Custer County NeArchives Obituaries.....Pitkin, Charles A. March 31, 2009 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Danny Gruber danny.gruber@yahoo.com July 8, 2010, 4:53 pm Lexington Clipper-Herald April 4, 2009 Charles A. “Chuck” Pitkin, 58, of Callaway, died Tuesday, March 31, 2009, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Funeral Services were Friday, April 3, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Callaway with Pastor Jerry Schwarz officiating.   Burial was at Rose Hill Cemetery at Callaway.   Visitation was held Thursday, April 2, 2009, at the Timm-Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Callaway. Survivors include his wife, Gayle Pitkin of Callaway; his mother, Mildred Pitkin of Callaway; his children, Charlie Pitkin of Chadron, Katie and Emily Pitkin of Fairbury; Gayle’s children, Peter Evens of Aptos, Calif., Maria Evens of Newman, Calif., Timothy (Susanna) Evens of Seattle, Wash., ; six step- grandchildren; one brother, Ken (Jill) Pitkin of Callaway and nephews, Ryan and Chad Pitkin.   Chuck was preceded in death by his father, Charles and sister, Beverly.  He was born May 22, 1950, at Callaway, to Charles John and Mildred Anna (Lange) Pitkin.   Chuck attended elementary school at West Cottonwood District No. 254, graduated from Callaway High School with the class of 1968 and then went on to further his education at Mid-Plains Community College in North Platte, graduating in 1970. After college he returned to Callaway where he worked construction as a carpenter and then in the 1970s went back to his love of farming. He raised Black Angus cattle and Targhee sheep, especially enjoying raising his Angus bulls. Chuck was a man of many talents and could fix anything and in his spare time enjoyed hunting. His first marriage blessed him with three children; Charlie, Katie and Emily. He met the love of his life in December of 2006, Gayle (Fripp) Evens, and they were married July 7, 2007, at the United Methodist Church in Callaway. His marriage to Gayle brought her three children into the family; Peter, Maria and Timothy. Chuck was always very active in the Methodist Church, his love of the Lord and love of children led him to teach Sunday school and junior high youth group. He was also an active member of the Emmaus community. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/custer/obits/p/pitkin217gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb