Charlie was the fifth of six children born into a German Catholic family. They were farmers, like most people in western Kansas at the time. They practiced Catholicism, as some family members were in the priesthood and nuns lived in convents and taught in Catholic schools. I seem to remember a cousin of his mother who eventually became Bishop of the Wichita Diocese. Despite their religious beliefs, there were clearly issues passed down to the siblings that they carry with them for life, not before passing them on to their children and grandchildren.

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