Charles W. O'Donoghue

Charles W. O'Donoghue, 57, of 127 Main St., died on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at UMass Memorial Healthcare-Univesity Campus in Worcester after a brief illness.

He is survived by a daughter, Catherine St. Hilaire and her husband Andrew of Medford; a son, Casey S. O'Donoghue and his wife Rachel of Santa Fe, NM; his mother, Pauline O'Donoghue of Clinton; two sisters: Patricia Rue and her husband David of Sebastian, FL, and Sheila Binder and her husband Larry; and a brother, Michael J. O'Donoghue, all of Clinton.  He leaves two nieces: Kerry Horne of Worcester, and Meaghan O'Donoghue of Clinton; a nephew, Joshua O'Donoghue of Clinton, and many dear friends. He deeply loved and remembered his son, Justin K. O'Donoghue-Burgwinkle, and is predeceased by his father, James M. O'Donoghue; loving grandmother, Marie Renaud; and first wife, Diane (Robinson) Burgwinkle.

Charles was born in Clinton to Pauline M. (Renaud) O'Donoghue and the late James M. O'Donoghue. He attended local schools and was a graduate of the Clinton High School Class of 1969. Charlie was a career machinist specializing in tool and die, and was most recently employed with the Res-Tech Corporation in Clinton. He was employed for nearly fifteen years with the William Reisner Corporation in Clinton, and formerly worked as a driller with the Soil Expiration Company. An avid sportsman, Charlie took great pleasure in fishing and target shooting, and enjoyed diving excursions as a certified scuba diver for many years.

Funeral services are to be held on Monday, December 8, 2008 from the Philbin-Comeau Funeral Home, 176 Water St., Clinton, with a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at 10AM in St. John the Evangelist Church, 80 Union St., Clinton.  Burial is to follow at St. John Cemetery in Lancaster. Calling hours are to be held in the funeral home on Sunday, December 7, 2008 from 2 until 5PM.  Online condolences may be placed at

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