Charles F. Vernon

Orwell – Charles F. Vernon, age 92, passed away on Friday, September 15, 2023, at David Simpson Hospice House in Cleveland following an extended illness. He was born on February 12, 1931, in Warren, the only son of the late Thomas and Lena (Long) Vernon. He was a 1949 graduate of Warren G. Harding High School. Chuck worked several jobs in the area, including the Erie Railroad, East Ohio Gas Company, Valley Steel Fabrication, and retired from Precision Rolled Products Inc., Reno Nevada in 1993. He was a retired United States Naval Reserve member, joining in June of 1949 and retiring in 1972. Chuck enjoyed golf, bowling, and working bingo for the Bazetta-Cortland Optimist Club. In 1993, after returning to Warren, he re-met and married Carol A. Williams-Vernon, who passed away on May 3, 2010. Surviving Chuck are his daughters Deborah Perrett of Warren, Shawn Iwamasa of CA, Erin McElrath of Niles, son Michael Vernon of Orwell, step-son Richie Williams II of GA, step-daughter Lori Williams-Worms of Niles, 12 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his sons Daniel and Charles Jr. 

A funeral service officiated by Pastor Keith Peachey will take place on Friday, September 22, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. at the Paine Funeral Home, Inc., 140 E. Main Street, Orwell, Ohio 44076, with a committal service to follow at Crown Hill Memorial Park in Vienna, Ohio. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Thursday, September 21, 2023, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Seidman Cancer Center at University Hospitals Institutional Relations & Development P.O. Box 94554, Cleveland, OH 44101-4554. Condolences may be made at painefuneralhome.com

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