CHARLES ROBERT KING June 8, 2017Charles Robert King, age 88, died in Green Valley, Arizona on June 8, 2017, after a brief battle with age related illnesses.
He was born in Jackson, Michigan, attended East Jackson High School, and graduated in 1951 from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
After working briefly for NASA in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1960, he landed a coveted job at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico and moved his family out west. Here he was able to pursue his passion as an avid outdoorsman, enjoying hunting, skiing, hiking, and camping. He was fascinated with the history of the Rocky Mountains and took the family on numerous vacations to explore old mines and ghost towns throughout the region. He also served for many years as a Boy Scout troop leader and worked with the New Mexico Rangers as a volunteer to various police agencies in the area.
Following his retirement from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1990, he moved to Arizona with his second wife Betsy (Omohundro) where he lived the rest of his life enjoying the Southwest. Charles is survived by his children Connie Stein (Bill) of Groton, NY, and Charlie King (Cathy) of Golden, CO, his granddaughter, Jaimie (Kurt) Wittig of Marshfield, WI, and his first wife, Virginia King of Los Alamos, NM.