@article{GENERAL,
      recid = {245},
      title = {Charles Edward Pealer.},
      number = {GENERAL},
      note = {Charles Edward Pealer was born in Warren, Ohio on July 28,  1926 to Orla L. and Virginia Frances (Wheeler) Pealer.  He  attended Warren G. Harding High School, and graduated in  June of 1944, shortly before he enlisted in the United  States Army.  

Charles was inducted in Cleveland, Ohio on  October 14, 1944 and graduated from basic training at Camp  Blanding, Florida on February 10, 1945.  He arrived in  France on March 27 and was assigned to Company B, 20th  Armored Infantry Brigade, 10th Armored Division under  General George S. Patton.  On April 2, 1945 Charles  advanced through intense enemy fire at Boshac, Germany to  warn friendly forces of impending artillery fire.  For this  act he was awarded the Silver Star.  Charles served in  Germany and Bavaria in battles at Crailsheim, Ohringer,  Schwabisch, Gaildorf, Kercheim, Ulm and in the Alps, and  was part of the occupying forces in Garmishpartenkirchen  after the German surrender in May of 1945.  On August 5,  Charles shipped out for Japan, but his destination changed  after the United States dropped atomic bombs on Nagasaki  and Hiroshima, and he returned to the US.  He was also  awarded the Bronze Star for gallantry in action.   

Following the war, Charles attended Kent State University  and Case Western Reserve University School of Law, after  which he practiced law with his father at Pealer & Pealer,  LPA in Warren.  He married Stella D. Laboni September 9,  1945, and they had two sons, Lee A. and Terry E. Pealer.   Stella passed away on December 17, 1974.  Charles married  Karen Flanigan July 26, 1975, and they had one son,  Christopher J. Pealer.

Charles was a member of First  United Methodist Church, Southington American Legion Post  751, Old Erie Lodge #3, F. &A.M. Warren Council #58, F.  &A.M. Mahoning Chapter 16, F. &A.M. Warren Commandery #39,  Knights Templar, 10th Armored Division veterans  Association, veterans of the Battle of the Bulge and the  Ohio State Bar Association.  Charles played the baritone  horn in the Cortland Community Band and the Knoxville  Community Band.  After his retirement Charles and his wife  moved to Sevierville, Tennessee.  He passed away on June  23, 2012, and is buried at Champion Township Cemetery.   

Gift of Karen Pealer.},
      url = {http://trumbullmemory.org/record/245},
}