Myrna Nuss
on November 23, 2020 at 9:49 am
Charlie and I worked together at Little River Fishing Lodge in the summer of ’62. We had both just graduated from high school in different provinces; both of us were heading off to university in the fall. He was the nicest boy I had ever met, bar none! For that short time, we became good friends, and he never knew that I had a huge crush on him! He was seriously involved with his girlfriend, whom we didn’t ever meet. About a dozen years later, when we were out visiting friends in Salmon Arm, I called him to renew acquaintances. Being the gracious person that he was, he invited my husband and I and our friends over for drinks and a visit. I wish I’d have stayed in touch with him. I thought it might be of interest to his sons and grandchildren to know that he was once a teenager who was so much fun to be around, despite his seriousness about the direction his life he wanted his life to take. I’m sure he was a delightful dad and grandpa, undoubtedly a sweet-natured guy who was decent to everyone he encountered. Deepest sympathy.
Sandi and Al Roberts
on November 21, 2020 at 12:20 pm
So sorry to hear of Charlies passing. Our condolences to Chad and Brook and families. We had many years of fun with Charlie , Barb and family in Kinsmen and even after that. Have missed him in the last few years. Lots of good memories. Sandi and Al roberts
Ernie and Sandy Scherck
on November 21, 2020 at 9:46 am
We still refer to the house above us as McCarthys, and often talk of the visits back and forth with you boys, Chad and Brook and our sons. Reading your dads history we were reminded of the evenings Charlie would be playing his trumpet on the deck, and our corner of South Canoe would be treated those sounds. What a revelation it was to go the Piapot 1980 reunion and find Charlie and Barb and boys – our next door neighbors here, beside us at the parade in Piapot – we all had roots there! We are saddened to hear of your loss .
Ken Jamieson
on November 16, 2020 at 11:02 am
Getting the breaks in Salmon Arm, like so many little towns during the 60s and 70s, depended a lot on who you knew. Charlie was my older brother’s friend, so that gave me a foot in the door when I applied for my first job out of high school. Charlie made sure I got hired, and then every once in a while, would show up on the floor in the mill and check up on me – asking how things were going and chatting. He was very good to me when I was a teen and though my job at Federated Co-op lasted only a couple of years, I will always be grateful to Charlie.
Helen Jamieson
on November 11, 2020 at 9:24 pm
I visited Charlie more than once when he was in care in Westbank. And of course , I saddened him with the news of my husband’s passing as well. Doug and Charlie were really good friends and over the years we didn’t visit as much as Doug would have liked. I was unable to find out where Charlie moved to after Westbank. Let me say I enjoyed my visits with him . We had a wonderful sing-along when a resident was playing a tape of Oldies. He really enjoyed that time. I would be happy to talk to one of you ‘boys’.
Sincerely , Helen Jamieson
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of McCarthy Charles “Charlie Francis 2022..
Death notice for the town of: Salmon-Arm, Province: Colombie britanique