Charles M. Carpenter, age 73, passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2016. Dear father to the late Jude (Jennifer) Carpenter, Jason (Laura) Carpenter, and Dorothy (Doug) Friedel; loving grandfather to Sean, Millie, Justin, Joshua, Danica, and Domenic; dear brother to Margaret (Bob) Powell, Cora (the late Jerry) Shukwit, Joe (Ruth) Carpenter, Mary (the late Tim) Peterson, the late Kathleen (Lynn) Saunders, George (Mary) Carpenter, James (Gayle) Carpenter, Frank (Cathy) Carpenter, Patricia Leto, Ginger (the late Dan) Carson, and Elizabeth Bezal and many nieces and nephews. A memorial lunch will be held Sunday, March 6, 2016 at Petruzzello's Banquet Center, 6950 Rochester Rd, Troy, MI 48085.