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Charles Rhinehart Obituary
2008. He was born in Colbart, Oklahoma on November 30, 1919. He worked in the mines in Ray, AZ before joining the Army and being assigned to the Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st
Airborne Division in World War II, the famous exploits of which were chronicled in Stephen
Ambrose's book "Band of Brothers : E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest," and later depicted in the Spielberg/Hanks movie series "Band of Brothers". After the war, he married the love of his life, Louise, and spent 62 wonderful years with her. He worked for Mountain Bell Telephone until his retirement in 1983. He is survived by his wife, Louise Rhinehart, daughters, Cindy Case (and husband David) and Donna Rhinehart, his eight grandchildren, Beau, Ryan, Kimberly, Darren and Stephanie Case, and Matthew, Jeffery and Clare Mesnard, and his brother William Taylor. He will be interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona at a ceremony on April 11, 2008, at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 1028 E. McDowell Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85006. Arrangements entrusted to Messinger Mortuary.
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Memories and Condolences
for Charles Rhinehart
Niels Cornelissen
March 4, 2009
Thank you for liberating us.
Niels Cornelissen
(Holland)
Silvano
June 19, 2008
I'm sorry for your lost.
Take care, relatives.
Best Regards,
Silvano from Holland
Erwin Peters
May 6, 2008
In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you , we will not forget you and and will remember you together with your comrades .
POTIER DOMINIQUE
April 24, 2008
Encore merci pour tout ce que vous avez fait pour nous Mr Rhinehart.
May he rest in peace
Ronald Stassen
April 22, 2008
With great sadness we heart of the passing of Mr Charles Rhinehart.
Our deepest condolences for the family and friends of Mr C Rhinehart.
May God take him under his wings after his last jump.
My prayers are for him and his family.
Ronald Stassen
Band of Brothers Belgium and The Netherlands
www.band-of-brothers.nl
Chris Derrico
April 22, 2008
Clare and Jeff I know how much your Grandpa meant to you I hope all is well with you two and life is giving you what you deserve, your friend C. Derrico
Henk Last
April 22, 2008
Dear Family,
our condolences to the family and friends of mr. Rhinehart.
It's always very painfull to hear that another eagle has past away!
We will never forget what mr. Rhinehart did for Europe and his country during ww2!
May he rest in peace.
Triple A (American Airborne Association)
506th P.I.R. E-comp. 2nd bat.
re-enactment
The Netherlands
RICHARD FALVEY
April 21, 2008
Linda,
I served with Charles from September 1942 until the end of the war. Myself and some of the men he served with had tried on many occasions to locate him without success. I was proud to have served with him in Headquarters Co. 2nd Battalion 506 P.I.
Nicholas Hough
April 19, 2008
Sir, you will be missed. Thank you for what you did for your country, and for the world. God bless you.
Petra Wenstedt-Pulles
April 19, 2008
Finding the sad message of the passing of one of our liberators on my return from the "Home of the Brave", I cannot but express deepest sympathy to his loved ones. Another Eagle has soared but will not be forgotten!
Screaming Eagles of WWII Foundation
Robert van Ginkel
April 19, 2008
Again, one of the brave passed. So few left, but all remembered forever.
Joost te Slaa
April 18, 2008
The only thing I can say is... thank you! for our freedom! May he rest in peace! Will never forget
Andre Vet
April 18, 2008
My condolence to the family and many thanks for his part in our liberation.
I stil can t pass the area where they jumped in those days whitout deep respect for all those guys.
Ronald Smit
April 17, 2008
Our eldest daughter Elize was born mentally and fysically handicapped in 1994. Up untill that moment I only thought about my freedom which I have because of the soldiers of WWII. But after her birth I realized that I did not only had to thank them for my freedom but that I had to thank them for her life. And that thought is with me every day. And so I think of the soldiers of WWII every day when I look at my daughter and see how happy see is. So to me Charles Rhinehart is a hero and I will not forget him.
Please accept my deepest sympathies. Ronald Smit
donny hermsen
April 16, 2008
my condolences to the family,and wish you all the best .we'll never forget.
