Charles Varsolona

Charles Varsolona 1942 ~ 2008 Service Date 3 p.m. Thursday, November 13, 2008 Service Location Galesburg Methodist Church Visitation Time Visitation Location Memorials Galesburg United Methodist Church or the Parsons Lions Club Charles P. "Chuck" Varsolona, 66, of Galesburg, Kansas went to be with the Lord at 11:50 a.m., Sunday, November 9, 2008 at the Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. He was born June 19, 1942 at Arma, Kansas to Frank and Lucille (Vezzetti) Varsolona. He grew up in Arma and graduated from high school there in 1960. He earned his bachelor\u0027s and master\u0027s degrees from Pittsburg State University. From 1965 to 1977 he was a teacher and administrator at the Arizona State School for the Deaf and Blind at Tuscon. From 1977 to 1997 he owned and operated the Varsolona Family Tree Garden Center at Cottonwood, Arizona. Later, for several years, he was employed by Griffith Enterprises at Cottonwood. In 2004 he retired to Galesburg, Kansas. He was a member of the Galesburg United Methodist Church and of the Lions Clubs in Cottonwood, Arizona and in Parsons, Kansas. He had been awarded the Melvin Jones Fellowship for his involvement in the work of Lions Clubs. His hobbies included woodworking, hunting and fishing and traveling. On July 30, 1966 he married Jeryl L. Brown at Tuscon. SURVIVORS - Wife Jeryl Varsolona of the home One brother - Robert Varsolona Galesburg A niece - Emalee Mikel and her husband Mark Parsons Memorial services will be at 3 p.m., Thursday, at the Galesburg United Methodist Church, with Rev. Ralph Peters officiating. Memorials are suggested to either the Galesburg United Methodist Church or the Parsons Lions Club. They may be left at or sent to the Carson-Wall Funeral Home, Box 942, Parsons, KS 67357.