KRAUSKOPF, Charles J. (Charley)

The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona, Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Charles J. Krauskopf, a Prescott resident for 17 years, died June 18, 2015, at Mountain View Manor where he had been a resident for nearly two years. His survivors include Joan, his wife of 61 years; two sons, Tim (wife Debra) of Chicago, Illinois and David (wife Dana) of Oakton, Virginia; three grandsons, Alexander, Conrad and Maxwell; a brother, John (wife Linda) of San Francisco; and a nephew, Christopher of Vienna, Virginia. Charles was born, Oct. 18, 1931 in Evanston, Illinois where his father was a graduate student at Northwestern University. He grew up in Athens, Ohio where he attended the university's progressive grade school, played trombone in the high school band and sang the lead in the Mikado. Charley graduated from Ohio University in Athens where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta social fraternity, Blue Key honorary society and Pershing Rifles, a precision drill team. He and Joan met and instantly fell in love in 1952 at the campus radio station. Serving as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy during the Korean War took him off across the Pacific in a Destroyer Escort in 1953 and again in 1954 where they patrolled each time for 9 months. Charley enjoyed the Navy experience and married Joan at the San Diego Destroyer Base Chapel on July 4, 1954. After discharge, he and Joan became one of the few couples attending graduate school at the same time. He was awarded a PhD in Counseling Psychology in 1960 and took his first job at the University of Colorado Counseling Center serving under Dr. Ron Barnes (now of Prescott). From 1962 until 1987, he was a much honored and respected member of the Counseling Service and the Psychology Department of the University of Missouri. He followed a career of research in Testing and Measurement with a special interest in personality types. He and Joan lived out their dreams of having two sons and owning a large but lousy farm south of Columbia, Missouri where they created wildlife ponds and owned horses. Charley indulged his love for cars by owning several old Porsches. He also served in the active Naval Reserve, completing 20 years of service. Charles' professional life continued at The Ohio State University from 1987 until retirement in 1997. Academic calendars enabled Charley and Joan to roam the world after their sons finished college. They drove through Europe and trekked in Argentina, Nepal, New Zealand and Australia where they stayed on a sheep station in the Outback. When son David and his wife, Dana, started to develop the Adventure and Dive Resort, Hamanasi, in Belize, Charley and Joan drove three times each trip on a different route through Mexico to take supplies. Charley's most beloved place was his family's rustic cottage at a small private lake in Michigan where he spent most of every summer of his life. However, it was love of the west and mountains that brought him to Prescott in 1987, where he explored, camped and backpacked rim to rim in The Grand Canyon, volunteered at the Smoki Museum and saw many prehistoric native sites with the Arizona Archaeological Society. An Honoring Charley service will be at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 6, 2015, at the Smoki Museum Pueblo with music by Joan Mead, piano, and The Yavapai College Brass Band Quintet. The Museum Pueblo is on Arizona Street, south of Gurley across from the Ken Lindley Playing Fields. Information provided by survivors.