Charles A. Rodgers, Jr., 90, of Newington, passed away on Sunday, May 4, 2014, at his home surrounded by his loving family.
Born in Kansas City, MO, son of the late Charles A. Rodgers, Sr. and Ruth L. (Hymer), he graduated from William H. Hall High School in West Hartford in 1941. Charles went on to graduate from the University of Connecticut in only three years with a major in mechanical engineering and a minor in electrical engineering. During the remaining World War II years, he first worked in the New York Harbor area for Westinghouse, supervising the installation of main propulsion turbines in U.S. Navy destroyers. A year later he entered the U.S. Army Special Engineers at the Sandia Base in New Mexico where he ran low temperature tests on the bomb release mechanism for the Manhattan Project. After World War II, he returned to civilian life and was a charter teacher of engineering at Hartford State Technical College's higher education program for returning World War II veterans, during which time he co-authored a mathematics text book for engineering students and earned the title of Professor Emeritus. This program's popularity grew to become the four state technical colleges that flourished for many years. Charles spent two summers at Penn State where he participated in a neutron pulse reactor experiment at their deep swimming pool reactor. In 1964 he participated in a program at Bucknell University to find a solution to engineering problems on dynamic stress in engine parts. In 1968, he got his Masters of Science from Central Connecticut State University. A man of many talents, Charles was an excellent jazz and classical piano player who loved the music of Art Tatum. He had a lifelong love of World War I and II airplanes and he built and flew many planes with the Glastonbury Flying Aces Modeling Club, and attended annual Rhinebeck Aerodrome meetings.
A loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Charles was a talented and fun loving man who will be deeply missed by his family and all who knew him. In addition to his wife, Charles leaves his four children, his grandchildren, and his great-grandchildren. He was pre-deceased by his sister Romaine.
Charles' funeral will take place on Friday, May 9, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the Newington Memorial Funeral Home, 20 Bonair Ave. in Newington, followed by interment with Military Honors in West Meadow Cemetery in Newington. Relatives and friends are invited to call on Thursday from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at Newington Memorial. Memorial donations in Charles' name may be made to the VNA Healthcare Fund, VNA Fund, Dept. 106093, PO Box 150485, Hartford, CT 06115-0485.
Full obituary published in The Hartford Courant on May 6, 2014
Born in Kansas City, MO, son of the late Charles A. Rodgers, Sr. and Ruth L. (Hymer), he graduated from William H. Hall High School in West Hartford in 1941. Charles went on to graduate from the University of Connecticut in only three years with a major in mechanical engineering and a minor in electrical engineering. During the remaining World War II years, he first worked in the New York Harbor area for Westinghouse, supervising the installation of main propulsion turbines in U.S. Navy destroyers. A year later he entered the U.S. Army Special Engineers at the Sandia Base in New Mexico where he ran low temperature tests on the bomb release mechanism for the Manhattan Project. After World War II, he returned to civilian life and was a charter teacher of engineering at Hartford State Technical College's higher education program for returning World War II veterans, during which time he co-authored a mathematics text book for engineering students and earned the title of Professor Emeritus. This program's popularity grew to become the four state technical colleges that flourished for many years. Charles spent two summers at Penn State where he participated in a neutron pulse reactor experiment at their deep swimming pool reactor. In 1964 he participated in a program at Bucknell University to find a solution to engineering problems on dynamic stress in engine parts. In 1968, he got his Masters of Science from Central Connecticut State University. A man of many talents, Charles was an excellent jazz and classical piano player who loved the music of Art Tatum. He had a lifelong love of World War I and II airplanes and he built and flew many planes with the Glastonbury Flying Aces Modeling Club, and attended annual Rhinebeck Aerodrome meetings.
A loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Charles was a talented and fun loving man who will be deeply missed by his family and all who knew him. In addition to his wife, Charles leaves his four children, his grandchildren, and his great-grandchildren. He was pre-deceased by his sister Romaine.
Charles' funeral will take place on Friday, May 9, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the Newington Memorial Funeral Home, 20 Bonair Ave. in Newington, followed by interment with Military Honors in West Meadow Cemetery in Newington. Relatives and friends are invited to call on Thursday from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at Newington Memorial. Memorial donations in Charles' name may be made to the VNA Healthcare Fund, VNA Fund, Dept. 106093, PO Box 150485, Hartford, CT 06115-0485.
