EMS Chaplain
Sterling Rescue
Sterling, VA
Age: 87
Last Call: 12/06/2023
Circumstances: Other
Charlie’s passion for serving the community involved many years of chaplain support for the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, Sterling Volunteer Fire Company, Sterling Volunteer Rescue Squad, and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Fire & Police. He established the Loudoun County Chaplain program, and also drove the ambulance and the Canteen vehicle. His awards include: Gold Life Membership with the Sterling Volunteer Fire Company, Life Member of the Sterling Volunteer Rescue Squad, Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Hall of Fame and the ICMA National Chaplain of the Year Award. Charlie married the love of his life Virginia (Ginny) in 1955. They they were blessed with ten children and he considered it to be his “great privilege and joy” to be the father of their ten children, who “in return” gave him 24 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren at the time of his passing.