Charles O'Rourke

CHARLES A. O'ROURKE, A WWII VET AND A RETIRED INSURANCE EXECUTIVE OF DEARBORN, MI., DIED JUNE 2. HE WAS BORN IN READING, PA. TO THE LATE CHARLES A. O'ROURKE AND THE LATE MARTHA WILLIAMS. HELEN O'ROURKE HIS WIFE PRECEDED HIM ALONG WITH HIS SON TERRANCE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 31ST FIGHTER GROUP WHICH SAW ACTION IN ENGLAND, NORTH AFRICA, ITALY & SOUTHERN FRANCE. AFTER THE WAR HE WAS A SALESMAN FOR PROCTOR & GAMBLE AND THEN MOVED ON TO A CAREER IN INSURANCE WHICH REQUIRED EXTENSIVE RELOCATIONS. (ELMIRA, NY BOSTON, & CHICAGO) IN 1979 HE RETIRED TO OCEAN PINES, MD TO PURSUE HIS LOVE OF GOLF. MASTERING GOLF IN 1998 HE MOVED TO DEARBORN, MI. TO BE NEAR HIS DAUGHTER, COLLEEN O. WILLCOX