Charles R. Garton

Chuck Garton (Charles Robert, Sr), passed away suddenly in Des Moines, Iowa on March 4, 2013, at the age of 65, from a massive heart attack.

Chuck is survived by his four children, Charly (and his wife Shauna), Tim (his fiancée Jill Rudloff, and her daughter Gabryel), Shannon (and her husband John Moore), and Alyson Garton; and their mother, Marcia. Two grandchildren, Marissa Garton and Peyton Cawelti-Garton, also survive him. He leaves 4 brothers, Jim (Margaret), Gene (Kathy), Bobby (Cathy), and Dennis, seven nieces and nephews, and 12 great-nieces and -nephews. His mother and father, Marjorie Bernice and John Harold Garton, preceded him in death.

Chuck was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on March 11, 1947. He graduated from the school of “hard knocks,” but told people Roosevelt High School. He is a Viet Nam Era Navy Veteran. He went on to study at DMACC and Grandview Junior College. He lived in Des Moines his younger life until he made his home in De Soto, Iowa, for the majority of his life. He retired after working 31 years at John Deere Des Moines Works in Ankeny.

Chuck is remembered as a hard worker, and a man that never knew a stranger. Chuck’s energy was tireless often to everyone else’s fatigue. Everyone remembers the year he won the award for Best Christmas Lighting Contest in De Soto and coincidentally when National Lampoons Christmas Vacation came out earned the nickname Clark Griswald. He loved to have fun. He will forever be remembered as the man that could always make you laugh, whether it was with him or at him, he didn’t care, as long as you were laughing. He generally said what was on his mind (sometimes to his detriment). Anyone who knew Chuck remembers that he loved to bowl, play tennis, fish, play golf, vacation in Minnesota and Canada, woodwork in his “shop,” yard work that rivaled the lawn of the White House, and any spectator sports, in particular Hawkeye football and Cardinals baseball.

Chuck has always maintained a relationship with God, sometimes his life direction detoured but he always found his way back. In his last days he was committed to his faith once more and His Father took him home.

Through his death he is helping others as a donor.

Condolences may be expressed at:
www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com

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