(From Clark Funeral Home)Charles John Dalbom (Chuck) was born on Oct. 3, 1931, in Bakersfield, Calif., where he spent his youth making memories. And those memories would later become stories that entertained his family and the thousands of friends he met along his life’s journey.
After high school, Chuck joined the Navy where he served as an aircraft mechanic on the USS Boxer during the Korean War with the USS Philippine Sea Aircraft Carriers Navy. He was part of the Naval Emergency Ground Defense Force. His time in the service strengthened his deep love of aircraft and of flying.
Later in life, Chuck made the dream of piloting his own private plane a reality when he purchased a Piper Cherokee 140 and flew family and friends on pleasure trips over his beloved ranch outside of Stella, Missouri, and to Texas to visit family.
After his service in the Navy, Chuck met and married the love of his life, Doris Jean Walbridge Dalbom, from Batavia, New York, after Doris traveled to California to teach school. They were introduced by Chuck’s aunt Marcella, a school counselor at the elementary school where Doris taught first grade.
Chuck and Doris were married in 1956. They have three children, Bill, Clint and Dora, who were all born in California. In 1965, with three kids and a beagle in tow, Chuck and Doris headed to Southwest Missouri where Chuck took a job teaching middle school science in Neosho, Missouri; and together Chuck and Doris began their legacy of cattle ranching in the lush Ozarks. Chuck went on to get his Master’s degree in Education, and moved into a school principal role at Granby K-8 in Granby, Missouri, and then Triway K-8 in Stella, Missouri. In eastern Newton County, people knew Chuck as Mr. Dalbom, and several individuals who are 50 to 65 years of age today can tell you a tale of being in Mr. Dalbom’s office where Principal Dalbom dispensed advice, kindness, humor, encouragement, and sometimes disciplinary measures.
At the age of 53, Chuck retired from education and devoted his time to raising his beloved Limousine/Angus/Herford-crossed herd of beef cattle. A songwriter, Chuck penned many a verse as he checked cattle, built fence, chopped icy ponds and cleared brush. One of his early songs is called The Cow-Calf Man, and includes this verse:
The sun shines on my shoulder.
The rain beats in my face.
Through the snow and ice, I’ve paid the price
For workin’ on this place.
You guys in your great cities,
You make it any way you can.
I thank the Lord above for the woman I love,
and makin’ me a cow-calf man.
Chuck lived a full and beautiful life. He enjoyed many vacations to the gulf coast of Florida where he fished, explored, swam, and relaxed with his family. There were many fishing lessons for his four granddaughters and fishing tales with the locals. Chuck and Doris traveled the world, enjoying trips to England, Alaska, New Zealand and the Galapagos Islands. While in their 70s, they took a trip to Ireland with a group of college students from Tennessee, and when the students were given an assignment to write and recite Limericks in the town of Limerick, Chuck outwrote and out-recited them all.
When Chuck sold his private plane, he decided he wasn’t ready to say goodbye to his time in the sky and earned his glider rating at the age of 72. He became part of a glider club where he not only flew gliders but also towed and released other pilots to soar in their gliders. Years later, it was a doctor in Chuck’s glider club who replaced a valve in Chuck’s heart.
For more than 50 years, Chuck and Doris lived in the countryside near Stella, Missouri. Chuck loved and supported the historic town where he and Doris bought and refurbished the Lentz Carter building, and then helped found and fund the impressive veteran’s memorial on Main Street. For several years he played a leadership role in Stella Eagle Days. Chuck and Doris were also long-time members of the Stella Methodist Church, where two of their granddaughters were baptized and their son Clint and his wife, Mindy, were married.
Chuck was never one lost for words or shy to meet new friends, and often used his lack of hair to strike up a conversation with bald-headed strangers. His favorite ice breaker was: “The Lord is just, the Lord is fair. He gave some brains, the others hair.”
Chuck is survived by his bride of 66 years, Doris, his son Bill and daughter-in-law Kim, son Clint and daughter-in-law Melinda (Mindy), and daughter Dora and son-in-law Scott Hilburn, as well as four granddaughters: Kaylyn Dalbom, Alison Dalbom Broderson, Katie Hilburn and Andie Hilburn and three step grandchildren, their spouses and seven step great grandchildren.
The world is a better place because Chuck Dalbom was in it. He loved his family, his friends and his country fiercely. Chuck will be missed and remembered by many. During his final days he was told that others would remember him because he cared, to which he responded, “I cared. I still care.”
If I had my life to live over
A dream that will never come true.
Lord, if I had my life to live over again,
I’d spend all my days lovin’ You.
I ran up those steps to the church house.
I walked through the church open door.
You can see by my face, I was saved by His grace,
I was His ‘fore my knees hit the floor.
If you don’t like the life that you’re livin’
If your life’s filled with sorry and sin,
You get down on your knees and you ask Him, please
To forgive you and He’ll take you in.
