Charles, 2970723, was inducted into the Navy on December 18, 1950. He trained at the Naval Training Center in San Diego, California, and became an Airman. He served at the Navy Air Station in San Diego from 1951 to 1953 and on the aircraft carrier, USS Boxer from 1953 to 1954. AN1C Hughes was discharged on October 19, 1954.
Interment with Military Honors
SACRED HEART CEMETERY, TEMPLETON, IOWA
AMERICAN LEGION POST 22
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 3517
The family wishes to express their gratitude for your kindness evidenced in thought, word and deed, and invites you to join them for lunch and fellowship at Sacred Heart Church in Manning following the committal service.
A Rosary was held at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, December 12, 2005 with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. at Ohde Funeral Home in Manning, Iowa.
Charles Evans, son of Fred and Maude (Garner) Hughes was born November 19, 1931, in Sewanee, Tennessee, where he attended school. In 1950 he entered the United States Navy and served in San Diego, California.
On December 1, 1953, Chuck was united in marriage with Marloene Thompson at San Diego. Upon receiving his honorable discharge in 1954, Chuck and Marloene returned to Iowa and he attended Ellsworth Junior College in Iowa Falls. In 1955, he transferred to Middle Tennessee State where he graduated in May of 1959. Chuck once again returned to Iowa and worked at Latimer State Bank from 1959 to 1961. It was at this time in 1961 that Marloene died of cancer.
On September 2, 1963, Chuck was blessed with a second marriage, this time to Ramona Long at St. Lawrence Church in Carroll. Chuck and Ramona made their home in Manning where he worked as a loan officer for First National Bank until his retirement in 1993.
Chuck was a member of Sacred Heart Church in Manning, the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was an avid golfer and card player and enjoyed having his children and grandchildren around him.
In April of 2005, Chuck was diagnosed with cancer and received loving care in his home from his family and Crawford County Hospice. On Friday, December 9, 2005, he died at Manning Regional Healthcare in Manning, Iowa, at the age of 74 years and 20 days.
Chuck was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Kenneth and Roy Hughes and a sister Evelyn King.
He is survived by his wife of 42 years Ramona Hughes; three daughters: Linda Helgevold of Irvine, CA; Lisa Leos and Patricia Hughes of Wichita, KS; two sons Charles Hughes of Des Moines and Michael Hughes of Nevada, IA; 13 grandchildren; two brothers Fred O. Hughes, Jr. of Cowan, TN, and Thomas J. Hughes of Monteagle, TN; and two sisters Nancy Gilliam of Sewanee, TN, and Teresa Holt of Deckerd, TN; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Ohde Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.