Magill, Charles G.



March 27, 1913 - August 15, 2006

Charles G. Magill passed away Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006 in Lodi, Calif. at the age of 93. Born in Boise, Idaho, raised in Barber. As a boy he delivered the newspaper on his bicycle to residents of Boise. He left Boise to go to Western State College in Gunnison, Colo. He served in the Navy in World War II and returned to Washington DC to work for the Washington Post newspaper. He married Emma Hoppe in 1945 and later worked for the Oakland Tribune in Oakland, Calif. for 27 years. He returned to Boise in 1992 and lived with his companion Marie Spilver. He moved to Lodi in 2002 to live with his daughter.

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