Chuck Hilger, beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother, passed away peacefully at home with his wife and family on August 18, 2020. Chuck's life began in Lakin, Kansas, on the family farm. He was the oldest of seven children of Helen Elizabeth Heiland and Bernard Hilger. While a youngster he attended a one-room elementary school, all the while assisting his father in the farming operation. Before he was a teen, he was single-handedly operating heavy duty farming equipment and supervising the crews that came at harvest time. From these simple but important beginnings, Chuck's life grew in unimaginable directions, successful in each and every one.

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The following pages chronicle Chuck's life as an internationally exhibiting artist, pioneer of the Paper Art Movement of the 70s and 80s, his important leadership roles in the community he loved and photographs of his life, friends and family.

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                                            Charles Noel Hilger 

Born: Lakin, Kansas,

December 27, 1938

 Died: Santa Cruz, California,

August 18, 2020

        

ARTIST, COMMUNITY LEADER,

  VIETNAM VETERAN,  

 FATHER, GRANDFATHER,

  HUSBAND AND FRIEND

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