101ab,501pir(reanectment)
Matthew van Luyt
April 16, 2008
As president of the Society of Dutch Airborne Friends I want to remember Charles Edward Rhinehart on behalf of our 350 members.The 101 and their brave men came to the Corridor to liberate us, and give us the oppertunity to start an unique friendship over the ocean. We fell in love with the division and its men. ...and when you suffer: we suffer too.
May God bless Charles and You all.
Love,
Matthew van Luyt
Steph Leenhouwers
April 16, 2008
My condolences go to the family and friends of Charles Rhinehart.
Steph Leenhouwers from FREE Eindhoven the Netherlands.
Matthew Janssen
April 16, 2008
Dear Linda,
"
My deepest condolances for you and your family.
As the old saying goes: "old soldiers never die, they simply just fade away..."
Rest asure that he will never fade away in the thankful memories of the Dutch who were liberated by him and his fellow comrades.
Matthew Janssen
Holland
Filip Willems
April 16, 2008
I always feel sad when one of my liberators makes his final voyage to the sky. My condoleances to the family.
Frank Gubbels
April 16, 2008
May he rest in peace. We will always remember him.
Bas Menzing
April 16, 2008
"...Only the brave will know!" Mr. Rhinehart thank you very much for our freedom in Europe. - I'm a good friend of Robert D. Lott who was a Sergeant with the 101st ABN / 327th GIR / C-compagnie. Because of him I met a lot of veterans of WWII, something I will never forget... They stood alone:" Currahee !"
Henk-Jan Vrielink
April 15, 2008
Sorry to hear about your loss.
We will never forget those who fought for our freedom.
he joined the ranks of the men already above and raises the glass with them at this very moment, i'm sure.
H.J.Vrielink
Leiden Netherlands
Allied Air Forces re-enactment group
April 15, 2008
Dear Linda,
Linda, it’s a great loss for you to loose your father, no matter what age he died.
Really hope he has had a good old age, he deserved that.
By all sadness you have, you can be proud to have had a father, who belonged to the 101st Airborne Division, which was in the most terrible fights in WWII to liberate Europe (including Holland) from horrible terror.
Try to find comfort in the very nice memories your father was part of it; as we do: we still are happy and very grateful for the liberation he, his comrades and his fallen comrades gained for us.
He now is in heaven with his war buddies, for whom he fought and risked his life as his comrades did for him.
May our dear Charles (Rhinehart) rest in peace.
Jan G.M. Coolen
Honorary Life Associate 101st Airborne Division
Member of the board of the Society of Dutch Airborne Friends
Columnist of the Screaming Eagle
Veldm. Montgomerylaan 31
5612 BA Eindhoven
the Netherlands
[email protected]
Frank Everards
April 15, 2008
May he soar among the eagles of the heavens...
www.normandy1944.info
Marc De Laat
April 15, 2008
May he find eternal rest and peace for his eyes have seen enough of the world's pain.
May his earthly body be taken but never he shall perish. Not as long as he will be remembered and loved in the hearts of family and friends.
Sybren van der Velden (chairman)
April 15, 2008
In name of all the members of 101 AB Living History Association Screaming Ducks we wish all the family & Friends all the strenght they need. May Charles Edward Rhinehart rest in peace.
Archie Backx
April 15, 2008
Many thanks for your part in the fight for freedom!
We'll never forget.
April 15, 2008
May he rest in peace. My thoughts and prayers are with you, his family and friends, all at this sad sad time .Please rest assured that we will never forget what this brave man and his comrades did for all of us.
Padraig
Dundalk Ireland
bas timmers
April 15, 2008
Taps
Day is done, gone the sun,
From the lake, from the hills, from the sky;
All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.
Fading light, dims the sight,
And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright.
From afar, drawing nigh, falls the night.
Thanks and praise, for our days,
'Neath the sun, 'neath the stars, neath the sky;
As we go, this we know, God is nigh.
Sun has set, shadows come,
Time has fled, Scouts must go to their beds
Always true to the promise that they made.
