- Date Of Birth: June 16, 1924
- Date Of Death: December 13, 2016
- State: Florida
Charles Francis Minich, 92 years old, of Abington, PA / Cocoa Beach, FL passed quietly of natural causes Tuesday December 13, 2016 at his home in Cocoa Beach. He was born to Charles A Minich and Mary Weiss Minich, June 16, 1924,in the Holmesburg Section of Northeast Philadelphia, PA. He was the oldest son of 6 children: 3 girls, 3 boys.Charlie, as he was known as, attended St Dominic Elementary School and continued to North Catholic High School. A typical young man, he loved the local professional sports teams: The Athletics, The Philllies, and The Eagles. His passion for a sport was Notre Dame Football. A self-proclaimed member of the Subway Alumni, he never missed a broadcast of a game! Along with his love of sports, he also had a fascination for airplanes and flying. He enjoyed building flying models of airplanes down to the last detail. He was a member of the North Catholic High School Flying Club, which was run by his uncle, Fr. Minich.
When WWII broke out, he dropped out of high school to enlist in the Army Air Corps.
