HERTZLER, CHARLES ALBERT - FUHS 1941

Hertzler, Charles Albert was born on March 9th, 1923 to Clarence and Theresa Hertzler on a Friday at 9:00 AM.
Charles attended Fullerton High School and Fullerton JC where he appeared in many musical and dramatic productions.
He stared in Kiss Me Kate, Oklahoma, Paint your Wagon and other musicals @the Whittier Civic Light Opera.
He served as a Fighter Pilot in the US Marine Corpand was honorably discharged as a Major after serving seven and one-half years. He served in both World War II and the Korean War. He flew a Douglas Sky Raider off the carrier the USS Wright. He was also proficient in flying the Corsair. Charles took great pride in his service to our country.
Charles married Anita Patricia Simon and they had four lovely children together – two boys, Steven and John and two girls, Nina and Lorna Lee. They settled as a family, living at 1123 Louise Drive in Anaheim, California. Charles worked as a supervisor for Kwikset Locks in Anaheim until his retirement. Charles and Anita were married for 24 years before their marriage came to an end. Although their marriage ended, they remained great friends until Anita's death in December 2013.
Charles had a beautiful tenor voice and sang at any given opportunity. His earliest love of music was for the great tenor Mario Lanza. Chuck was an avid golfer and loved to body surf in the pacific ocean.
After many years as a bachelor living in Newport Beach, Charles met Mikiel McRae and they married. They lived in Newport Beach and Irvine, California for the majority of their marriage. They remained married for 42 years, until the time of his death in the early afternoon on April 9, 2019, in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi where they lived for the prior four years. Charles Hertzler was 96. When he made his ascent to our Lord, he was preceded in death by his parents, Clarence and Theresa Hertzler; his brother, Arthur Hertzler; his first wife, Anita Adam; his son, Steven Hertzler; and stepson, William Barry McRae. He is survived by his wife, Mikiel "Butch" Hertzler; son, John Hertzler and his wife Lety Hertzler; his daughter, Nina Crawford; his daughter, Lorna Lee Pierce and her husband Les Pierce; as well as his stepsons, Jeff and Christopher McRae; grandchildren, Jason Correll, Luke Hertzler, Lana Pierce, Sonny Pierce, Jeffrey Hertzler and Cody Lorey; great grandchildren, Laynie Reigh Bullard, Emmett Lee Perrigo, Calvin Jameson Figueroa and Ava Rae Pierce.
We will forever love Our Old Dad, as he always called himself.
May the Lord keep you in his care until we are together again.

Published in Orange County Register on June 21, 2019