CHARLES L. "SKIP" HUSTON III

HUSTON CHARLES L. "SKIP", III Feb. 14, 1934 - Jan. 18, 2025 Charles L. "Skip" Huston, III, 90, passed away peacefully on January 18, 2025, at his home in Chester Springs. Mr. Huston was the former President and Chief Executive Officer of The Huston Foundation. He was also a Trustee of The Stewart Huston Charitable Trust. Previously, he was Vice President of Government Relations representing Lukens Steel Company in Harrisburg, PA and Washington, DC until December 1991. Skip's resume is filled with board appointments and major philanthropy start-ups, but mostly the owner of the "all around nice guy" title, by the people who knew him best. Mr. Huston was a 1953 graduate of The Haverford School and an Air Force officer. He was a member of The Merion Golf Club and Whitford Golf Club. He was an elder for six years in the Upper Octorara Presbyterian Church. Mr. Huston was married to his forever-sweetheart, the former Barbara Scott. They have two children, Rebecca Lukens Huston Mathews, and Scott Gardner Huston. He has four children by a previous marriage, Jeanne H. Chermack, the late Charles L. (Chip) Huston, IV, Robert Stewart Huston, and David Kent Huston. He is also survived by many grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and two sisters. Services will be held at Upper Octorara Presbyterian Church at 11:00 A.M. on Feb. 15, 2025, in Parkesburg, PA. In lieu of flowers, the family is kindly requesting donations instead to be made to: The National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum (steelmuseum.org) or Parkesburg Point Youth Center (ParkesburgPoint.com). Arrangements are entrusted to WILDE FUNERAL HOME, WildeFuneralHome.com in Parkesburg, PA.