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Charles Allen Waugaman
Charles Allen Waugaman, 78, of Jamaica, Vt., passed away peacefully on Monday,
December 6, 2010, in Arlington, Va., while visiting family.
Born on January 5, 1932, in Lorain, Ohio, Charles was a son of the late Rev.
John Waugaman and Ruth (Callen) Waugaman.
He was a 1949 graduate of Worthington-West Franklin High School, Worthington,
Pa.
He was a former resident of Cambridge Springs and Conneaut Lake.
He graduated from the University of the Arts and from Eastern Baptist
Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, where he was made art director for the
American Baptist churches, USA. In 1967 he graduated from Allegheny College,
Meadville, receiving a master'’s degree in education. He headed the visual arts
department at Judson College, Elgin, Ill., and served churches in Maine,
Connecticut and Pennsylvania until 1997 when he retired to Vermont.
He was a dedicated artist, including painting and drawing, and was a widely
published poet and illustrator. He authored the "Time of Singing," a magazine of
Christian poetry, and was an ongoing teacher at Baptist writer's conferences.
Survivors include five children, Bradford Waugaman of Jamaica, Seth Waugaman and
his wife, Angela, of Arlington, Marlene Gibson and her husband, Ola, of Stone
Mountain, Ga., Peter Waugaman and his wife, Therese, of Aurora, Colo., and
Nathaniel Waugaman and his wife, Martha of Rockville, Md.; two sisters, Joan
Hoiser and her husband, William, of Wilmington, Del., and Kathleen Jay and her
husband, Ernie, of Laurel, Md.; two grandchildren, Virginia Waugaman of
Rockville and Emory Waugaman of Arlington; and many nieces and nephews.
The memorial service will be in Jamaica on Jan. 8 and at Conneaut Lake at a
later date.
Arrangements by Vanmatre Funeral Home, Cambridge Springs, Pa. |
