born: October 21, 1921
died: September 22, 2018
Chuck was born in Los Angeles. The middle brother of three sons, he spent much of his youth
at his parent’s waterfront summer home in Manhattan Beach, fishing and riding his homemade
mahogany paddle board. Later, he worked at his families’ third generation plumbing business in
downtown LA, graduating from Los Angeles High School in 1938 and eventually taking over the
business after the war.
A pivotal point in his young life came in 1940. An experimental plane, the P38 Lightening, a
project of the (then) small Lockheed Company in nearby Glendale, did a fly over between races
at the Santa Anita track. With its twin 1,000 horse power supercharged Allison engines, Chuck
dreamed of the opportunity to one day fly it. Reality set in with the advent of the war and Chuck
enlisted in the Army Air Corp in October of 1942. He volunteered for dangerous duty, Photo
Reconnaissance, specifically so he could fly the P38. Chuck spent three years active duty in the
World War. Chuck, ever humble, acknowledged he was not a great pilot, but a very good one,
citing his 76 successful missions over enemy territory in the South Pacific. He earned a
Distinguished Flying Cross for evading Japanese Zeros, and in so doing, landed his plane, the
Paper Doll, on a sandy beach on Daru Island near New Guinea, living among the island natives
for two weeks until help arrived.
Two months after the war ended, Chuck returned to civilian life and the family business. Shortly
thereafter, by happenstance, two sisters asked him for a cross town ride, and he met his
beautiful future bride, Agnes Pascol. They soon married, raised a family of two children: Evelyn
and Bill, and spent the next 65 years together.
Chuck sold his family business at age 52 and lived the next 45 years in retirement. He and
Agnes built their dream home on 2 acres in Fallbrook, where they tended their avocado trees
and traveled extensively. Chuck was preceded in death by Agnes, exactly 5 years to the day. As
a widower, Chuck was asked if he had an interest in meeting women. His answer was resolute:
No, he was waiting to rejoin Agnes in heaven. Chuck lived the next 5 years on his own and
passed quickly without pain or suffering. He oftentimes credited a long life to: a loving family and
2 shots of bourbon every night at 5pm.
Chuck was “our” greatest example of the “greatest generation”. He is survived by his family:
daughter Evelyn Murphy (Jim), son Bill Huebsch(Tong), grandchildren: Amy Corsinita, Patrick
Corsinita(Julie), Jason Huebsch(Georgia), great grandchildren: Jacob, Nicholas and Lucas
Huesbch, Carly and Luke Corsinita.
Chuck will be interred with military honors at MCAS Miramar.
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