Wednesday, October 27, 2021
The entire Gans family is at a loss of words and filled with a hollow sadness. Charlie was such an important part of our lives. We were so looking forward to our future retirement time with Charlie and Rene'. A friendship that cannot be described. He knew all my idiosyncrasies and he accepted me and made me realize in a very comfortable and humorous way how ridiculous I was acting by giving me that great laugh and huge smile, and we would both break out in laughter! We know how special you were to the entire family when our kids heard the news and were heartbroken also. They were concerned on how we were handling the news as they knew we were hurting. My son said the world lost a serious character in that fella.
We have great memories of working together, vacations, trips, and boating in our youth, into the current years. All the memories are filled with laughter and love. It is a void that will never be filled, but we are blessed to have had his great friendship and love that he showed for me my wife and my kids and dogs.
We know Rene' and the kids will be strong and carry on as he would want them to. He was so proud and had such love for Virginia and Charlie Jr and Rene' and was always there for them. His size 8 shoe will be a size 14 to fill for them but I know they will carry on with their love and memories of their wonderful Dad.
Since he loved to tease me about being his only Jewish friend I went out of my way to teach him about frugality and spending, He didn't listen! He lived life in full and always bought the best of everything. Every man will die but some never really live, Charlie lived life to the fullest!
We love you Chuckie LaRocca and may your memory be a blessing!! You will never be forgotten and you will always be missed
We are so blessed to have had your friendship all these years.
Love,
Mark, Ellen, Greg and Jennifer Gans
