In Memory of Chuck Chlarson
April 14th, 2009 Comment on this articleWe’re sad to inform the Laserfiche community of the passing of Luminary Chuck Chlarson.
Chuck Chlarson has served as Mohave County Records Manager since January 2005.
Chuck was the Records Manager for Mohave County, AZ, and as he told us for the 2009 Conference program:
As a service dependent of an Air Force Officer, I spent the majority of my life living abroad, mostly in Europe. This certainly was a very broadening experience, and affected my entire life. After college, I entered the military for a 30 year service, retiring from Hawaii in 1992.
I started my own environmental engineering consulting company, and moved to Costa Rica for five years, working with their government and the coffee industry.
Due to personal situations, I moved to Kingman, AZ, in 1998 and established residence along with some small businesses. In 2004, I was approached by the then current Records Manager, inquiring if I might be interested in his position, as he was retiring. I accepted, and in January 2005 became the County Records Manager.
Chuck served in the Marines for 17 1/2 years and in the Army for 12 1/2 years. He was also active in the Kingman Elks Lodge and Kingman Masonic Lodge #22, the Kingman Air Show, Toys for Tots, Rotary, Republican Men’s Club, Republican Men’s Forum, VFW Post 9972 and the Kingman Marine Corps League Detachment #887. He was one of the driving forces behind the establishment of the Kingman Downtown Military Memorial, and was a member of the Kingman Chamber of Commerce.
Chuck was a valuable member of the Laserfiche community and will be missed by all who knew him. His humor and good nature were always evident, especially at ARMA conferences, where we always looked forward to seeing him standing in the middle of the exhibit floor, strong-arming passers-by into stopping at our booth. He was never too busy to share his opinions and experiences with anyone who asked, whether it was another records manager e-mailing asking for advice or a member of our staff looking for his input.
We will all miss Chuck very much, as the Luminary community has truly lost a shining light.
Read Chuck’s obituary in the Kingman Daily Miner.