Charles "Chuck" Dan Mailat, age 86, entered eternal rest on Thursday, June 29th, 2023. He was born in East Chicago, Indiana to parents Charles and Mary Mailat. In 1945 his family relocated to Canton, Ohio and he was enrolled in the third grade at St. John Catholic School. The following year he was enrolled at Edgefield Grade School. He finished his under grad at Timken Vocational High School. During tenth grade his parents assumed ownership of the Sandy Valley Inn in Mineral City, Ohio. In 1952 he enlisted in the United States Air Force. During basic training he was singled out for training to serve as a tactical instructor at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas for two years. The remainder of his enlistment was in Wajima, Japan. In 1971 Chuck enrolled as a student at the University of Akron with a goal of completing his college requirements in two years instead of four. His first teaching position was in Dover, Ohio, grade six, then transferring to Jackson Middle School in Massillon, Ohio until his retirement in 1994. Chuck was a member of Holy Assumption Russian Orthodox Church in Canton. He served as national president of the Junior Union Romanian Society of America, president and board member of the Timken Alumni Association and Committee, national Red Cross disaster volunteer, responding to eighteen incidents, and a part time disc jockey for WHBC FM and WNYN. Chuck authored the Romanian Radio Hour for seven years on WNYN and special Romanian programs featured on Akron University Radio and in Romania. As another hobby, Chuck created special "art" envelopes for numerous shut-ins for fifteen years. Chuck was married for sixty years to the love of his life, Joanne, who passed away on November 22, 2021. He is survived by one son Douglas. Also surviving are his grandson Bravery K.J. Mailat-Foley of Las Vegas; and granddaughter Savannah Mailat of Dallas, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM on Thursday, July 6th in the Holy Assumption Russian Orthodox Church of Canton with Fr. Aaron Rutz officiating. Calling hours will be from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Wednesday, July 5th in the Waltner-SIMCHAK Funeral Home, where a Pannikhida service will be held at 7:30 PM. Burial will take place in Forest Hill Cemetery.

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