While the light fades from sight,
And the stars gleaming rays softly send,
To thy hands we our souls, Lord, commend
Ivan Heytens
April 15, 2008
Mr Rhinehart and his fellow troopers will always be remebered.
We shall never forget their sacrifices for our freedom!!
Please keep the memory alive for many generations to come!
Van Daele Xavier
April 15, 2008
A very sad news.... Charles Rhinehart made the last big jump and in joined these brothers-in-arms.
God Bless you Mister Rhinehart, and thank you for all!
Patrick Deroo
April 15, 2008
We shall never forget the sacrifice, that Mr.Rhinehart and his comrads in arms gave for our freedom!! May they rest in Peace for ever!
Who Dares Wins.
Patrick Deroo
Belgian Federal Police
Paratrooper 1°GVP/ESR
Adrie Rens
April 15, 2008
May he go to heaven and find long lost friends.
Keep him in our memory and never forget what he did.
He brought us freedom let him find peace.
Duez Alain
April 15, 2008
Thank you for all that you made during WWII in my country and all over Europe.We will never forget!
May you rest in peace.
Barry Poulter
April 15, 2008
Yet another Eagle has soared, tonight there is a new star in Heaven. Rest in Peace, with all your buddies, you will never be forgotten, and I doubt we shall every see your like again.
God Bless
Hervé PELLAN
April 15, 2008
Thank you for what it did.
May he rest in peace.
Nelson PODENCE
April 15, 2008
Peace in the soul of this soldier who knew how to fight for his homeland. We shall eternally be grateful to him...
Nelson
April 15, 2008
Peace in the soul of this soldier who knew how to fight for his homeland. We shall eternally be grateful to him...
Thank you sir!
Loic JEAN
April 15, 2008
What a sad news!!!
RIP Mr RHINEHART.
We'll never forget.
Dan Keliikoa
April 15, 2008
God bless Charles and his family and friends...thank you, sir, for your service and for preserving our freedom.
Barry Walsh
April 15, 2008
Rest In Peace. Thank you for your service to our Nation. You and the rest of the "Greatest Generation" gave up the best years of your lives to preserve our way of life. My sincere condolences to your family.
Peter van de Wal
April 15, 2008
In Holland we will never forget what Mr. Rhinehart and his buddies did for our freedom. His family can be proud of a man who was one of those who made history. I pray that they will receive all the strength they need to go on without him. May he rest in peace together with his buddies who prepared the final dropzone for him.
Patrick Brion
April 15, 2008
Dear family,
Linda was so kind to put my attention. I feel very sorry that yet another "great soldier" has passed away. May his heritage, his courage and above all his life be an example for us to follow.
Airborne all the way !
Patrick Brion
Warrant Officer
Belgian Armed Forces
Co-organizer of the Bastogne historical perimeter walk
Ronald Ooms
April 15, 2008
I want to wish my sincere condolences for your loss of Mister Rhinehart. My heart goes out to you at this time and in the periode ahead. I'm gratefull he was part of the generation that liberated my country. We will always be in their and his debt. Another star shines in heaven, may he rest in peace.
Benjamin Sheerin
April 10, 2008
God has called back him back to his flock, May he rest in peace and know that he will forever be loved and remembered as an incredible man both in the vastness of his spirit and the gentleness of his heart. From one soldier to another, I salute you.
Linda Cautaert
April 9, 2008
Rest in Peace Sir.
Thank you for all you did for my country. You will never be forgotten.
Mike Casey
April 8, 2008
Mr. Rhineheart,
Sir, I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for our Country when you served as a U.S. Army Paratrrooper with the "Screaming Eagles" fighting the Germans during WW II. And to your family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.
Airborne All The Way!
Mark Giordan
April 7, 2008
Donna ,
May He rest in peace . Our Heartfelt sorrow goes out to you and your family . I did not know your Dad, but I know the joy and friendship He and your Mother brought to our mutual friend Mark ..
Mark Giordan and Anne Mayer
Mark Gusich
April 7, 2008
I was very sorry to hear the loss of such a great man.I will never forget Charles & his dear wife of 62 years.Charles was always great to me & will never be forgotten.I will always keep him close to my heart.Love & Prayers Always
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