The funeral service for Charles Leon Burkholder will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday, July 8, 2024, at Riverwood Family with visitation from 9:00 until the time of service and burial at Jayess Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mr. Burkholder, 81, of Jayess, MS, passed from this life on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at the Beehive in Brookhaven. He was born in Waynesboro, PA September 10, 1942, to Glenn Scheller Burkholder and Beulah May Statler Burkholder.
Mr. Burkholder is a 1960 graduate of Greencastle-Antrim. After graduating he joined the United States Air Force and served his country from 1960 to 1967. While in the military he worked in electronics in the missile maintenance division. After returning to civilian life, he attended and graduated from MS State in 1970 with a BS in math and a minor in physics.
As a pastime, Mr. Burkholder enjoyed the art of woodworking and putting jigsaw puzzles together. He and his wife were blessed to have traveled to many beautiful places, Greece, Italy, Rome, Hawaii, and the South Pacific. They also worked well together. Mr. Burkholder was a self-taught carpenter, and with his wife assisting, they constructed their home in Rockaway Beach, MO, a rental house, and a shop on their MS property, with very little outside help. He was a collector of matchbox cars, miniatures, and model trains. As a musician, Mr. Burkholder enjoyed playing the fiddle. He lived a gracious life and loved his family. He was a member of Jayess Baptist Church and will be greatly missed by all those who loved him.
He is preceded in death by his parents; brother, Gene Statler Burkholder; and one grandson, Tyson Vaughan.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 46 years, Lois C. Burkholder; children, Eastlyn D. Burkholder of Magee, MS, Genie B. Vaughan (Wesley) of Jayess, MS, Roland Vogt of Wichita, KS, Doug Vogt (Sandie) of Sedgewick, KS, and Jason Avers of Tulsa, OK; sister, Ruby Peterson (Ray) of Greencastle, PA; eight grandchildren, Jacob Russell (Virginia), Ben Russell (Shelby), Nathan Russell (Caleigh), Christy Stuart, Kayla Smith, Ashley Johnscher (Dean), Daniel Vogt (Olivia), and Levi Vogt (Katie) and 18 great-grandchildren, the newest one arriving the day before his passing. He is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews, and other loving family members and friends from Jayess, MS to the South-Central Pennsylvania area.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to Beehive and Gentiva Hospice.
