Charles Edwin Warren

Charles Edwin Warren was born March 8, 1926, in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He was the son of Collins Otto Warren and Vivian Anna Marcoe (Warren). At the age of 3 Charles mother died. He and his older sister Shirley, age 5, were taken in and raised by his grandparents Edwin and Helen Marcoe, as his father traveled extensively. Charles was raised in Pocatello, Idaho. He graduated from Pocatello High School when WWII was raging and enlisted in the Army Air Corps and served our country honorably from 1942-1945. After the war Charles served in the Army Reserve Corps until 1955.

As a young man he developed a passion for motorcycles and cars and he always had the best of both. He also loved horseback riding and spent many days riding his beloved Bow (Beau), especially on trips to the Uintah Mountains.

At the end of WWII Charles returned to college at the University of Idaho, then transferred to Montana State where he received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. After another year of postgraduate study in Heating and Air Conditioning he moved to Salt Lake to work for the Crane and Trane Company. He eventually opened his own successful and widely respected business, Air Engineering Corps, heating and air conditioning for commercial buildings.

Charles married his high school sweetheart, Geraldine Davis in 1947. They had 4 children, Mark (Diane), Doug (Kathy), Karen (Jim) Shields, and Scott. Gerry passed away in 2001.

In 2003 he married Estelle Scoville Wardle. They were together for 10 wonderful years traveling and visiting his and her family together. Charles enjoyed deep friendship and the esteem of Estelle’s family of six children as well as his own.

Charles is survived by his sister Shirley Packard whom he loved dearly, his 4 children and 4 grandchildren. He is survived by his wife Estelle and his six stepchildren, Bruce (Linda) Wardle, Kristine (Reid) Frederickson, Stacie (Brent) Mangum, Clark (Kathleen) Wardle, Thomas (Laura) Wardle, Lucy (Greg) Streeter, and twenty-six step-grandchildren, and thiry step-great-grandchildren.

Thank you to all who served him well at Alta Ridge in Salt Lake City during the last 6 months of his life. Charles was a dear neighbor and friend to all who knew him ever ready to help when the need arose. All who knew him mourn his passing. He will be deeply missed.