Charles I. Tindall, March 8, 2002, age 92, late of Homewood; beloved husband of Marie E. Tindall, nee Hoffman; dear father of Suzanne (Thomas) Morey of Flossmoor and Diane Tindall of Santa Monica, CA; cherished grandfather of Thomas (Mimma) Morey, Elizabeth (Steven) Jones, and Christopher Tindall; great-grandfather of Samuel Jones; preceded in death by nine brothers and sisters. Member of St. Paul Community Church. Resting at the Tews Funeral Home, 18230 S. Dixie Hwy., Homewood, Sunday from 2 to 9 p.m. Services Monday, 1 p.m. Interment Skyline Memorial Park, Monee. Memorials to St. Paul Community Church, 18200 S. Dixie Hwy., Homewood, IL 60430.

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Charles Irvin Tindall ("Uncle Charlie") – One of the many grandchildren of Civil War veteran Allen Tindall, Charles worked as a civilian in military support operations during World War Two. He was born on January 3, 1910, at home, 1233 Clay Street, in Springfield, Missouri. After a fall at home, he died at age 92 at South Suburban Hospital, in Hazel Crest, Illinois, on March 8, 2002.

Before the war, at about 1940, Charles began work for the Cardox Company, at a new assembly plant in Blue Island, Illinois, that manufactured the Class 150, Type 0-1, Cardox Model 9508 fire truck. These trucks were designed for the U.S. Army and Navy to fight airport oil and fuel fires. The Class 150 was a self-contained mobile unit mounted on a six-wheel chassis that employed carbon dioxide and foam to extinguish fires. It was designed to quench a blazing bomber in 45 seconds. During his tenure there, Charles transported parts, worked on the assembly line, and was a foreman in the shipping department. After the war began, he registered at a military recruiting station, but because of his important work at Cordox, and likely due to his age, he was not drafted into the service. He worked at the plant until the war ended, and the plant closed.

Charles is a grandchild of Allen Christian Tindall, of the 86th Illinois Volunteer Infantry (3/13/1836-7/24/1914) and Esther McClure. He is one of the ten children of Charles Allen Tindall (9/11/1869-8/14/1946) and Susie Belle French (8/12/1869-3/31/1958), who is the sister of Lt. Colonel John French. In addition to Charles, they include Jennie Louise Barron (1898-1984), Jane Patience (died in infancy, 1898), Alice Ray (b1900), Margaret (1901-1957), Allen C. (1904-1949), John Charles (b1906), Franklin (b1908), Robert Calvin (b1911) and Earnest James (b1913).

Charles is the husband of Marie Hoffman (1911-2008). Charles and Marie met at a wiener roast in Springfield, Missouri and were married in Chicago on June 11, 1931. Charles and Marie are the parents of Susanne Morey (wife of Thomas Morey) and Clara Diane Tindall. He is the grandfather to Detective Thomas Morey, Jr., Elizabeth Betsy (Morey) Jones, and Christopher Charles Tindall.

When Charles was young their family moved from Clay Street to a country home near Nickles Junction, Missouri. Charles left Springfield at about 1930 to seek work in Chicago, and initially lived with his older sister Jennie Barron and her husband Fred. After they married, Charles and Marie lived briefly with another couple on Evans Avenue in Chicago, and then at an apartment at 1503 West 79th Street for about 15 years. After the war in about 1946, they moved to a new home in Homewood, Illinois, at 2119 Magnolia, in Governor's Park. After a brief move to California, they moved back to Homewood, to 17603 Golfview Avenue, where they lived for the rest of their lives.

For years after the war, Charles worked for Richard G. Lydy's Parking Company in the city. After he retired from the parking business, he continued to work part-time for Ravisloe Country Club in Homewood as a groundskeeper.

Charles in buried with Marie in the Skyline Memorial Park Cemetery in University Park, Illinois.