Charles Emmet Bean, 72, U.S. Navy Veteran

He was born February 23, 1932 in Cardington, Ohio where he was raised. He has made his home in Oberlin for the past thirty-four years.

Charles served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict aboard the U.S.S. Roanoke. He was employed by the Ford Motor Company, Lorain Assembly Plant for thirty-two years, retiring in 1996 from the Quality Control Department. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed farming.

Mr. Bean was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Oberlin where he served as Eucharistic Minister.

Survivors include wife of fifty years: Dolores Isabel (nee Baumgardner); his sons: Timothy of Graham, Washington, Christopher and Francis, both of Oberlin; daughters: Mary Louise Brown of Elyria, Connie Ho of Cleveland and Karen Bean, of Northfield, Ohio; seventeen grandchildren, six great grandchildren; and brothers Harold Bean of Crestline, Ohio and Paul Bean of Cardington, Ohio.

He was preceded in death by three infant children; his parents: Barton Albert and Bernice Mae Bean (nee Harding); his brother: Albert F. Bean; his sister Olive Feffer and a sister in infancy.

Friends may call Thursday from 5 - 8 p.m. at the family home, 11534 State Route 58, Oberlin, and Friday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 410 West Lorain St., Oberlin, Ohio where funeral services will follow at 10:30. The Rev. Fr. James J. Reymann of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Wellington, will officiate.

The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 410 West Lorain St., Oberlin, OH 44074 or New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, 5225 North Abbe Rd., Elyria, OH 44035.

Arrangements are being handled by the Hempel Funeral Home; 373 Cleveland Ave., Amherst OH 44001.

Question, please call Hempel Funeral Home at (440) 988-4451.