremation Care Center, Two Rivers, has the privilege of assisting the Spring family with funeral arrangements.
Special thanks to Drs. Roy Ozanne and Robert Barylak; home care providers: Tammy Pelner, Kathie Leslie, Angie Eis, Tammy Muck, and Louise Wagner; and special friends: Judy Goldsmith, Carol Wergin and Connie Hendricks.
Manitowoc Herald Times Friday, March 10, 2006 pg. A3
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CHARLES SPRING
(1914 - 2006)
Charles A. Spring, Two Rivers, died peacefully at home Feb. 27, 2006.
Associated with the Two Rivers school system for 30 years before retiring in 1976, he taught courses such as Problems in American Democracy, Economics and American History. After retirement, he continued to be interested in these issues as well as in enlarging consciousness about preserving and promoting the prudent use of the natural environment, caring for the homestead, reading, politics, economics and visiting with friends.
Charles was born in Buskirk, N.Y., on Dec. 13, 1914, the son of George H. and Edna Shedd Spring. He attended the Port Henry, N.Y., public schools; Green Mountain Junior College in Poultney, Va.; North Central College in Naperville, Ill; the University of Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.; and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He and Winifred Ahrens were married on Dec. 25, 1942, in Nashville, Tenn., at the First Congregational Church by the Rev. Malcolm White. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942 shortly after Pearl Harbor, and served as a Pfc. combat correspondent and night fighter in New Guinea and the Philippines, with Company I, 152nd Infantry, 38th Division, until the end of the war. He was involved in savage fighting to liberate the Philippines and to avenge Bataan. After World War II, he returned to Two Rivers.
He is survived by his wife: Winifred and son: Shedd, who resides at home with her; son: Mark and daughter-in-law: Nancy, of Madison; grandchildren: Soibian Huntsman (mother: Chesley Spring, husband: Brian), Mammoth Lakes, Calif.; Charles R. Spring (mother: Carolyn Kott Washburne), Shorewood; Alex and Sara Spring, Madison; and great-grandchildren: Aero and Oliver Huntsman. Other survivors include: James Murray and family, Corinth, N.Y.; Robert Murray and family, Milton, Vt.; Merton Spring, Aurora, Ill.; Charles and Jean Ahrens, Roseburg, Ore.; John and Barbara Pappas, Seabrook Island, S.C.; cousins: Marilyn Pfeffer; Lorraine Leider; and Vivian Jaklin; Dennis Rocheleau; and, of course, Slam the cat.
A memorial service for later in the year will be planned. Donations in Charles' memory may be made to Lakeshore Peacemakers, Wisconsin Public Radio, Woodland Dunes, and other like-minded organizations.
The Klein & Stangel Funeral Home and Cremation Care Center, Two Rivers, has the privilege of assisting the Spring family with funeral arrangements.
Special thanks to Drs. Roy Ozanne and Robert Barylak; home care providers: Tammy Pelner, Kathie Leslie, Angie Eis, Tammy Muck, and Louise Wagner; and special friends: Judy Goldsmith, Carol Wergin and Connie Hendricks.
Manitowoc Herald Times Friday, March 10, 2006 pg. A3
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(1914 - 2006)
Charles A. Spring, Two Rivers, died peacefully at home Feb. 27, 2006.
Associated with the Two Rivers school system for 30 years before retiring in 1976, he taught courses such as Problems in American Democracy, Economics and American History. After retirement, he continued to be interested in these issues as well as in enlarging consciousness about preserving and promoting the prudent use of the natural environment, caring for the homestead, reading, politics, economics and visiting with friends.
Charles was born in Buskirk, N.Y., on Dec. 13, 1914, the son of George H. and Edna Shedd Spring. He attended the Port Henry, N.Y., public schools; Green Mountain Junior College in Poultney, Va.; North Central College in Naperville, Ill; the University of Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.; and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He and Winifred Ahrens were married on Dec. 25, 1942, in Nashville, Tenn., at the First Congregational Church by the Rev. Malcolm White. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942 shortly after Pearl Harbor, and served as a Pfc. combat correspondent and night fighter in New Guinea and the Philippines, with Company I, 152nd Infantry, 38th Division, until the end of the war. He was involved in savage fighting to liberate the Philippines and to avenge Bataan. After World War II, he returned to Two Rivers.
He is survived by his wife: Winifred and son: Shedd, who resides at home with her; son: Mark and daughter-in-law: Nancy, of Madison; grandchildren: Soibian Huntsman (mother: Chesley Spring, husband: Brian), Mammoth Lakes, Calif.; Charles R. Spring (mother: Carolyn Kott Washburne), Shorewood; Alex and Sara Spring, Madison; and great-grandchildren: Aero and Oliver Huntsman. Other survivors include: James Murray and family, Corinth, N.Y.; Robert Murray and family, Milton, Vt.; Merton Spring, Aurora, Ill.; Charles and Jean Ahrens, Roseburg, Ore.; John and Barbara Pappas, Seabrook Island, S.C.; cousins: Marilyn Pfeffer; Lorraine Leider; and Vivian Jaklin; Dennis Rocheleau; and, of course, Slam the cat.
A memorial service for later in the year will be planned. Donations in Charles' memory may be made to Lakeshore Peacemakers, Wisconsin Public Radio, Woodland Dunes, and other like-minded organizations.
The Klein & Stangel Funeral Home and Cremation Care Center, Two Rivers, has the privilege of assisting the Spring family with funeral arrangements.
Special thanks to Drs. Roy Ozanne and Robert Barylak; home care providers: Tammy Pelner, Kathie Leslie, Angie Eis, Tammy Muck, and Louise Wagner; and special friends: Judy Goldsmith, Carol Wergin and Connie Hendricks.
Manitowoc Herald Times Friday, March 10, 2006 pg. A3
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