Charles Frederick Beek

Chuck passed away peacefully in the house where he was raised in Newport Beach. A nine-knot westerly was blowing, a perfect afternoon to push off the dock. Chuck was foremost a yachtsman, an unremitting competitor in the International Star Class, racing a Lehman 12 in Newport Harbor, and piloting the motor yacht Vamos.
The oldest of five children, Chuck was born in Orange County, California to Barton Brewster Beek and Dorothy May Beek, nee Martens. A graduate of Newport Harbor High School, in his teens Chuck worked on the Balboa Island Ferry and began, inspired by his grandparents Joe and Carroll Beek, a lifelong tradition of planting trees at the family's mountain place. An ardent mountain biker, Chuck led many rides into the foothills and rode with several bike clubs.
Chuck attended the University of California, Irvine, where he earned his degree in Biology before beginning his career in construction management, building hotels and homes across southern California, including Tierney House at UCI.
Chuck is survived by his children Hannah Bay Beek and Charles "Chas" Barton Beek and their mother Kim Beek, by his stepmother Linda Beek, by his siblings Carroll McCallum, Barton "Rocky" Beek, Barbara Lyon, and Joe Beek, his brothers-in-law Val Lyon and Peter McCallum, and by his partner Julie Mattson.
A Memorial will be held in January.