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Charles Stanley Rygiel

Posted 2019-02-03 by mhenderson
Published in Today's News-Herald on Jan. 3, 2019 -
Lake Havasu City, Arizona -
(also posted with Rice Funeral Service & Cremation Center, Claremore,
Oklahoma)

>> December 2, 1936 - January 5, 2019 <<

CHARLES "CHUCK" STANLEY RYGIEL, 82, PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 5, 2019, AT
HOME IN CLAREMORE, OK. CHARLES WAS A RETIRED TEACHER FROM MOHAVE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE, LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ.

CHARLES WAS BORN IN GREENSBURG, PA AND MOVED TO AVONDALE, AZ IN 1951
WITH HIS PARENTS AND BROTHER. THE FAMILY OPERATED A CHEVRON SERVICE
STATION UNTIL 1985.

CHARLES GRADUATED IN 1954 FROM LITCHIFIELD PARK HIGH SCHOOL, SERVED 3
1/2 IN THE AIRFORCE, RECEIVED HIS BACHLOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREE IN
BUSINESS EDUCATION. WHILE ATTENDING NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY, HE
OPERATED A SHELL STATION FOR 6 YEARS.

CHARLES MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO LAKE HAVASU CITY IN 1971. HE WAS THE
FIRST VOCATIONAL COORINATOR FOR LAKE HAVASU HIGH SCHOOL, A POSITION HE
HELD FOR 5 YEARS.

IN THE FALL OF 1975, HE TOOK A POSITION OF BUSINESS TEACHER WITH THE
NEWLY CREATED MOHAVE COMMUNITY COLLEGE WHERE HE TAUGHT ACCOUNTING,
MARKETING, COMPUTER ACCOUNTING, BUSINESS MATH AS WELL AS OTHER
BUSINESS EDUCATION SUBJECTS. CHARLES RETIRED IN 1993 TO LIVE IN
COLORADO FULL TIME CLOSE TO DURANGO, CO.

CHARLES LOVED BEING OUTDOORS: HIKING, HUNTING AND MAINTAINING HIS
TREES AND LAWN.

CHARLES IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 62 YEARS, BETTY. DAUGHTER LINDA
LAMBERT, OF NEBRASKA AND SON CHUCK OF CLAREMORE, OK. TWO GRANDSONS,
ONE GREAT- GRANDSON AND ONE GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER.




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