Charles William Siegfried, Jr.

Charles (Chuck) William Siegfried was born in Osaka Japan on June 13th 1947 and went home to be with his Lord and Savior on November 30th, 2009. Chuck grew up as a military dependent and spent his early childhood years in Japan and Germany. Upon returning stateside the family was stationed at Presidio, San Francisco, California. During his time in San Francisco, California, Chuck was involved with the Boy Scouts and his life long passion, baseball. His devotion to baseball was always a key subject of discussion by all who knew him. In 1962 Chuck moved to Yuba City, California, and continued his involvement with baseball where he was selected for the regional All-Star team Short Stop due to his lightning fast reactions. The following year his family moved to Vancouver, Washington where he attended Hudson Bay High School. In 1965 Chuck graduated from Evergreen High School. Chuck served in the U.S. Army 4th Infantry as a 105mm Howitzer Fire Direction Control Specialist attached to the 101st Airborne Division and served 15 months in Vietnam from 1966 to 1967. He returned home to Vancouver, WA, in late 1967 and began working for Crown Zellerbach while attending night school for the sheet metal trade. In 1972 Chuck received his Journeyman certification in the sheet metal trade and began work for Kalberer Hotel Supply in Portland, Oregon. He specialized in food service equipment design and manufacturing. He worked for Kalberer from 1972-1980 and 1990 to 2001. In 1980 he joined Crookham Seed Company in Caldwell, Idaho. He worked there from 1980 to 1991 as the principal sheet metal worker for the entire facility. This was his most rewarding time of his career. Some of his fabrication pieces and hand crafted designs are still in use today. From 2001 to 2005 Chuck worked for various companies such as Evergreen Custom Enterprise LLC., Summit Inc., and Pacific Stainless located in the Portland-Vancouver area. Chuck loved to shoot pool, throw darts, play Pinochle, Backgammon, Poker, Cribbage and Bridge as his favorite hobbies; and he was very good at them. He was a "movie buff", where he collected several thousand movies and was an expert in Cinema history and Filmography. He had a gift for construction. He was a true craftsman and had a gift for visualizing the end product. He built many home ancillary structures and workshops with precision accuracy. Chuck is survived by his sister Cynthia and Ron Perry of Genoa, IL; his brother Chris and Darcy Siegfried of Pasco, WA; his sons Jeffrey Siegfried of Patuxent River, MD and Micah Siegfried of Kaneohe Bay, HI; Chuck was married to Gayle D. Siegfried for 25 years and to Dianna L. Siegfried for 9 years. A funeral service to commemorate Chuck's life will be held Tuesday December 8th at 1000 a.m. at Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Vancouver, Washington. The family asks that condolences be sent to 4410 N.E. 124th Ave Vancouver, WA 98682.

Charles William Siegfried, Jr.

June 13, 1947 - November 30, 2009