In Celebration of
Charles Krause
April 6, 1931 -
January 9, 2025
Charles Henry Krause passed into the presence of his Lord and Saviour January 9th, 2025 in Mississauga, Ontario
Born in Detroit, Michigan on April 6, 1931 to Harold and Edna Krause.(predeceased) He is also predeceased by his older brother Robert and infant brother Maynard.
He rode miles on his Schwinn bike delivering newspapers for his first job. He later admitted that his friendliness was sometimes misconstrued as nosiness. He was always willing to work and try new job opportunities including mechanic work and later excelled at body repair work on “wrecked” vehicles.
In 1952 he married Canadian Marilyn Sloan (predeceased) and shortly after their marriage shipped off to Korea with the U.S. Army as a Medic while Marilyn remained in Detroit residing with his folks.
After his return from Korea they settled in Endicott, New York where he worked again on cars while attending night school to become a secretary. He was hired by IBM where he worked in multiple positions for 30 years. Not ready to truly retire he enjoyed new ventures selling various products across New York state. The miles he covered included sampling ice cream at every sweet shop he passed!
As the years continued Charles and Marilyn were blessed with four children, two sons and two daughters. Daniel (Diane), Dwight (Patti), Shirley, Sharon (Laurence). In spite of the cross country distance from each one, he was good at keeping in contact whether through our phone calls or his, and remembering important dates and following up with cards and letters signed “love, Pops”
He was grandpa to seven, Diana (Jeff) Ashley (Ellary), Cortney, Justin (Courtney), Karen (Sarmad), Tori (Joshua), and Paula (Robert). Due to distance he was never able to be at daily events but was always interested in their activities and when he wrote he’d end with “Heaps of love” Ole Gramps
He was privileged to be Great Grandpa to six, Jeffrey, Ava, Pearce, Madeline, Benjamin and Levi.
Charles married Alice Churchman and they spent over 16 years enjoying their time in both California and Toronto. They liked traveling together and always stopped to visit family and friends along the way. He loved to sing and kept Alice entertained by the songs he would conjure up. Both liked serving together with ShareWord (Gideons) at their events.
He will be missed by his in-laws Elaine and Gerry Simpson and Kenneth and Donna Sloan and many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by in laws Sharron and Keith Dunmore and Beverlee and Richard Collard.
His faith in God never wavered after making a commitment to Jesus at 6 years old. He shared his beliefs freely through his poems, letters and phone calls. He was a true encourager spending many hours phoning friends, cousins and loved ones offering prayer, a kind word or an encouraging quote.
He would want everyone to keep "Pressing On" as referenced in Philippians 3: 14-16
Donations may be made in remembrance to Share Word Global (formerly Gideons)
There will be a visitation at 10 o’clock and a service at 11 o’clock on Friday, January 17, 2025 and private family burial January 18, 2025 in St.Thomas.
