[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 129 (Friday, September 21, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1646]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


        A TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE OF CHARLES NEWEL ``CHUCK'' HUGGINS

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 21, 2012

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the long and productive 
life of Chuck Huggins, who was born in Vancouver, British Columbia to 
American parents in 1925 and died peacefully on August 19, 2012, with 
his beloved wife and family members with him at his home in Larkspur, 
California.
  Charles Newel Huggins, known to everyone as Chuck, served his nation 
during WWII as an Army Paratrooper with the 513th Parachute Infantry 
Regiment and participated in battles throughout Europe. He graduated 
from Kenyon College, and with his wife Mime moved to Menlo Park, 
California, where he began working for See's Candies which would be his 
career for 55 years. He helped sell the company to Warren Buffett's 
Berkshire Hathaway Company in 1972, and was appointed President and CEO 
of the See's Division. He grew the company beyond all reasonable 
expectations, and estimated that he consumed over 300,000 pieces of 
candy in the process, before retiring in 2006 at the age of 81.
  Chuck lived happily with his wife Mime for 48 years and adored their 
children and grandchildren. After Mime died, he married Donna Ewald, 
and they enjoyed 15 joyful years together. Chuck was an extraordinary 
man. He was known to everyone for his generosity. He loved music, 
travel, history, jazz, singing, drumming, the Bohemian Club, and he was 
quoted as saying he and Donna had ``serious fun.'' Next to his family, 
generosity was his biggest love, and he was famous for it. Countless 
San Francisco Bay Area charitable events have occurred with a little 
gold box at each place . . . and diners rushed through dinner for the 
delicious See's chocolate treat.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in extending our most 
sincere sympathy to Donna Ewald Huggins, Chuck's beloved wife, and to 
his son Peter Huggins, his wife Sue and their four children, Evan, 
Ryan, Tye and Dia; his son Charles ``Chip'', his wife Pam and their 
children Anna Morris (Matt), Chuck and Mimi; daughter Anne Huggins 
Walton and her husband Bart; and daughter Shelley Huggins Dutton, her 
husband Peter and their children Ella Campbell (Alex) and Taylor, as 
well as Chuck's sister Ruth. Chuck's passing is a hardship for his 
family and for those of us fortunate enough to have known him and 
called him friend, as I did. An unknown author of his Los Angeles Times 
obituary wrote, ``Following Chuck's example, be kind to someone every 
day and make it a `Wonderful World' in his memory.'' Chuck Huggins 
served his country and loved it, and gave back so much to his 
community, strengthening it. His example of citizenship will stand tall 
through the ages as the highest standards of all.

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