Residence: Monticello, Indiana
Died: Friday, April 26, 2013
Location: Indiana University Health, Clarian Arnett Hospital in Lafayette, Indiana
 
 
Age: 63
Date of Birth: Wednesday, March 15, 1950
Birth place:

Branch: Army

Service: Vietnam Era
Father: George Earl VanVleet
 
Mother: Katherine ( Higgins ) VanVleet
 
Marital Status:
Resided in: Lived in the Monticello area for the last five (5) years, coming from Portage, Indiana
Funeral Date: Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Funeral Location: 7:00 p.m. (EDT), Full Military Rites by the Honor Guard of the American Legion, VFW and AmVets Post all of Monticello, here at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello.
Clergy:
Burial will take place:
Private for the family
Visitation will be:
5:00 to 9:00 p.m. (EDT), Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello.
Biographical Information:
Charlie had lived in the Monticello area for the last five (5) years, coming from Portage, Indiana. He started driving truck when he was a teenager on his sisters cow farm in Wisconsin and has been driving truck ever since. He was a United States Vietnam Veteran. Charles was a cook in the military and loved cooking. He was a member of the AmVets Post #91 of Monticello. Charlie loved his fire pit and being with all of his friends from the "Hood". He enjoyed going out on the lake on his pontoon and on wave runners. Every Sunday afternoon, he would go out to the sandbar on the lake. Charlie enjoyed being on his golf cart and helped building them.
Special Services: Full Military Rites by the Honor Guard of the American Legion, VFW and AmVets Post, all of Monticello, Indiana will be conducted at the funeral home.
Memorial Information:
Marriage Information: Memorials may be given to the family. Envelopes will be available at the fuenral home.
Survivors include:
Two (2) Children; Sisters, Norma Schimmel of Muskago, Wisconsin, Betty Haas of Monroe, Michigan, and Twyla Leeper of Valparaiso, Indiana; Brothers, Donald "Don" (wife Pat) VanVleet of Dardandlle, Arkansas, James "Jim" (wife Donna) VanVleet of Mighigan, William "Bill" (wife Jackie) VanVleet of Merrillville, Indiana, and John VanVleet of Knox, Indiana; Several Nieces and Nephews; Friends from the "Hood".
Preceded in Death:
Parents, George Earl and Katherine (Higgins) VanVleet; Sister, Beverly VanVleet;Brother, Thomas "Tom" VanVleet.
Arrangements by:
Miller - Roscka Funeral Home, 6368 E. US 24, Monticello, Indiana 47960 ( 574 ) 583-8488.