We created a GatheringUs memorial to celebrate the life of Charles G Scouten. Collecting your stories and memories here will offer us great comfort. As we plan virtual and in person gatherings, we will share details here. Thank you for contributing to this lasting memorial.
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I have known Charles for over 35 years. Ever since he and KAren moved to Warrenville, IL to work for Amoco Research center, we have been friends. I cherish wonderful memories of our families getting together and sharing a laugh or two. Charles was always a wonderful friend. He shared his immense knowledge and wisdom quite freely with anyone and everyone that needed them. He was very hard worker. He once... see moreI have known Charles for over 35 years. Ever since he and KAren moved to Warrenville, IL to work for Amoco Research center, we have been friends. I cherish wonderful memories of our families getting together and sharing a laugh or two. Charles was always a wonderful friend. He shared his immense knowledge and wisdom quite freely with anyone and everyone that needed them. He was very hard worker. He once told me that we have only such a short time and every moment of it is precious. Charles' technical achievements are numerous, but he always remained humble, nor did he tout his own horn. I am proud to know him and his wonderful family. Charles, dear friend, rest in peace.
Hello; I am an old friend of Karen's from Brunswick, GA who never really knew Charles, but was privileged to have a brief visit with him during the Presbyterian convention in Portland, OR a few years ago during which I learned some remarkable things... moreHello; I am an old friend of Karen's from Brunswick, GA who never really knew Charles, but was privileged to have a brief visit with him during the Presbyterian convention in Portland, OR a few years ago during which I learned some remarkable things about him. I knew my father, the Rev. Talbert Morgan had a ministry with his family while I was growing up, but I did not know that Charles, at the tender age of 16, had assumed responsibility for his father's business upon his father's death at a young age, which left his mother and sister without support. I lost touch with Karen when she went to the University of Georgia after high school and met Charles there, and the details of the rest of their lives together was not known to me until that chance meeting in Portland. But I knew through occasional correspondence that they had a happy life together and raised a wonderful family, and I am grateful, remembering the happiness Karen's Brunswick family brought to my childhood, that Charles was able to continue that tradition in his long and happy marriage to Karen.
Karen was a blessing to me and many others along the way, and it is clear that Charles was as well. I am sure that the strength of what Charles and Karen created will sustain her and their family in the times to come. Jane Winfield less