Mr. Charles Raymond Ventura Jr.

Moved to Trigg County, Kentucky, 1928 to farm

Went to a 1 room school from grade 1 thru 8

Graduated High School in 1943

Went to U.S. Air Corps in 1943

Attended Creighton University 2 year college

Learned to fly Piper Cub Single Engine Planes

Flew in B17, B25, B26 & B24

Trained in B24 to fly in B29, Flight Engineer

Got out of the service in 1946

Worked for Safeway for 7 years, Miller Super Market National Tea for 22 years, King Soopers for 10 years

Retired from King Soopers in 1985. Total years in the grocery business was 39 years.

Kathryn Lynch and Charles were married in 1946. They were married for 67 years prior to her death in 2011. She gave him three sons; Charles, George, and Joe. Charles also preceded him in death along with his siblings; Jeanne Burroughs and Glen Cameron. He is survived by his sons; George (Geraldine), and Joe( Susie), six grandchildren; Anthony, Christopher, Matthew, Rebecca, Andrew, Alexander and three great- grandchildren; Colton, Sophie, and Laura. Charles is also survived by his sister; Kat Noel.

Charles and Kathryn lived at 1716 Geneva Street., Aurora, CO then moved to 2241 Wyndot Dr., Denver, CO where they lived for 50 years.

They took vacations in the following places:

Seattle World Fair, New York World Fair

Knoxville, TN World Fair

Took Concord to England, QE2 Back to the U.S.A.

Trips to all 50 states

Disneyland, California & Disney World, Florida

Canada, Mexico and Alaska many times

Panama Canal, Costa Rica, Cuba, Hawaii

Camen Islands, Nicaragua.