Full obituary published in The Hartford Courant on May 6, 2014
Charles A. Rodgers, Jr., 90, of Newington, passed away on Sunday, May 4, 2014, at his home surrounded by his loving family.
Born in Kansas City, MO, son of the late Charles A. Rodgers, Sr. and Ruth L. (Hymer), he graduated from William H. Hall High School in West Hartford in 1941. Charles went on to graduate from the University of Connecticut in only three years with a major in mechanical engineering and a minor in electrical engineering. During the remaining World War II years, he first worked in the New York Harbor area for Westinghouse, supervising the installation of main propulsion turbines in U.S. Navy destroyers. A year later he entered the U.S. Army Special Engineers at the Sandia Base in New Mexico where he ran low temperature tests on the bomb release mechanism for the Manhattan Project. After World War II, he returned to civilian life and was a charter teacher of engineering at Hartford State Technical College's higher education program for returning World War II veterans, during which time he co-authored a mathematics text book for engineering students and earned the title of Professor Emeritus. This program's popularity grew to become the four state technical colleges that flourished for many years. Charles spent two summers at Penn State where he participated in a neutron pulse reactor experiment at their deep swimming pool reactor. In 1964 he participated in a program at Bucknell University to find a solution to engineering problems on dynamic stress in engine parts. In 1968, he got his Masters of Science from Central Connecticut State University. A man of many talents, Charles was an excellent jazz and classical piano player who loved the music of Art Tatum. He had a lifelong love of World War I and II airplanes and he built and flew many planes with the Glastonbury Flying Aces Modeling Club, and attended annual Rhinebeck Aerodrome meetings.
A loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Charles was a talented and fun loving man who will be deeply missed by his family and all who knew him. In addition to his wife, Charles leaves his four children, his grandchildren, and his great-grandchildren. He was pre-deceased by his sister Romaine.
Charles' funeral will take place on Friday, May 9, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the Newington Memorial Funeral Home, 20 Bonair Ave. in Newington, followed by interment with Military Honors in West Meadow Cemetery in Newington. Relatives and friends are invited to call on Thursday from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at Newington Memorial. Memorial donations in Charles' name may be made to the VNA Healthcare Fund, VNA Fund, Dept. 106093, PO Box 150485, Hartford, CT 06115-0485.
Full obituary published in The Hartford Courant on May 6, 2014
Born in Kansas City, MO, son of the late Charles A. Rodgers, Sr. and Ruth L. (Hymer), he graduated from William H. Hall High School in West Hartford in 1941. Charles went on to graduate from the University of Connecticut in only three years with a major in mechanical engineering and a minor in electrical engineering. During the remaining World War II years, he first worked in the New York Harbor area for Westinghouse, supervising the installation of main propulsion turbines in U.S. Navy destroyers. A year later he entered the U.S. Army Special Engineers at the Sandia Base in New Mexico where he ran low temperature tests on the bomb release mechanism for the Manhattan Project. After World War II, he returned to civilian life and was a charter teacher of engineering at Hartford State Technical College's higher education program for returning World War II veterans, during which time he co-authored a mathematics text book for engineering students and earned the title of Professor Emeritus. This program's popularity grew to become the four state technical colleges that flourished for many years. Charles spent two summers at Penn State where he participated in a neutron pulse reactor experiment at their deep swimming pool reactor. In 1964 he participated in a program at Bucknell University to find a solution to engineering problems on dynamic stress in engine parts. In 1968, he got his Masters of Science from Central Connecticut State University. A man of many talents, Charles was an excellent jazz and classical piano player who loved the music of Art Tatum. He had a lifelong love of World War I and II airplanes and he built and flew many planes with the Glastonbury Flying Aces Modeling Club, and attended annual Rhinebeck Aerodrome meetings.
A loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Charles was a talented and fun loving man who will be deeply missed by his family and all who knew him. In addition to his wife, Charles leaves his four children, his grandchildren, and his great-grandchildren. He was pre-deceased by his sister Romaine.
Charles' funeral will take place on Friday, May 9, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the Newington Memorial Funeral Home, 20 Bonair Ave. in Newington, followed by interment with Military Honors in West Meadow Cemetery in Newington. Relatives and friends are invited to call on Thursday from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at Newington Memorial. Memorial donations in Charles' name may be made to the VNA Healthcare Fund, VNA Fund, Dept. 106093, PO Box 150485, Hartford, CT 06115-0485.
Full obituary published in The Hartford Courant on May 6, 2014
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