Yolo-Solano-Sacramento County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....SANTOS  , Charles "Chuck"  December 2 2002
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"The Davis Enterprise," Wednesday, December 4, 2002
Charles Santos

University Retirement Community resident Charles "Chuck" Santos died on Dec. 2,
2002. Born on May 27, 1914, on his family's 500-acre ranch in the hills of
Benicia, he was 88 years old.

He lost both his parents and a baby sister when he was 9. After their parents'
deaths, he and his 12 brothers and sisters were raised by their maternal
grandmother on the family ranch.

As a young man, he shared the duties of the family dairy and farm. In the late
1930s, he married Adeline Alameda and worked at Mare Island as a carpenter.
During World War II, he built and operated a Grade A dairy in Fairfield. At the
end of the war he returned to carpentry and built a few homes in Fairfield.

The call to be a farmer led him to relocate his family to Sacramento where they
had a small Grade B dairy and raised calves for sale. He sold the farm in 1953
and moved to Davis, where he purchased a butcher shop and food locker plant on G
Street, named Santos Food Bank. His youngest brother, Leonard, was one of the
butchers in the shop.

In 1956, he returned to carpentry and worked in the Sacramento area. He helped
build the Sacramento Inn near Interstate 80. He became a general contractor
after tiring of being an employee. He helped his customers design and build
several homes in the Sacramento area. He worked in the field with his son
Charles until 1979, then he retired to enjoy a more leisurely life.

His hobbies included fishing, ballroom dancing, square dancing and wine making.
His favorite hobby was gardening. His vegetable garden always produced an
abundance of vegetables. He dabbled in grafting, a favorite graft being a
pear/apple cross. While living in Sacramento, he was a member of St. Rose
Catholic Church and a member of the Carpenters Local No. 46.

Although his formal education was limited to the eigth grade, he prided himself
on his accomplishments and his fluency in English, Portuguese and Spanish.

He is survived by his only remaining brother, Leonard Santos of Vacaville; his
children's mother, Adeline Ramey of Davis; and his three children, Ruth Webster
and her husband Marvin of Davis, Eleanor Weiss and her husband Marvin of
Roseville and Charles C. Santos and his wife Rebecca of Davis.

He is also survived by five grandchildren, Daniel Schneider Sr. and his wife
Shari, John Webster Sr. and his wife Barbara, Kenneth Webster and his wife Amy,
and Cordellia and Steven Santos. Six great-grandchildren, six stepchildren and
many nieces and nephews also survive him.

A viewing will be held Thursday at the Davis Funeral Chapel from 4 to 8 p.m.,
with the rosary recited at 7 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be at St. James
Catholic Church on Friday at 11 a.m. A reception will follow afterward in the
church hall.

Interment will be private at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Sacramento.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that remembrances me made to the
Shriners Hospital for Children of Northern California, 2425 Stockton Blvd.,
Sacramento, CA 95817, or to a charity of the donor's choice.


Additional Comments:
Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street,
Davis, CA 95616.

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