Although Charles did not serve in the war, he contributed to the mission of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s nine year Civil Conservation Corps (CCC) effort established during the Great Depression. The successful work relief program, established by executive order on April 5, 1933, played a part in Roosevelt’s New Deal legislation and gave millions of young men the opportunity to work on environmental projects. This included more than three billion trees planted and the construction of trails and shelters to over 800 parks nationwide. Five years after graduation, Charles married Bernice Florence Alspach on Saturday, June 14, 1941. He and Bernice raised three children in Sugar Grove, and they provided a place for Bernice’s widowed father, Jesse Benjamin Alspach I, to stay until his death occurred on October 21, 1958. For the main part of his life, Charles worked as a factory worker for the North American Aviation factory and later retired from the Chrysler assembly plant. His obituary highlighted his Protestant faith and explained in his final years he spent his time as a Mason 32nd degree at St. John’s Lodge #13 at the Springfield Masonic Home, where he passed away. It further highlighted that Charles illuminated an outgoing personality “who never met a stranger.” With a sharp memory that stayed with him into his 90s, he enjoyed talking about his younger years, the “olden days,” and loved his visits to the Fairfield County Fair; his last visit being in October 2011. Ironically, Charles passed away just four days before the Fairfield County Fair in 2012. That year Lancaster held the Fair October 7-13. At the time of his death he lived at 7 Masonic Drive, Apt. 1P in Springfield, Ohio.