Watwater, Dr. Charles Russell

husband of Elizabeth J. Evans’Betty'(Jackson)

Burial Date: 2009,  07/06       Age: 85          Lot: 966 A Cremains

War: WW2   US Signal Corp station in India

Birth:	Sep. 13, 1923 Boston Suffolk County Massachusetts, USA
Death:	Jul. 3, 2009 Hutchinson Reno County Kansas, USA
Charles R. Atwater, 85 of Hutchinson, KS, passed into eternity on July 3, 2009. He was born in Boston, MA.His siblings were Joe, Helen and Robert. Charles spent his early years in Boston, and in January 1943, he served his country in the US Signal Corps where he was stationed in India. On July 4, 1949, he married Betty E. Jackson. They had four children, Ruth Peterson (Hastings, Neb.); James Atwater (Hutchinson); Carol Beal (Colorado Springs, Colo.); and Steve Atwater (traveling with Covenant Players in South America). Charles earned an Ed.M. and an Ed.D. from Boston University.He served as Dean of Students at Sterling College and became head of the Psychology Department. He then went on to work at the Horizons Mental Health Center, Hutchinson, until his retirement in 1993. Surviving family members include his wife, four children, seven grandchildren and a sister.Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 6, 2009 at Forest Park Presbyterian Church, Hutchinson with Rev. Ernest Williams presiding. Burial will be at 2:00 p.m. in Sterling City Cemetery, Sterling. Friends may sign the register book 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. with family to receive friends 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. all Sunday, July 5, 2009 at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson.In care of the mortuary, memorial donations may be made to the Sterling College, Horizons Mental Health Center or Covenant Players.
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 966 A Crems
Created by: Phillip H. Pitzer Record added: Jul 04, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 39049639