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1944 - 2012

Charles O'brian

1944 - 2012

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1944

DIED

2012

Charles O'brian Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on May 23, 2012.

Charles O'Brian, 67, of Seattle, Washington, formerly of Hodgenville, Ky, passed away Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Kindred Hospital, Seattle after a lengthy illness. He was a retired engineer from Boeing Company, Seattle. In his youth as a boy scout, Charles had the privilege of assisting President Dwight Eisenhower in a wreath laying ceremony honoring Abraham Lincoln in Charles' home town. He also achieved the title of Eagle Scout, the highest rank attainable in his scouting program. In his career with Boeing, one of his highest achievements was working on each of the Apollo space missions. His name is listed on the Roll of Honor in a Boeing publication for that work. He was preceded in death by his parents, Roscoe & Ann O'Brian; and a sister, Mary Berry. He is survived by nieces and nephews; Dr. Don Berry, Barbara Wright, & Steve Berry all of Hodgenville, Ky; Sandy Lafollette of New Haven, Ky; Patty Jones & Michael Berry of Elizabethtown, Ky and their families; as well as a cousin, Margie Hines and family.

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May 29, 2012

Becky Flarity posted to the memorial.

May 25, 2012

Byron Dye posted to the memorial.

May 24, 2012

Barbara Sando posted to the memorial.

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To Infinity and Beyond

Becky Flarity

May 29, 2012

We all come from the stars and to the stars we shall return. I am thankful to have been Charlie's coworker and friend. He could converse intelligently on a wide range of subjects, and I greatly enjoyed hearing his tales of working on the Saturn V rocket and the Apollo space missions. I trust that he has found peace in the afterlife. My sincere condolences to his family.

Byron Dye

May 25, 2012

I worked with Charlie off and on over the past 20 plus years. I'll miss the discussions over what the Mariners didn't do right. I'll miss talking about another year of the Osprey chicks growing up on camera in Glacier Park. I'll miss the lunches and catching up since the last one. I won't miss being chided for owning a PC instead of a Mac. And now I'll have to keep up to date on the latest Pomplamoose releases. My sympathies to the family.

Barbara Sando

May 24, 2012

Please accept my sincere condolences on the loss of Charlie. I knew Charlie for 20 years at The Boeing Company, where I was his manager on two different projects. Charlie was a very good engineer and a great person -- a real character! He will be missed.

Doug Kaminski

May 24, 2012

My very deepest sympathies to Charlie's family. Charlie was a friend and co-worker and I also had the pleasure of being his manager on a couple different programs at Boeing. You could always count on Charlie for telling it straight and his dry wit. He accepted his lenghty illness with grace and strenght which I admired and will always remember. He will be missed.