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God Bless you Chuck! Thank you again for the support you gave Buena HS for so many years. Your commitment to our young people was so appreciated by me.
Joe Vaughan
November 26, 2025 | Friend


Ventura, California
1936 - 2012
Charles 'Chuck' Stewart Smith, Jr., Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, age 76, passed away to his heavenly home after a prolonged illness on November 18, 2012, at the Coastal View Healthcare Center in Ventura.
He was born on May 17, 1936, in Camden, N.J.,...
Read MoreGod Bless you Chuck! Thank you again for the support you gave Buena HS for so many years. Your commitment to our young people was so appreciated by me.
Joe Vaughan
November 26, 2025 | Friend
Hard to believe Chuck has been gone 10 years. I appreciate everything he did and gave to Buena. God Bless you Chuck!
Joe Vaughan
November 26, 2022
The Smith Family, wonderful celebration for Chuck today. I could not go to the reception so I wanted to say a few words.
I considered Chuck a true friend and loyal supporter of Buena. Few people understand how important walk-on coaches are to an athletic program especially the community at-large. As AD, I did and will always be grateful for the commitment and dedication he showed to our school. Thank you for sharing him with Buena, he helped make Buena a special place to be.
I am...
Joe Vaughan
December 29, 2012 | Ventura, CA
We certainly remember & appreciate
Chuck's dedication to Ventura's youth
through the Tigre track group and later
at Buena High. Though my son went to Ventura High' Chuck continued to follow his career throughout college, and later. Chuck will be remembered as
a good and kind man who was more than generous of himself.
Mary Fickerson
December 26, 2012 | Santa Paula, CA

I enjoyed working with him at CESO. He was a good man!!! I am sorry for your loss. Pearl, CESO mailroom
Pearl Niblack
December 07, 2012 | Blanchester, OH
Chuck, you will be missed by all our Ventura Sunrise Optimist Club members. The meetings aren't the same without you. Rest in peace my friend. Gone way too soon.
Beverly White
December 03, 2012 | Ventura, CA
I knew Chuck from the Macintosh user group, and he was always friendly, gracious, and outgoing. His departure is a real loss to that group.
George Vye
December 03, 2012 | Ventura, CA
It was such a pleasure to get to know Chuck through the Optimist Club. He is dearly missed. Sending you lots of love and prayers Lynne.
Lennie Vilches
December 03, 2012 | Ventura, CA
Dear Lynne and family,
I'd like you to know how much I appreciated having Chuck as a MacFriend. He was dependable, he was loyal, he was generous, he was caring and he was funny! I loved how he embraced new technology, albeit after he had checked to make sure that I had not goofed up my operating system as an early adopter! I looked forward to our frequent video chats. I was tickled that he preferred a face-to-face conversation rather than on the telephone.
I will miss him...
Susan Herrera
December 03, 2012 | Camarillo, CA