If I had my life to live over
A dream that will never come true
Lord, if I had my life to live again,
I’d spend all my days lovin’ You
―Chuck Dalbom
Oct. 3, 1931 – May 6, 2022
After his service in the Navy, Chuck met and married the love of his life, Doris Jean Walbridge Dalbom, from Batavia, New York, after Doris traveled to California to teach school. They were introduced by Chuck’s aunt Marcella, a school counselor at the elementary school where Doris taught first grade.
Chuck and Doris were married in 1956. They have three children, Bill, Clint and Dora, who were all born in California. In 1965, with three kids and a beagle in tow, Chuck and Doris headed to Southwest Missouri where Chuck took a job teaching middle school science in Neosho, Missouri; and together Chuck and Doris began their legacy of cattle ranching in the lush Ozarks. Chuck went on to get his Master’s degree in Education, and moved into a school principal role at Granby K-8 in Granby, Missouri, and then Triway K-8 in Stella, Missouri. In eastern Newton County, people knew Chuck as Mr. Dalbom, and several individuals who are 50 to 65 years of age today can tell you a tale of being in Mr. Dalbom’s office where Principal Dalbom dispensed advice, kindness, humor, encouragement, and sometimes disciplinary measures.
At the age of 53, Chuck retired from education and devoted his time to raising his beloved Limousine/Angus/Herford-crossed herd of beef cattle. A songwriter, Chuck penned many a verse as he checked cattle, built fence, chopped icy ponds and cleared brush. One of his early songs is called The Cow-Calf Man, and includes this verse:
The sun shines on my shoulder.
The rain beats in my face.
Through the snow and ice, I’ve paid the price
For workin’ on this place.
You guys in your great cities,
You make it any way you can.
I thank the Lord above for the woman I love,
and makin’ me a cow-calf man.
Chuck lived a full and beautiful life. He enjoyed many vacations to the gulf coast of Florida where he fished, explored, swam, and relaxed with his family. There were many fishing lessons for his four granddaughters and fishing tales with the locals. Chuck and Doris traveled the world, enjoying trips to England, Alaska, New Zealand and the Galapagos Islands. While in their 70s, they took a trip to Ireland with a group of college students from Tennessee, and when the students were given an assignment to write and recite Limericks in the town of Limerick, Chuck outwrote and out-recited them all.
When Chuck sold his private plane, he decided he wasn’t ready to say goodbye to his time in the sky and earned his glider rating at the age of 72. He became part of a glider club where he not only flew gliders but also towed and released other pilots to soar in their gliders. Years later, it was a doctor in Chuck’s glider club who replaced a valve in Chuck’s heart.
For more than 50 years, Chuck and Doris lived in the countryside near Stella, Missouri. Chuck loved and supported the historic town where he and Doris bought and refurbished the Lentz Carter building, and then helped found and fund the impressive veteran’s memorial on Main Street. For several years he played a leadership role in Stella Eagle Days. Chuck and Doris were also long-time members of the Stella Methodist Church, where two of their granddaughters were baptized and their son Clint and his wife, Mindy, were married.
Chuck was never one lost for words or shy to meet new friends, and often used his lack of hair to strike up a conversation with bald-headed strangers. His favorite ice breaker was: “The Lord is just, the Lord is fair. He gave some brains, the others hair.”
Chuck is survived by his bride of 66 years, Doris, his son Bill and daughter-in-law Kim, son Clint and daughter-in-law Melinda (Mindy), and daughter Dora and son-in-law Scott Hilburn, as well as four granddaughters: Kaylyn Dalbom, Alison Dalbom Broderson, Katie Hilburn and Andie Hilburn and three step grandchildren, their spouses and seven step great grandchildren.
The world is a better place because Chuck Dalbom was in it. He loved his family, his friends and his country fiercely. Chuck will be missed and remembered by many. During his final days he was told that others would remember him because he cared, to which he responded, “I cared. I still care.”
If I had my life to live over
A dream that will never come true.
Lord, if I had my life to live over again,
I’d spend all my days lovin’ You.
I ran up those steps to the church house.
I walked through the church open door.
You can see by my face, I was saved by His grace,
I was His ‘fore my knees hit the floor.
If you don’t like the life that you’re livin’
If your life’s filled with sorry and sin,
You get down on your knees and you ask Him, please
To forgive you and He’ll take you in.
If I had my life to live over
A dream that will never come true
Lord, if I had my life to live again,
I’d spend all my days lovin’ You
―Chuck Dalbom
Oct. 3, 1931 – May 6, 2022
Monday, May 16, 2022
5:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Clark Chapel of Memories 312 S. Wood St.
Neosho, MO 64850
5:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Clark Chapel of Memories 312 S. Wood St.
Neosho, MO 64850
Full Military Graveside Service
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
1:00 PM
Macedonia Cemetery 20507 Hwy. O
Stella, MO 64867
Contributions in memory of Chuck may be made to the Stella United Methodist Church or Crowder College Foundation, c/o Clark Funeral Home, PO Box 66; Neosho, Missouri 64850.
1:00 PM
Macedonia Cemetery 20507 Hwy. O
Stella, MO 64867
Contributions in memory of Chuck may be made to the Stella United Methodist Church or Crowder College Foundation, c/o Clark Funeral Home, PO Box 66; Neosho, Missouri 64850.
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