Unknown whose "Little Frankie" father was.
36789. Charles Arnold Carpenter
Information supplied on this line by: THIS PERSON!
Charles A. Carpenter (b. 1947) of St. Cloud, FL.
He is living in Saint Cloud, FL in March 1996.MARR: 1969 to Marie Medeiros, divorced with no children.
25 April 1977 to Loraine L. Dowling at Barrington, RI. Divorced Nov. 1993.MIL: Drafted 3 Oct. 1966 (ruining a 3 year RCA recording contract) into the
U.S. Army. Basic Training at Fort Gordon, GA then to Fort Rucker, AL for
aviation school for helicopter mechanic and maintenance. While at Fort Sill,
OK he received orders for Vietnam in Oct. 1967. He was a mechanic and crew
chief at Phu Loi (the Iron Triangle area) with the aviation section of the 23rd
Artillery Group. Awards include National Service Medal, silver crewchief wings
and the Vietnam campaign medal. He left Vietnam in Sept 1968. Released from
active duty at Oakland Air Force base on 28 Sept. 1968. After 4 years of
inactive reserve he was discharged on 1 Feb. 1973.NOTES:
Charles Arnold Carpenter attended Hampton Meadows school. then
L.R. Peck Jr. High school. While in the 9th grade became a lead guitar
player for a local rock & roll band. He quit school to pursue a career in
music. He appeared at local clubs, and television shows and various events in
RI. CT.. NY and Boston. In September 1966 the band signed a 3 year recording
contract with RCA records, and was booked on several national television shows.The following month, on October 3. 1966, Charles was drafted into the U.S.
Army, bringing an end to his musical career. He completed basic training at
Fort Gordon GA. Next he was sent to Fort Rucker Al., where he attended
aviation school for aircraft mechanics and maintenance, specializing in
helicopters. After finishing school he was sent to Fort Sill, OK where he
worked on various aircraft until Oct.. 1967 when he received his orders for
Viet Nam.Charles went to Viet Nam in Oct., 1967 where he worked as a Helicopter and
fixed wing mechanic and also served as a crew chief. He was attached to the
23rd Artillery Group . aviation section stationed at Phu Loi. Viet Nam in the
Iron Triangle area. He flew extensively on various missions covering the South
Viet Nam area as a crew chief and was there during the 1968 Tet offensive.He received the National Service medal. Viet Nam service medal with oak leaf
cluster, good conduct medal, silver crew chief wings, and Viet Nam campaign
medal.Although serving in Viet Nam with honor, Charles did not believe in the Viet
Nam War. Charles left Viet Nam in Sep. of 1968 after a one year tour. He was
released from active duty on Sep. 28, 1968 at the Oakland Air force base in CA.
and retained home to Barrington, RI. He received an honorable discharge on
Feb. 1, 1973 after having been in the inactive reserves for 4 years.Charles worked at various jobs since his discharge in Sep. of 1968; including
Garage mechanic and owner, sheet metal fabrication, photographer, and guitar
teacher. He took courses from The Famous Photographers School of West Port,
CT. The NY Institute of Photography, and he attended Computer programing
classes, and The Toledo School of Advanced Industrial weighing in OH, he also
completed his high school education after his discharge from the US Army.He enrolled in Johnson & Wales college of business but decided not to pursue a
business education and dropped out. He worked as a field service tech. and
occasional supervisor for Toledo Scale in East Providence for 8 years before an
accident in 1983 in which he ruptured two disks in his back which rendered him
disabled. On Jan. 04, 1983 surgeons replaced a faulty aortic heart
valve which was presumed to be genetic or which Charles was born with.1978/79 which Charles rebuilt from the bottom up his house performing all Electrical,
plumbing, and Carpentry himself. About 1990, Charles and Loraine
sold their house in Scituate and moved to Port Charlotte, FE where they
purchased a new home. In Nov. 1993, after a 17 year marriage, Charles and
Loraine divorced.Charles and his son left Port Charlotte and traveled 10,000 miles looking for a
new place to live, finally buying a mobile home and settling in Saint Cloud FL
where he is as of this writing, Dec. 10, 1995, living with his son Charles Adam
Carpenter. Both father and son have no religious affiliation and are basically
agnostic. He is involved in computing, genealogy, gourmet cooking, and being a
good father. And least we not forget their dog, Elmo El-Wapo Carpenter, a
Dachshund b. Nov. 01, 1994 of questionable origin, who also resides with them.Charles (Chuck) has been the Carpenter Roots List Administrator for many years.
DEATH:
In 2004 "they found I had colon cancer. They removed half my colon and said that if I took chemo for 6 months it might not come back. Well, I took chemo 4 times, it almost killed me.
Well, it came back. Not only my colon but my prostate, liver, etc. Guess it spread. Doctor says I don't have long to live. So, guess that's the bottom line John, I'm dying. And boy it sure is painful but guess there's nothing they can do for me... You see I also had a heart operation years ago so I have to take coumadin, a blood thinner... this makes me bleed more. Plus I have diabetes... Sucks to die at 58 years old..." November 4, 2005.
Chuck died 18 Feb 2006 in St. Cloud. He will be sorely missed. (Obit = RIN 15632 Chuck Carpenter.jpg)
36793. Claude Ceylon Carpenter
Claude was born in Greene, Ohio in Judge Carter's home on York Street, while his sisters Gretchen and Florence, and his mother Bessie wereborn at the McCoy
home accross from the Barber home (per notes from the Carpenter family reunion
at Patty Kosarko's home September 14th, 2002).3 _FOOT Ancestry.com, Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002 (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001), Database online.
3 _FOOT Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002 (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006), Database online.This line was submitted by Ronald C. Carpenter in Feb 2009.
ronsfort@iowatelecom.net
Contact him at:
Po Box 2080
Fairfield, IA 52556
After graduating from elementary and secondary school Alice taught school in
Sundown, MN and since her older sisters had already left home, it became her
duty to take care of her grandfather who was mean to her. Once when teaching
at school a prairie storm became a blizzard and while riding her horse back to
her parent's farm home became disoriented and was lost. But a timelyrescue saved her legs from being amputated due to severe frost-bite.