Charles E. Deardorff

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Charles Everett Deardorff

Charles Everett Deardorff, 81, died on April 27, 2012 after a brief illness. Charles was born in Burlington Junction, Missouri on April 7, 1931, the son of Everett Amos and Alberta (Jones) Deardorff.

His early education was in Fairfax, Missouri after which he attended Northwest Missouri State College. During the Korean War, Charles served as a Russian linguist in the US Air Force, and was based in Japan. Following his military service, he continued his education at Kansas University where he met and married Andrea Paul, his wife of 55 years.

He graduated from KU with a double major in Russian and German language and literature. Charles worked in communications intelligence at the National Security Agency for two years before attending Indiana University and earning an M.A. in Slavic languages and literatures. He taught for two years at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana before moving to Exeter, NH in 1962, where he established the Russian language program at Phillips Exeter Academy. Charles taught at PEA for over 30 years. He served as dormitory head, chairman of the Modern Language department, and was appointed the Robert W. Kessler Professor of Modern Languages. Charles led numerous student trips to the Soviet Union (now Russia). He also studied at Moscow University and Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) University and taught Russian at Eton College in England.

After his retirement in 1993 he traveled, cooked, read, followed the Red Sox, and enjoyed his lifelong passion of hunting and shooting trap and skeet.

Charles is survived by his wife, Andrea; his son and daughter-in-law Andrew and Sandra Deardorff and grandchildren, Ben, Alex and Julia; his daughter and son-in-law Jennifer and Brian Malcolm and grandchildren, Samantha and Joe Gardner; and his daughter Marceny and son-in-law Hal Bourne and grandchildren, Josie, Cooper and Otto. He is also survived by a brother, David Deardorff and several nephews.

Private services will be held at a later date. Contributions in memory of Charles may be made to the American Red Cross. Arrangements are by the Stockbridge Funeral Home, Exeter.

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