Charles Ashley Saffell MD

Charles Ashley Saffell MD, 79, of Mesa, passed away on January 23, 2016 with his loving wife beside him. He was known in the community for the services he provided as a Primary Care Physician and also his passion for bird watching and his involvement with the Audubon Society. He enjoyed his time with friends and family and after retirement was also able to enjoy a few rounds of golf and traveling with his wife.

Charles is survived by his wife Marion his son Charles "Chuck" and his wife Erinanne, daughter Leigh O'Hara Saffell, and his two grandchildren Maren Neil and Rachel Anne.

UPBEAT CELEBRATION OF LIFE MEMORIAL FOR CHARLES SAFFELL, M.D., (OPEN TO THE

PUBLIC):

An upbeat Celebration of Life, will be this Saturday, January 30, 2016, 1

p.m., at Southeast Regional Library,

775 N. Greenfield Rd, Gilbert AZ. (SE corner, Greenfield and Guadalupe).

Enter front entrance of the building,

turn left on entering, meeting room is at the end of the hall). Please pass

this on to anyone who we might not reach.

Each of you have made a difference in our lives. Come and rejoice with us.

Please feel free to comment at this memorial, on what Charles meant to you,

or share with us anecdotes of your memories of Charles. If you do not wish

to speak, please write out any comments you would like read at our

Celebration of his Life. Charles' family will be there to meet and visit

with each of you at the end of the Memorial.

In lieu of flowers, you may make a donation to his memory to any of the

following, or a nonprofit of your choice;

www.DESERTRIVERSAUDUBON.ORG . (Charles was one of the 8 original founders

of this very active nonprofit chapter of National Audubon to which he

contributed many hours of volunteer work, and also arranged for donations in

the past which went for conservation and environmental education, and bird

and wildlife and habitat preservation.

or,

St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, www.stjude.org

or,

Hospice of the Valley, www.hov.org

We hope you will be able to join us for our Celebration. Please feel free

to share this with anyone you know of who would enjoy coming.

Much love to each of you who made Charles' life Special.