Charles F. “Chip” Chapin, 84, of Wilkes-Barre, died Friday in the company of his family.
Born April 22, 1925 in Wilkes-Barre, he was a son of the late Fletcher and Susan Schmidt Chapin.
Chip was a graduate of E.L. Meyers High School and continued his education at Penn State University.
Chip was a Superintendent for Sordoni Construction Services for 35 years, before retiring in 1990.
He was a member of the Parish of Saint Therese in Wilkes-Barre and was an enthusiastic outdoorsman with a love for animals.
He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Meghann Chapin Burgess; brother, Gerard; and sisters, Marie Schwab, Irene Boyd and Helen Chapin.
Born in the family home on Orchard Street, Chip and his wife, Anne Delaney Chapin, raised a beautiful, loving family there.
Surviving, in addition to his wife are children, Charles ‘Chipper’ and his wife, Susan Chapin of Livermore, Calif., Michael and his wife, Susan Chapin of Hunlock Creek, Kathleen Chapin and her companion, Anthony Antonitis of Harveys Lake, Anne and her husband, Jerry Orloski of Mountain Top, Christopher and his wife, Kathy Chapin of Wilkes-Barre and Karen and her husband, Ed Nash of Easton; grandchildren, Brian Chapin, Michael, Matthew and Jill Chapin, Jerry, David and Jeffrey Orloski, Christopher and Daniel Chapin and Emily, Maggie and Carly Nash; great-grandsons, Aidan and Conor Chapin; and a sister, Rita Molchan of Philadelphia.
Funeral will be held Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. from McLaughlin Family Funeral Service, 142 S. Washington St. in Wilkes-Barre, with a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. in Church of Saint Therese, 25 Old River Road in Wilkes-Barre.
Interment will be in Saint Mary’s Cemetery in Hanover Township. Friends may call Monday 5 to 8 p.m.
Published in Times Leader on June 20, 2009