Charles ‘Chuck’ Watson

Charles “Chuck” Wat­son, 57, of Delaware died Thurs­day evening (July 5, 2012) at Win­ter­song Nurs­ing Home.

He was born on Aug. 31, 1954, in Delaware and grad­u­ated from Buck­eye Val­ley High School in 1972. Chuck was born with spina bifida and was believed to be one of the old­est indi­vid­u­als liv­ing with the birth defect. He was truly and amaz­ing indi­vid­ual, who fought all of his life and never knew a day with­out pain. He was truly self­less and was always more wor­ried about the needs of oth­ers before his own. Not one to be held back by his dis­abil­ity, for a num­ber of years Chuck was the direc­tor of com­mu­ni­ca­tion Grady Memo­r­ial Hos­pi­tal. He was a mem­ber of the East Side Church of Christ and enjoyed play­ing the gui­tar and watch­ing NASCAR races.

He is sur­vived by his mother, Betty (Ries) Wat­son; broth­ers, Leigh (Lau­rie) Wat­son of Brinkhaven and Roger (Liz) Wat­son of Ostran­der; nephews, Kyle, Deric and Aaron; nieces, Valerie, Car­rie and Kristi; fiancé, Erin Davis of Penn­syl­va­nia; as well an uncle and sev­eral aunts and a host of friends.

He was pre­ceded in death by his father, John L. Wat­son in 2006.

The fam­ily would like to offer sin­cere thanks to Har­bor Lights Hos­pice and the entire staff at Win­ter­song Nurs­ing Home for the won­der­ful care Chuck received; we will be for­ever grate­ful. In keep­ing with Chuck’s wishes, pri­vate ser­vices will be observed for his fam­ily at a later date in Fairview Ceme­tery near Ostran­der. Arrange­ments have been entrusted to the Sny­der Rod­man Funeral Center.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions can be made to Har­bor Light Hos­pice or East Side Church of Christ.

Con­do­lences may be expressed at snyderfuneralhomes.com.

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