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VETERANS OF RYE NY
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Black, Charles
Charles P Black U.S. Marine Corps WWII
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Date of Birth:
6/8/1927
Died On:
7/9/1995 Last Residence: 10580 Rye, Westchester, New York
Street Address:
43 Cedar st
Service Number:
unknown
Branch of Service:
U.S. Marine Corps-WWII
Veteran Code:
USMC-3
BIOGRAPHY
Charles P Black
Charles P Black was born June 8 1927 in Davenport Iowa to William T and Gertrude Zirkel Black. The family moved to Rye in 1928. and lived at
396 Midland Avenue
and were members of the Church of the Resurrection.
As a young boy Charles delivered newspapers on his bicycle. He was a Boy Scout and often camped in the woods off Manursing Way. His mother taught him to play the piano without learning to read music and he could play a long after hearing anything just once, his family remembered. He was a student at Resurrection Grammar School through eighth grade and graduated from Rye High School, Class of 1945.
He enlisted and served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. Charles served in the Marine Corps and was stationed in China. His brother
Thomas Maynard Black
was killed in action at Iwo Jima.
After the war, Charles married Rita D. Abraham of Bedfordshire England at Resurrection Church in 1950. He formed Gedney and Black Tree Service with his lifelong friend and brother-in-law, Leslie Gedney. When their partnership dissolved he formed Charles P Black Tree surgeon 4- Surgery
He was a retired member of the Rye Volunteer Fire Department He also was a member of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and the China Marines.
Charles P Black of Rye, a tree surgeon and retired volunteer firefighter died Sunday July 9, 1995 of cancer. He was 68.
At the time of his death he was survived by his wife, his two sons Gary and Charles D both of Rye, four daughters Kathryn Hulbert of Harrison, Marge Kiss of Hudson, NY, Dorothy Hunt of Norwalk Conn and Laura Dorazio of Mahopac, four brothers
Travis
of Maine,
Vincent
of California,
James
of Arkansas and
John
of Florida, three sisters Marion Fredricks of Melbourne Fla, Carol Maragnano of Hartford Conn and Barbara McConnville of Manchester' Conn and 11 grandchildren.
The Daily Item Port Chester, New York 11 Jul 1995, Tue Page 6
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75930509/obituary...
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