Charles M. Drackett

Charles M. Drackett Cincinnati, OH Naples, FL

"Always a gentleman, Chuck Drackett, a revered Master of Cincinnati's Camargo Hunt (1976-1987), was a passionate equestrian, sailor, farmer, businessman and long-time co-owner of Red Fox Stables in Cincinnati." This is how Mr. Drackett was described in a tribute to him at Cincinnati's Camargo Hunter Trials in 1999. Charles Moorman Drackett died on Saturday, March 26, 2011 at his home in Naples, FL. He was 98 years old.

Mr. Drackett, a life-long resident of Cincinnati, OH, was born December 12, 1912 to Stella Moorman and Harry Rogers Drackett. He graduated from Withrow High School, Dartmouth College and Ohio State's Agricultural School. After graduation, he worked for Opekasit, one of the largest farm management companies in Ohio at the time, and for The Drackett Products Company, makers of Windex and Drano, founded by his grandparents Philip W. and Sallie Bolton Drackett. He was a veteran of World War II serving as a U.S. Army lieutenant in the capacity of hospital administrator on the South Pacific island of New Caledonia. In Cincinnati, while on leave from New Caledonia, he met his future wife, Marjorie Wood, also a lifelong Cincinnatian.

Following World War II, Mr. Drackett continued his employment with The Drackett Products Company until retirement while also pursuing his lifelong passion for the outdoors. He was Chairman of the Board of Fairholme Farms Inc., an east central Indiana farm of 2000 acres that produces 25,000 pigs per year that is still held in the family.

Mr. Drackett served as Elder and Assistant Treasurer of the Indian Hill Church, Master of the Camargo Hunt, founding member of the Cincinnati Nature Center and was a member of The United Way Tocqueville Society. He also served with the Fine Arts Fund and was a supporter of The Cincinnati Symphony and the Cincinnati Zoological Society

Mr. Drackett was a member of the Camargo Club, the Cincinnati Country Club, and the University Club in Cincinnati as well as the Port Royal Club and the Naples Yacht Club in Naples.

He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Marjorie Wood Drackett; his two children, Anne Drackett Thomas (Edwin J.) and C. Kim Drackett (Susan Gurganus); and four grandchildren, Elizabeth W. Garber, Thomas C. Garber, Christopher W. Drackett and Nathan W. Drackett.

Private services will be held in Cincinnati at the convenience of the family.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Nature Center or the Indian Hill Church in Cincinnati, or AVOW Hospice or Conservancy of SW Florida in Naples, FL.