Obituary of Charlie Scheu

Charlie was born Charles Robert Scheu in Newark, New Jersey on October 16, 1936 to Charles and Julia Scheu. After school, he started out with Bell Labs, but soon found his true calling in radio. Charlie met and married his soul mate Bev in Indiana, in 1964. Charlie dazzled audiences in Indiana, North Carolina, New Hampshire and hit the big time with WPGC in Washington D.C. He and Bev lived the dream of sailing off into the sunset and spending four years living abroad their sailboat, "Admiral Tozzie". Their adventures in their beloved Bahamas were very special. Charlie also had a private pilot's license and flew over 3,000 hours; but Hurricane Charley took away his second love - The Mooney Bird. Eventually they ended up in Punta Gorda where Charlie decided to get a retirement job to keep him busy. The rest is history. Some 30 years later he has become, "The Voice of Charlotte County". The community will miss him. Charlie leaves his wife Bev, daughters Carol Scheu and Karen Hoff (David), grandchildren Jennifer, Maria, Alex, Patrick, Charlotte and Margaret, brother Robert Scheu (Patti), much loved Brother-In-Law Richard Boyett (Jean) and treasured nephews and nieces. He leaves his avid sponsors, listeners, friends and his radio family speechless. A Celebration of Life will be on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at Charlotte Memorial Funeral Home in Punta Gorda at 2:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Charlie's name to Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. Charlie wished to leave this message, "THANKS FOR THE RIDE!!"