He was born in Springfield Mass. September 21, 1944, to Emery A Lepine and Dorothy L Lepine, both of whom preceded him in death. As an Air Force dependent Charles lived in many places throughout his childhood, graduating from Davis high school in Kaysville Utah in 1962. He went on to join the Air Force where he served for 20 years with duty stations in South Korea, Turkey, England, Japan and several USAF bases in the US retiring in 1985 in Colorado Spring, CO. Charles then worked at GTE retiring in 1994. He then established his business as a sole proprietor of Chuck’s Custom Craft.
Charles was an avid photographer, motorsports fan and was active in local politics. Charles was an active and devoted member of the Patriot Guards Riders of Colorado, a calling he proudly embraced.
Charles is survived by his son Daryl and his wife Christine Lepine and his 4 grandchildren Joseph (wife Amy), Jonathan (wife Brianna), Crystal and Kassandra and 6 great grandchildren.
Charles is also survived by his immediate siblings Ellen Cesarone, Cheryl Wheeler of Port St. Lucie Florida, Celeste Putt of Henderson Nv., Laurel Miller, Emery A J Lepine and Steven M. Lepine of Colorado Springs
A visitation will be held on Thursday, 9/12/2019 at Dove-Witt Family Mortuary followed by funeral service at 11am then a committal will be held at Pikes Peak National Cemetery at 1pm.
In lieu of flowers donations may be sent to the Patriot Guard Riders of Colorado, P.O. Box 36129 Denver Colorado, 80236
