Charlie, born in Kingston, Ontario, grew up in Camden East, Ontario, running free with his friends and co-conspirators, finding adventures and taking risks. Charley relived those adventures, all his life, through the stories he shared.
Charlie married his life-long partner, Jean Hanaghan (nee Richmond), December 27, 1952, and died shortly after their 69th anniversary.
Charlie is survived by his wife Jean, and his sons, Bob (Charolette) Hanaghan, Jeff (Trudy) Hanaghan, and daughter Claire Hanaghan.
He is survived by his grandchildren, Shelly (Jeff) Peterson, Brent (Kassandra) Hanaghan, Caleb (Chelsea) Hanaghan, Carla (Shawn) Karst, Tanya (Leighton) Garfield, Claye Hanaghan, and Maci Dyck, as well as great grandchildren; Sydney, Hayley, Taylor, Cale, Charli, Emery,
Farron, Lev, Fen.
Charlie was predeceased by his son, Stephen Hanaghan and his
grandson Jesse Hanaghan.
Dad loved to travel and with mom, and they saw so much of North America, from the southern U.S. border, to the Arctic Circle and from
west coast to east, many times. Charlie and Jean enjoyed many travel adventures with friends and family through the years, sharing lots of laughter, and creating their shared lifelong memories.
Charlie and Jean settled in Kamloops in 1968, after moving west to BC in 1964 to Taylor, BC, to work on the Alaska Highway and then pipeline jobs. Charlie was a 50 year member of the I.U.O.E. (International Union of Operating Engineers) and spent much of his career working pipeline jobs across Canada.
Charlie loved children and dogs most of all, oh, and cars! And he found happiness with each of these loves.
Charlie lived in his own home until the end of his life, and in his
90th year, was a proud and licensed driver. Charlie’s independence
was very important to him and we are all thankful he spent his
final years in his own home.
Charlie’s family and friends will miss his big smile,
his stories, his love for cars, and his feistiness.
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One Tribute
Our condolences to Jean and Family for their loss.
Charlie or Chub to us was such a comfort to myself and children in our hour of need, as well as Jean.
We will miss him, his jokes, his big smile, and listening about his cars.
As we get older it’s harder to visit but he is in our memories and heart. We will meet again.
Sharon, (Gary, Patrick and Michael Reid]