CHARLIE FLORIN 1956 - 1986 GROUND MECHANIC, AIRCRAFT MECHANIC GSW DEN Passing of Charles R. "Charlie" Florin Charles R. "Charlie" Florin (1933 - 2010) Charles "Charlie" Florin, 78, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and formerly of Aurora, Colo., passed away Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. Charlie was a life member of the Aurora Elks Lodge 1921, and retired after 30 years of employment with Frontier Airlines. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lloyd and Clara Benjamin. Charlie is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Bernice "Sully" Florin; sons, Charles Jr. and wife Gloria, and William Turoski Sr.; grandchildren, William Turoski Jr. and wife Sherry, Joseph Turoski and wife Winnie, and Beverly Jean Mathis and husband David; eight great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; sister, Rosemarie Hall and husband Charles; very special sister-in-law, Beverly Paul; brother-in-law, William Sullivan and wife Lucy; and many nieces, nephews and friends. No services will be held. McLaughlin Funeral Home, Fort Walton Beach, is serving the family. Expressions of sympathy may be viewed or submitted online at www.mclaughlinmortuary.com Published in Northwest Florida Daily News. With all our sympathy and prayers, -Juanita Barajas (11/13/10) Thanks for letting me know. Charlie was an aircraft mechanic, wasn't he? -Jake Lamkins (11/13/10) OBITUARY Charles R. "Charlie" Florin (1933 - 2010) Charles "Charlie" Florin, 78, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and formerly of Aurora, Colo., passed away Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. Charlie was a life member of the Aurora Elks Lodge 1921, and retired after 30 years of employment with Frontier Airlines. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lloyd and Clara Benjamin. Charlie is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Bernice "Sully" Florin; sons, Charles Jr. and wife Gloria, and William Turoski Sr.; grandchildren, William Turoski Jr. and wife Sherry, Joseph Turoski and wife Winnie, and Beverly Jean Mathis and husband David; eight great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; sister, Rosemarie Hall and husband Charles; very special sister-in-law, Beverly Paul; brother-in-law, William Sullivan and wife Lucy; and many nieces, nephews and friends. No services will be held. McLaughlin Funeral Home, Fort Walton Beach, is serving the family. Expressions of sympathy may be viewed or submitted online at www.mclaughlinmortuary.com -Northwest Florida Daily News on November 11, 2010 GUESTBOOK November 30, 2010 Uncle Charlie was one of the Good Old Boys. I will Miss all the Talks and Laughs we had on Sundays. I have alot of Happy Memories that I can look back on.Thank You! Love You Dianne ~ Dianne Steele, Hastings, Minnesota November 13, 2010 All Charlie's many friends at the old Frontier Airlines are saddened to hear of his passing. Our condolences to his family ~ Jake Lamkins, Fayetteville, Arkansas November 11, 2010 Auntie Bea, Uncle Charlie had a sence of humor like no other. I will miss him so much. Thanks for sharing him with us! I can't wait to see you so I can give you a big hug & kiss. See you soon. Love you, ~ Jeannette Heiss, Inver Grove Hts, Minnesota C R FLORIN Aircraft mechanic seniority date of 5/14/67 on the 11/1/76 FL/IAM seniority list. The obituary says he had 30 years at FL so he must have worked elsewhere before 1967. The obituaries both show him being 78 with years of 1933-2010 - which is 77 years. -Jake Lamkins (11/25/10) Posted at the FL Club: Subject: New memorial webpage CHARLIE FLORIN 1956 - 1986 AIRCRAFT MECHANIC DEN http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Charlie_Florin.html Not much info on Charlie? Post your remembrances. -Jake Lamkins (11/26/10) When I went to work for CN, Feb 4 1957, Charlie was there. We worked in the stock room together for several years. I don't remember when, but he later went into ground maintenance. When I was in MEM in 1978, he bid a traveling ground maintenance job, working out of MEM. He never showed up. He withdrew his bid. Charlie had a genuine fear of flying. After that I lost track of him. He was an all around good guy. My sympathy to his family. -Bill Guthrie (11/29/10)