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October 21, 1924 –  May 23, 2004  WHITESBORO- Charles Robins Hotze, Jr., age 79, died Sunday, May 23, 2004 at Wilson N. Jones Medical Center in Sherman.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church in Whitesboro with Dr. Roy Spore officiating.  Cremation will follow.  Arrangements are under the direction of Meador Funeral Home of Whitesboro.

Chuck was born October 21, 1924 in Richmond, Virginia the son of the late Charles R. and Bessie Hotze.  He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a B-17 navigator during World War II and Korea, reaching the rank of Captain before leaving the military in 1958.   During his military career, he received many commendations, including:  Air Medal (8 Oak Leaf Clusters), WWII Victory Medal, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, Armed Forces RESM and Distinguished Flying Cross. 

On May 6, 1944, he and Mildred Eileen Moore were married in Sharon, Pennsylvania at the First Presbyterian Church.  Chuck and Millie recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary this month.

In the late 1950’s, Mr. Hotze entered the pneumatics nailing and stapling industry, remaining there until his retirement in 1984 from Senco Products.  Before Senco, the Hotzes had their own pneumatics distributorship, Dixie Stapler in Atlanta, Georgia.

Chuck was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Whitesboro and was a dual member of Masonic Lodges, Waco #92 and Whitesboro #263 A.F. & A.M.

Mr. Hotze is survived by his wife, Mildred Moore Hotze of Whitesboro; daughter, Karen Hotze Hopkins and husband John of Roswell, Georgia; son, Charles R. Hotze, III and wife Barbara of Collinsville; 4 grandchildren, Charles R. Hotze, IV of Sherman, Steven Rhea Hotze and wife Denise Gapp Hotze of Marietta, Georgia, Lauren Elizabeth Hopkins and Patricia Eileen Hopkins of Roswell, Georgia.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Elizabeth Hotze Dunham.

Masons will serve as pallbearers.

Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 370, Whitesboro, TX  76273