Charles A. Brennan

Left Formation December 29, 2009

Charles A. Brennan of Morristown passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009 in Morristown Memorial Hospital after a short illness. He was 85 years old.

A Funeral Mass for Charles will be held on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010 at 11 a.m. at Church of the Assumption, 91 Maple Avenue, Morristown. Visiting will be prior to the Funeral Mass on Saturday from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Dangler Funeral Home, 600 Speedwell Ave., Morris Plains. Entombment will be at Holy Rood Mausoleum, Morris Township.

Born and raised in West Orange, Charles lived in Morristown for 53 years in the house that he, his father and his brothers built. He was an engineer at New Jersey Bell Telephone Company for 38 years before retiring in 1984. Charles was a member of the Church of the Assumption in Morristown, American Legion, AMVETS, Disabled American Veterans, VFW, 8th Air Force Historical Society, the Purple Heart Association, and the American Ex-POW Organization. Charles bravely served his country as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He was a prisoner of war for 18 months during World War II, in which he was a navigator and was shot down over Germany.

Charles is survived by his sons, John Brennan and his wife, Georganne, of Howell, N.J., and Kevin Brennan and his wife, Cindy, of Sedona, Ariz.; his daughter, Karen Togno and her husband, Mike, of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; also survived by his sister, Anna Carroll of Corpus Christi, Texas; his in-laws, Paul and Isabel Broshek; his granddaughters, Sharon Watt and her husband, Jason, of Wall, N.J., Lisa Boyce and her husband, Brian, of Howell, N,J,, and Samantha Togno of Thousand Oaks, Calif. and his great-grandchildren, Georgia Kay Watt, and Brennan Charles Boyce; his dearest friends, the Whitaker family and the Henshaw family. Charles was predeceased by his wife, Virginia (Feb. 2008) and his brothers, Martin, Eugene, and Harvey Brennan.

In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Charles can be made to the Armed Forces charity of your choice.

Published in Star-Ledger on December 30, 2009, Newark, NJ