Charles Chuck Ainsworth Rockwood III

Charles Ainsworth “Chuck” Rockwood III passed away from pneumonia on January 31, 2011 at Bloomington Hospital. Chuck was born in Des Moines, Iowa to Charles Ainsworth Rockwood II and Mabel Roach Rockwood. The family moved to Indianapolis when chuck was 5 years old. He graduated from Shortridge High School in 1939, attended New Mexico Military Institute, and graduated from Indiana University in 1942.

Chuck joined the Army after attending ROTC at I.U. and was an Infantry Officer. He served with the Rainbow Division in Europe during WWII. His Army career included tours in Austria, Panama, Thailand and Vietnam. Chuck retired as a Lieutenant Colonel after 21 years of service. Following his Army career, he worked in various administrative positions at Indiana University, retiring from I.U. in 1978. Subsequently, he became a real estate broker and a licensed Merchant Marine Captain.

Chuck was preceded in death by his first wife, Anna Jean Rockwood, and his brother Clyde Roach Rockwood. He is survived by his wife, Dolores Schavul Rockwood, of Bloomington; his four children, Lucy Rockwood Allen, of Colorado Springs, CO, Lynn O’Harrow Wilson (Bob) of The Woodlands,TX, Charles Ainsworth Rockwood IV (Judy), of Hinesville, GA and Clyde Jefferson Rockwood (Diana), of Jasper, TX; four step-children, Diane Matt (Carl Norbeck), of Denver, CO, Suzanne O’Shea, of Carmel, IN, Robert Matt (Marsha), of Greenfield, IN and Kay Fields (Rudy), of Bloomington, IN; 14 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Shalom House (c/o First United Methodist Church), American Cancer Society or a charity of choice.

Services will be held at First United Methodist Church, corner of 4th and Washington Sts. on Friday, February 4, 2011 at 1:00 P.M. A celebration of Chuck’s life will immediately follow at Meadowood Retirement Community in the Terrace Room.