Charles was born August 26, 1938 in Douglas Co, Ava, Missouri. He died age 81 years. He retired in 1998 from Lockheed-Martin Corp. With 30 years of service. The last 25 years at NORAD, Cheyenne Mountain. He attended College of Ozark, 1958-1960. Served four years in the Air Force, 1961-1965. His occupation was computer hardware. He traveled and lived in Wisconsin, Alaska, California, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Indiana, and forty-six years in Colorado Springs.
He was married to Mary E. Barton forty-nine years in Colorado Springs. He helped raise three boys, Barton, Brian and Barry Manis.
He was the youngest of four children Doran, Curtis and Lois. Parents Willie F. Manis and Edith I. Redd.
He leaves a grandson, Jeremy, wife, Yvette and children Cameron, Corbin and Corrine Manis of Cutler Bay, Florida.