In Memory

Charles (Chuck) Rothenberg



 
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09/08/09 11:32 AM #1    

Neil Schrager

CHUCK SPENT THE YEARS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL SEARCHING. AROUND 1973 HE FOUND WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR. CHUCK BECAME GURCHARN SINGH KHALSA. GURCHARN WAS NOW A SEIK. HE STUDIED
YOGA AND MEDITATION IN INDIA AND RETURNED TO ST. LOUIS TO BECOME THE SPIRITUAL LEADER OF HIS ASHRAM. GURCHARN WOULD COME TO NEW YORK ON BUSINESS AND WE WOULD ALWAYS ENJOY DINNER TOGETHER. IN 1979 MY WIFE AND I TRAVELED TO ST. LOUIS AND SPENT SOME TIME AT THE ASHRAM. WE GOT UP AT 4AM TO CHANT (THAT CURED ME OF ANY THOUGHTS TO JOIN HIM).ALTHOUGH HE BECAME A HOLY MAN HE NEVER LOST HIS SENSE OF HUMOR OR HIS LOVE FOR OLD FRIENDS. HE MARRIED HAD 2 CHILDREN.GURCHARN PASSED AWAY OF A BRAIN TUMOR AROUND 2004.
SATNAM CHUCK

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