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 Charles
T. "Charlie" Tonkens
St. Simons Island Volunteer Fire Department
Born: 1943 Died:
January 30, 2004
Charles T. "Charlie" Tonkens, 61, of St. Simons Island died
Friday at the local hospital.
A native of Jersey
City, N.J., Mr. Tonkens had been a resident of St. Simons Island
for more than 17 years. He retired from the U.S. Marine Corps in
1986 and was a graduate of Georgia Southern University. Mr.
Tonkens was a teacher and principal at St. Francis Xavier
Catholic School and a school psychologist for the Glynn County
school system. He was a member of Golden Isles Masonic Lodge No.
707 F. & A. M., Neptune Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, the
Marine Corps League and the Retired Officers Association. Mr.
Tonkens was a member of Christ Church, Frederica and attended
St. Ignatius Episcopal Church.
The funeral service
will be at held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Christ Church, Frederica
with the Revs. Douglas Renegar, Joel Keys and Cletus Pifher
officiating. Burial, with Masonic rites, will follow in Christ
Churchyard Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers
will be members of the Masonic York Rite and Scottish Rite
Bodies, Golden Isles Lodge No. 707 F. & A. M., Eastern Star,
staff and faculty of St. Francis Xavier Catholic School and
Risley Middle School, school psychologists and members of the
Fleet Reserve Association.
The family will receive
friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Edo Miller and Sons Funeral
Home.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Masonic Home or St. Francis Xavier Catholic
School, 1121 Union Street, Brunswick, GA 31520.
Mr. Tonkens is survived
by his wife, Orita R. Tonkens of St. Simons Island, and other
relatives.
The
Brunswick News
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