Charles "Chuck" Jacob Stinger

Charles “Chuck” Jacob Stinger age 89 of Hamilton, passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2014 at Fort Hamilton Hospital. He was born in Hamilton on April 12, 1924 the son of the late Bruce J. and Ella Helene (Weaver) Stinger. Chuck lived in Woods Station and Reily and was a 1942 graduate of McGuffey High School. He attended many radio schools where he received his telephone and telegraph license. He is a veteran of the Army Air Corp where he was stationed in Foggia, Italy with the 15th Air Force 483rd Bomb group. On June 19, 1951 he married Della Jean Thomas and she preceded him in death on August 1, 2013. Chuck was also blessed with a great working career starting on August 17, 1947 with WLW and then Voice of America when he was a protégé of Floyd N. Lantzer, engineer, and Dick Walker. He retired as a plant supervisor of VOA in 1985. He was a member of the Westwood Presbyterian Church, Lindenwald Kiwanis, and Hugh Bates Lodge #686 F&AM, the Antique Clock Association, and the Butler County Historical Society where he served as treasurer for thirty years. Chuck was a goal oriented person serving early on the formation of the Butler County Park Service, creating Gov. Beb Park and the Indian Creek Church committees. He was one of the original members of the Antique Wireless Association. Chuck had written articles and spoke many times, twenty in one year, about WLW being the first in many innovations with radio and television broadcasting. Chuck and Jean enjoyed caring for their antique filled home, extensive library including books about radios and televisions, and surrounding garden. Beekeeping was one of his many hobbies. The Stingers were very proud of their home being the first house to be placed on the National Registry. For a very short time Chuck was employed by Mosler Safe Company where he enjoyed playing fast pitch softball and once won the city tournament. He was inducted into the Butler County Softball Hall of Fame. Chuck is survived by his two sons Randy Stinger and his wife Debbie of Blue Ash, Ohio, and Scott Stinger of Jacksonville, Florida. Four grandchildren, Elizabeth Truax, Joseph, Thomas, and Jonathon Stinger. He was also preceded in death by two sisters Sara Ann Green and Barbara Adeline Moore. Funeral services will be held at the Weigel Funeral Home 980 N. W. Washington Blvd., Hamilton with Rev. Larry Uczen officiating on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at 11 a.m. Visitation will be Wednesday from 9a.m. to 11 a.m.. Masonic services, with ring service to follow, will be held at 10:45 a.m. Burial will be in Somerville Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Lindenwald Kiwanis Club, PO Box 13082 Hamilton, OH 45013.

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Charles "Chuck" Jacob Stinger

February 15, 2014