CIMARRON, KANSAS - Charles "Chuck" D. Hoskinson, passed away November 15, 2022 at the age of 82 in Minneola, Kansas after a long illness.  He was a longtime resident of Cimarron.

Chuck was born on May 21, 1940 in Dodge City, Kansas to Harold Raymond Hoskinson and Thelma Oneita Armentrout.  He was the 7th of 11 children growing up on a farm south of Ingalls, Kansas and graduating Ingalls Kansas High School in 1958.  He served in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves from 1959 to 1966.

He married Mary Carolyn Smith on October 1, 1961 in Cimarron.  They were married for 55 years before her passing in 2016.  Chuck and Mary farmed south of Cimarron and south of Ingalls for many years.  They operated the V.F.W. restaurant in Cimarron from 1979-1982.  From 1982-1995 they owned and operated Chuck's Place Bar & Grill on main street Cimarron.  Chuck also drove a truck for Budweiser and Kindsvater Trucking in Dodge City in the 1960's and for Bruenger Trucking in the late 1970s.   After leaving his farming, trucking, and restaurant businesses, he worked full time with the United States Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency in Cimarron until his retirement.  Chuck enjoyed restoring old tractors, recording videos, collecting electronic gadgets, fixing computers, and he was well known for his morning FaceBook Weather Report.

Chuck was preceded in death by his parents, his beloved wife Mary, his son Charles Allyn, a sister, Lola Margaret "Marg" Renick and husband Donald; brothers Harold Raymond Hoskinson Jr., Ronald Leon Hoskinson, Richard Glenn Hoskinson, Melvin Robert Hoskinson, Leonard Dwight Hoskinson; brothers-in-law, Eugene Heiman (Toke), Rodney Lies (Karol), Thomas A. Smith, and sister-in-law Helen Shriver and her husband Roger.

Chuck is survived by a daughter, Jacqueline Jambor-Schubert and husband Mike Schubert of Lawrence , Kansas; Granddaughters Calista J. Jambor and partner Mack Senecal of Windsor, Colorado; Dana Sabo and husband Will of Berkely, Illinois; a grandson, Isaac A. Jambor of Lawrence; brothers Dan Hoskinson (Barbara) of Keene, Texas; Joe Hoskinson (Kay) of Garden City, Kansas; sisters Karol Lies (Rod) of Minneola, Kansas; Thelma "Toke" Heiman (Eugene) of Garden City, Kansas; sisters-in-law, Betty Hoskinson (Ron) of Cimarron;  Merry Hoskinson (Melvin) of Wichita, Kansas; Shirley Hoskinson (Leonard) of Fort Dodge, Kansas; Pam Smith (Tom) of Cimarron; Nancy Davis and Peggy Toland of Lawrence; brother-in-law, John P. Smith and wife Mary of Cimarron; and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 am Saturday, November 19, 2022 at the Cimarron Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Tom Boese officiating.  Burial will follow in the Cimarron Cemetery with military honors by American Legion District 8 and Military Honors for the State of Kansas.  Visitation will be Friday from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm with the family present at Ziegler Funeral Chapel, Cimarron.

The family suggests memorials to Cimarron Church of the Nazarene in care of Ziegler Funeral Chapel, 1901 N. 14 ^th Ave., Dodge City, Kansas 67801.