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Charles Hawk

[October 15, 2010]  BUFFALO -- Charles Edward Hawk, 65, of Buffalo, died Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, at 6:10 a.m. at Capital Care Center in Springfield.

Visitation will be 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski.

His graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Oak Hill Cemetery, Taylorville, with Robert Miner officiating.

Mr. Hawk was an operator engineer for Local 965 in Springfield.

He was born July 13, 1945, in Lincoln. His parents were Edward Cecil and Susan Alice Hinds Hawk. He married Carole Lynn Weiser on Aug. 2, 1963.

He is survived by his wife, Lynn, of Buffalo; one daughter, Cynthia Hawk of Niles, Mich.; three grandchildren, Alexander Lindzy of Buffalo, Mikel Lindzy of Niles, Mich., and Valentine Lindzy of Niles, Mich.; and one sister, Susan (and Dean) Collier of Illiopolis.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Stuart Hawk.

He was a member of Buffalo Christian Church and a lifelong member of Operating Engineers Local 965.

He was a charter member of the Copper Coin Ballet Company, the predecessor of Springfield Ballet Company. Their love of performing arts led both Charles and Lynn to volunteer as ushers at Sangamon Auditorium, and they were head ushers at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis.

Memorials may be made to the Buffalo Fire Department.

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