Independent Enterprise
Wednesday, August 24, 1988
Charles Rennell "Charlie" Ashcraft, 74, Payette, Idaho, died Aug. 18, 1988, at home. Graveside services were at 10 a.m. Aug. 23 at Riverside Cemetery, Payette. His son Rennell Ashcraft, Boise, officiated. Services were under the direction of Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, Payette.
Mr. Ashcraft was born Oct. 25, 1913, at Grand Junction, Colo., a son of Charles and Edith Ashcraft. His family moved to St. Anthony, Idaho. He was raised and educated there, graduating from St. Anthony High School in the class of 1931. As a young man he worked for the Forest Service and a Chevrolet garage. He served in the U.S. Army in Great Britain during World War II. After the war, he returned to Idaho. He attended the Elgin Watchmaker's College in Elgin, Ill., graduating in 1947. He owned and operated a watch repair shop in Grace, Idaho for three years. He moved to Payette in 1951, and then farmed and repaired watches in Fruitland until his retirement in 1961.
Charlie enjoyed reading and vegetable and flower gardening. He was a member of the Disabled American Veterans of Payette.
He is survived by three daughters, Lee McBride, Vale, Ore., Sharon Nott, Grants Pass, Ore., Martha Cannon, Vale; four sons, Charles Ashcraft, Payette, Rennie Ashcraft, Boise, Dick Ashcraft, Benton, Wash., and Bob Ashcraft, Honolulu, Hawaii; two sisters, Erma Ashcraft, Meridian, Idaho and Verla Richards, Park City, Utah; 15 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild expected in September, and numerous nieces and nephews.
His parents, a sister, Edith Ellen Gee, and a daughter, Charlene Grace, died earlier.
Memorials may be made to the Payette Chapter of the Disabled American Veterans.
