Cover photo for Charles Vincent's Obituary
Charles Vincent Profile Photo
1929 Charles 2018

Charles Vincent

September 17, 1929 — May 21, 2018

Charles Vincent, 88, formerly of Silver Bay, died Monday, May 21, 2018 at Heritage Manor in Chisholm.

Charlie was born to Horace and Rosanna (Darling) Vincent on September 17, 1929 in Dannemora and grew up on a small dairy farm at nearby Chazy Lake, in upstate New York. He attended grade school at Ellenberg Depot and graduated as valedictorian of his high school class at Dannemora. Charles enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1946 and was honorably discharged in March 1948.  Charles and Doris Kelley married on June 30, 1951 in Lyon Mountain, New York where Charles worked for Republic/Armco Steel in the underground mines.  Charles and Doris moved to Babbitt, Minnesota in 1952 where Deborah and William were born being transferred from out east at the onset of taconite mining in Northern Minnesota.  The young family moved to Silver Bay in 1955 where David, Richard, and Sandy were born and where Charles worked for Reserve Mining Company for the next 31 years.  After retirement from Reserve, Charles and Doris moved to Beulah, North Dakota where Charles became a foreman at Great Plains Coal Gasification Plant.  Charles and Doris returned to Silver Bay 5+ years later where they officially retired.  In 2013 Charles and Doris moved to Hillcrest in Hibbing where Doris still resides.

Charlie was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Silver Bay, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Silver-Beaver Trap Club.

Buster enjoyed fishing, hunting grouse, deer and duck, and trapshooting. He and Doris thoroughly enjoyed trap night and the comradery with the members of the club.

Charlie was preceded in death by a son, Richard.

He is survived by his wife, Doris Mae; children, Deborah (Glenn) Kangas, William (Lori) Vincent, David (Kathy) Vincent, and Sandra (Chuck) Palmquist; a daughter-in-law, JoAnn Vincent; a sister, Patricia Minkler; 8 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 10 AM until the 11 AM Mass of Christian Burial on Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Silver Bay. Burial will be in Silver Bay Cemetery.

To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Charles Vincent, please visit our flower store.

Service Schedule

Past Services

Mass of Christian Burial

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Starts at 11:00 am (Central time)

St. Mary's Catholic Church

57 Horn Blvd, Silver Bay, MN 55614

Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text. Standard text messaging rates apply.

Guestbook

Visits: 3

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the
Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Send Flowers

Send Flowers

Plant A Tree

Plant A Tree