Charles Skelt Stansbery died at Northern Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colorado on November 14, 2006. He was born June 15, 1918 in Afton, Tennessee to Charles Skelt and Mamie (Osbourne) Stansbery. He graduated from Bristol (Tennessee) High School. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1937 and was stationed in Puerto Rico and Central American countries. In 1943, he returned to the United States, and on April 29, 1943 he married Anna Dutilh Smith of Philadelphia.In 1944, he was sent to England and served as Flight Chief on the B-24. In 1952, he was sent to Korea and on his return, he and his wife were stationed at Ellsworth A.F.B. in South Dakota. Mr. Stansbery retired in 1960 and was then employed by Air Force Civil Service as a Space Systems Quality Assurance Representative at Cape Canaveral. After completion of 30 years of federal service, Mr. and Mrs. Stansbery returned to South Dakota and built a home near Hermosa, South Dakota.Mr. Stansbery is a member of the United Church of Christ, Hermosa, the American Legion, was Past Master of Battle River Lodge #92, Scottish Rite, NAJA Temple and NAJA Cowboys. He served as Grand Chaplain in the Grand Lodge in 1994.He joined his family in Greeley in July of 2005 and resided at Garden Square at Westlake. Mr. Stansbery is survived by his daughter Susan Mackenzie and her husband Bruce of Greeley, a granddaughter Roxann (Mackenzie) Hayes and two great-granddaughters of Castle Rock, Colorado, a grandson, Gavin Mackenzie of Denver, Colorado, and a sister, Mrs. Donald Feick of Tennessee. He is preceded in death by his wife Anna and an older sister, Louise Sherwood of Tennessee