Submitted by: Dan Rich
Dec. 26, 1943 - Aug. 17, 1995
South Bend Tribune 8/17/1995
SOUTH BEND - Charles W. Minkler, 51,
of Marquette Ave., died at 2:30 a.m. Thursday in St. Joseph
Medical Center of natural causes. Mr. Minkler was executive
director for MACOG for 11 years. He was born Dec. 26, 1943, in
South Bend, and was a lifelong resident of the area.
On April 8, 1994, in Michigan, he married I.
Jane Zucker. She survives with a daughter, Jory Ann
Minkler of Denver, Colo.; and a sister, Joyce Clark of New
Port Richey, Fla.
He was a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. He
was a member of the American Planning Association, the River
Basin Commission as a founding father, South Bend Chamber
Transportation Committee, Plan Committee for Development for the
City of Elkhart, and High Speed Rail Association, a charter
member of the Great Lakes Basin Commission, a member of the Solid
Waste Board, and Technical Advisory Committee for Comprehensive
Planning of St. Joseph County, and was instrumental in the
development of Stanley Coveleski Regional Stadium.
Memorial services will be at 10 a.m.
Saturday in the Hickey Funeral Home, 17131 Cleveland Road.
Cremation will take place. There will be no visitation. Memorial
contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County or
American Heart Association.