Chris received an Associate’s degree from Bucks County Community College in Newtown, Pennsylvania. He joined the Marine Corps in 1985 and was honorably discharged in 1989. He went through basic training at Parris Island, South Carolina, and was transferred to Camp Pendleton, California.
His life was molded after the Marine slogan, “Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.”
Other passions included going to the rifle range to keep his expert rifle skills in check. He was also an avid Philadelphia sports enthusiast. His recent trips to the 2018 Super Bowl and the NBA Finals game were surely two highlights of his life.
He was the President of Diversified Consultants, with the home office here in Jacksonville and other locations in Portland, Oregon and Louisville, Kentucky. This is a family business and so many of our 1,300 employees loved him so much. Chris was known as an employer who gave many employees second chances.
He was loved as a father to his 12 year old daughter, Jordan. Being her dad meant everything to him. He loved her and would do anything to make her happy.
Chris was predeceased by his brother, Mark, in 2009 and his mother, Mary Frances, in March 2018. Surviving are his daughter, Jordan; his father, Don; his sisters, Jeanne and Jennifer; his aunt, Julie; nephews and nieces, David, DJ, Gabrielle, Ashley, Nicholas, Benjamin, Nicole (Danny); and great nieces and nephews, Bella, Mason, Payton and Noah.
A memorial mass will be held at 10:00am on Friday, June 8, 2018 at St. Paul’s Catholic Church, 435 1st Ave North, Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250. Inurnment will follow at 2:00pm on Friday, June 8, 2018 at Jacksonville National Cemetery, 4083 Lannie Road, Jacksonville, FL 32218.
HARDAGE-GIDDENS CHAPEL HILLS, 850 Saint Johns Bluff Road North, Jacksonville, FL 32225, is serving the family.
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