Charles "Chuck" Weston

North Hampton – Charles “Chuck” David Weston passed away on October 7, 2023, at midday surrounded by his family. Chuck was born in Providence, Rhode Island on June 1, 1937, to Charles Nelson Weston and Hazel Weston, who both had deep familial ties in Chatham, Massachusetts. Chuck was the first of three children and followed in birth order by Geoffrey Weston, who died in 2021, and sister Candace Petrucci. Chuck, Geoff and Candace were lifelong animal lovers and all three enjoyed the outdoors. Chuck and Geoff were childhood partners in crime. When Chuck was just four and Geoff was two, he figured out a way to liberate himself and his younger brother from a close line harness meant to keep the two of them out of trouble. Fat chance. Throughout their lives Chuck and Geoff continued to be collaborators in mischief, mostly at their family home in Cape Cod, where they speared eels, sailed, swam, dug clams, and cooked up all kinds of adventures. Later, they were hunting buddies and traveled to Newfoundland to hunt caribou. As a teenager, Chuck was a motorhead. If it had an engine, or moving parts, Chuck wanted to tinker with it. In later years, when his memory started to fade, this sometimes led to some SNAFU’s with dismantled household appliances. When Chuck was eighteen years old, he married Marilyn Burton and served in the Navy on the submarine USS Sea Robin. During that time Marilyn gave birth to a son, David Charles Weston and shortly thereafter a daughter, Deborah Weston (Rendahl). In 1965, Chuck and Marilyn divorced, and Chuck met Marilyn (Lynne) Gamble while jamming with other folk musicians. Chuck and Lynne bonded over a love of music and their lives together continued to center around singing and playing together with their friends. Chuck was an accomplished guitarist and banjo master. They had two children—Matthew Nelson Weston and Tamson Weston—and moved the family to a farm in Weare, NH. There they had a small farm with many animals, music was always playing—usually live. Chuck was also an excellent cook. As with nearly everything else in his life, he enjoyed experimenting with different kinds of recipes. His family was privileged to be able to sample Szechuan stir fries, tempura, and Mexican food. If the meal made it to the table an hour later than they had hoped, they did not complain. Sunday mornings, while the rest of the house was sleeping off a night of festivities, Chuck was cooking up a big breakfast of fried eggs, homemade hash, home fries, bacon and sausage to rouse the revelers from their beds. Chuck had a child-like sense of curiosity throughout his life. This made him an exceptional father as he always took an active interest in what his children were interested in. In the eighties he organized a barn raising for the horse Tamson had taken on as a 4-H project and he occasionally helped Tamson get ready for her horse shows. He toured the National Gallery of Art when Deborah was in the restoration department there. Chuck and David were always great fishing buddies, and he was Matt’s eager assistant in the restoration of his house. Of course, Chuck was always full of helpful advice—and warnings. No one made it down the road with an empty tank on Chuck’s watch. Chuck held jobs in engineering and tech writing throughout his life. He worked at Geodyne Oceanographic, where he met his wife Lynne, and Digital Equipment Corporation in early years. He was the editor-in-chief of Byte magazine in its heyday and traveled to Japan and George Lucas’s Skywalker Ranch as the editor of PC Games magazine. There was almost nothing Chuck wasn’t willing to give a go. He practiced Kenpo karate, flew gliders and biplanes, ran road races, hunted and fished. He rode with a motorcycle gang on the seacoast called The Disparates after he retired and rode a Ducati motorcycle into his 70’s. Chuck was sweet, funny, quirky, joyful and charming to the end, even when the details started to get a bit hazy. He always left a big impression, and his absence now is just as great. We will miss him. A Celebration of Chuck's life will be held from 2 to 5pm on Sunday, November 26, 2023 at the Elk's Lodge, 500 Jones Ave., Portsmouth , NH 03801.. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Alzheimer's Association at https://act.alz.org/site/TR/Events/Tributes-AlzheimersChampions?pg=fund&fr_id=1060&pxfid=848192 or to Hungry for Music, whose mission is putting quality musical instruments into hungry hands, at https://hungryformusic.org/in-memoriam-chuck-weston/ Please RSVP at https://events.blackbirdrsvp.com/a-celebration-of-chuck-weston

Charles "Chuck" Weston

June 1, 1937 - October 7, 2023