Charles M. "Chuck" Umnuss

Charles Manning “Chuck” Umnuss, age 84, passed peacefully from this life with his wife, Selma, at this side, on Monday, November 3, 2014. Chuck was born on August 18, 1930, to parents, Charles William and Sue Henion Umnuss, in Milwaukee, WI. After graduation from North Division High, Class of 1949, and enrollment in University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, he enlisted in the Marine Corps, and forever became a proud Marine. “Once a Marine, always a Marine.” While serving as an Embassy Guard in Madrid, Spain, as a part of the elite “Madrid Marines”, he married the former Pilar Rodriquez, with whom he had three daughters. He never tired of learning, and after their return to California, he obtained degrees at Santa Monica City College and UCLA, Class of 1959, received his California CPA license,1963, and his Master’s Degree from Florida State University, Class of 1972, during his employment at the Panama Canal Commission, all while working full time. He was proud of his service as audit head at USAID-Quito, Ecuador, and Supervisory Systems Accountant, at the Panama Canal Commission. After his divorce in 1974, he married his wife of 40 years, Selma (nee Wong) Umnuss. They relocated to Las Vegas, NV, after his retirement from the Panama Canal Commission, January 1992, where they continued their loved of travel and he traded his love of scuba diving and the sea for the desert activity of video poker. He served on the HOA boards of Sun City Summerlin and Desert Shores Racquet Club, and was a director of the Leathernecks Club, Las Vegas. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Dr. Patricia Kubis. Left to mourn are his wife, Selma, daughters, Pilar, Monique, and Maria Luisa, and grand-daughters, Pilar Albert and Mia Conover, (his five California girls); brother, Roger Umnuss, Memphis, TN; sister, Darcy Hearn, Laguna Woods, CA, and numerous nieces and nephews and good friends. Services for Chuck will be held on Wed, November 12, 2014, at Palm Cheyenne Mortuary, 9 a.m., followed by burial at Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, and a Celebration of his life, at 2 p.m., also at Palm Cheyenne. Please join us in remembering this good and honorable man, who we loved dearly, and who was the best husband and father and grandfather any woman could have. Rest in peace, my love.