Charles C. “Chuck” Hescox

     Mr. Hescox, 91, Mountaindale, Fallentimber, RD., died Thursday, January 8,  2015 at the Valley View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Altoona.  He was born March 17, 1923, in Glasgow, a son of the late Clyde H. and Catherine M. (Deppen) Hescox.  He is survived by two children: Charles Hescox of Blandburg and Cecilia C. Hescox of Brownsville, TX.,  two granddaughters Theresa M. Hescox and Gina M. Keating, five great-grandchildren Jacqueline, Kimberly and Breanna McCollough and Katelyn and Olivia Feige and three great-great-grandchildren.  Also surviving are five siblings: John of Hollidaysburg, Bob of Martinsburg, Elizabeth Hockenberry of Flinton, Shirley Nordgulen of Phoenix, AZ. and Dawn Troxell of Glasgow.  He was also preceded in death by two wives the former Catherine I. Novosel and the former Levina Harris, two long-time companions Annie Lender and Frieda Smith, a brother James, two infant brothers, and three sisters Jean Miller, Ivon Kuhn and Dorothy Yingling.

   Chuck was a 1941 graduate of Reade Twp. High School and served as a Staff Sergeant for the U.S. Army during WWII.  He retired in 1983 from the Pennsylvania Railroad/Conrail, Altoona where he was employed for 40 years as a Boilermaker.  He then worked many years as the area’s handyman and was a member of the Mountaindale Baptist Church and the Korman Lodge I.O.O.F. #574, Glasgow.

     Friends will be received Sunday 2-6 pm at the McQuown Funeral Home, Glasgow.  Funeral services will be held Monday at 10:00 am at the funeral home with Rev. Ben Warfel officiating  .Interment in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Glasgow.  In lieu of flowers please make memorial contributions to the Mountaindale Baptist Church, 143 Ash Rd., Fallentimber, PA.  16639.