Stan Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Charles W. Ghent, 73, of 9740 North Road, Fredonia, died Friday, April 6, 2012. Charles was born in Rome, N.Y., to Frank and Marjorie Williams Ghent. He was a 1956 graduate of Jamestown High School, where as a member of Chi Sigma Chi fraternity, he enjoyed weightlifting, pole vaulting, and playing basketball and football. He attended Cornell Universi- ty and St. Bonaventure University, and earned a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Detroit in 1963. Charles' hobbies were many and varied. He raced both motocross motorcycles and Porsche cars, and he was always ready for a pickup game of basketball, even into his later years. He loved music, particular- ly classical music and traditional German folk songs. He entertained family and friends with his accordion performances, and became fast friends with many ac- cordion enthusiasts across North America. He enjoyed traveling in Europe with his children, these trips often involved navigational challenges on foot, on public transit, and on the Autobahn, and became the material of family legends. Charles was a member of both the Jamestown and Randolph Seventhday Adventist churches. Charles was always willing to help friends in need, by building structures, wir- ing buildings or fixing cars. His dry wit and unique sense of humor will be missed by all who knew him. He is survived by his wife, Martha Ghent and their three children: Gunther, Ilse and Katharina; his children: Rebecca and Ra- chel Ghent and their mother, Virginia Ghent; his children: Julie Waller, Lisa Hoehn, and Tim Ghent, and their mother, Suellen Kurgin; four stepchildren: James Long and Piper Winn and Jacob Kelley and Natalie Kelley-Wilson; and nine grandchildren: Jenna, Brent and Tiffany Waller; Daniel Logie and Michael Hoehn, Kyle and Kaela Ghent, Logan Wilson, and Charles Flewelling. Charles was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Marjorie; and his step- mother, Phoebe Ghent. The funeral will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Jamestown. Burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery. Friends will be received from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in the Lind Funeral Home and for one hour prior to the service Saturday in the church. Memorials may be made to World Vision, P.O. Box 9716, Federal Way, WA 98063-9716. You may light a candle in remembrance of Charles at www.lindfuneralhome. com Quote If you receive benefit to being here please help out with expenses. https://www.paypal.me/clubadventist Administrator of a few websites like https://adventistdating.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Naomi Posted April 10, 2012 Administrators Share Posted April 10, 2012 It's sad for the family ... the world has lost a good man Quote If your dreams are not big enough to scare you, they are not big enough for God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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