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Survivors include his daughter, Theresa (Bill) Dickey of Peoria, AZ; sons, Michael (Connie) and Lyle (Roxanna) both of Shelby, Ron (Peggy) of Hardin, Gary (Teresa) of Columbia Falls, Greg (Sandy) of Woodbury, MN, Dale (Lisa) of Terry, Nick (Penny) of Idaho Falls, ID, Dan (Sue) and Lynn both of Sunburst; sister, Josephine O’Loughlin of Great Falls; brothers, George & Leo of Billings and Andy of Great Falls; 19 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his wife, Katherine, 5 brothers & 2 sisters. Charlie was born July 10, 1924 at Conception, Missouri to Adam & Josephine (Rubeck) Kimmet. Moved to Montana with his family in 1937. He was a graduate of St Mary’s in 1943 and then served in the Navy from 1944 -1946. Charles served on the USS Wateree as a fireman and survived the sinking of the ship on the Bay of Okinawa. He was then commissioned to the USS Yellowstone until the end of his military career. Charles and Katherine Hey were married on January 10, 1946 in Great Falls. After returning home, Charles began worked for his Uncle Joseph, farmed, and worked on the oil pipe line. Charles also worked for the County Road Department, the Sunburst Schools, and the State Highway Department retiring in 1986.
Charles was well known for being
community service-minded having served on the Sunburst city
council, city judge, church organizations, Boy Scout leader,
catholic youth leader and ambulance driver. He was a member of
the Knights of Columbus and the VFW. Charles had an
extraordinary ability for fixing cars and appliances and for
carpentry. He enjoyed following his children’s and
grandchildren’s activities. Charles loved to tease, travel and
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