Charles "Chuck" Malmberg

Charles E. Malmberg, Appleton died July 20, 2012. He was born at St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin on October 18, 1926 to parents Carl William and Arzela Grace Malmberg. After graduating from St. Croix Falls High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve on June 6, 1944, and served until October 16, 1945. He was employed as a Quality Control Technician at Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing until he was drafted into the U.S. Army in March 1951. He was trained as a Cryptographer, saw duty in the Military Signal Intelligence in Korea, and as an NCO Assistant to the Operations Officer, department of the Army Communications Center, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. until March 1953. He also served 4 ½ years in the U.S. Army Reserve (Active Status) in Military Intelligence until August 1957.

After his discharge from active duty in March 1953, he enrolled at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, receiving a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in June 1957. He was employed by A.C. Nielsen Company in Market Research. In January, 1964 he was employed by the Wisconsin State Employment Service, initially as an Interviewer and then as an Employment Councilor until his retirement inarch 1991. During his employment as a counselor, he completed a Master's Degree program at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, and received his Master's Degree in August 1967.

He was married to Ellen Easton in June 1964, and they enjoyed 33 years together, until her death in November 1997. They traveled extensively throughout the United States, Canada and Europe in 1993, 1995 and 1996.

Charles was a member of Memorial Presbyterian Church, an Ordained Elder and Deacon, and sang in the Senior Choir for over 28 years. He also sang with the Fox Valley Symphony Chorus, Lawrence University Chorus, and the U.W. Fox Valley Chorus. He was a member of the Photographic Society. He was a member of the American Legion Post 38, Appleton.

Charles is survived by his niece Heidi (Dennis) McKinley, nephew Willard Charles (Rose) Swenson, all of California, brother's in law William (Diana) Easton and Donald (Ruth) Easton, nephews in law Clifford (Julie) Easton, Mark (Miwa) Easton and Eric and Jill Easton, nieces in law Susan (Jeffery) Strenger, Mary Bruce, Janine Easton, and Deborah Easton, special friend Jane Drager and Jane's children Blair and Alison.

A service commemorating the life of Charles E. Malmberg will be held at the MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (803 East College Ave, Appleton) on Saturday August 11, 2012 at 9 AM, with interment at the House of Hope Mausoleum within Highland Memorial Park. Memorials may be directed to the University of Minnesota Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Online condolences may be expressed at www.wichmannfargo.com.

Wichmann Funeral Home
573 N Superior Street
Appleton 920-739-1231