First Name:
Charles
Last Name:
Lindley
Type: Light Keeper
Collection / Donor:
Middle Initial:
W.
Born:
1874
Died:
1957
Place(s)
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1919
Year Departed:
1920
Begin Salary:
660
End Salary:
660
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Year Started:
1920
Year Departed:
1925
Begin Salary:
720
End Salary:
1320
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Promoted
Year Started:
1925
Year Departed:
1928
Begin Salary:
1380
End Salary:
1380
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Retired
Year Started:
1928
Year Departed:
1939
Begin Salary:
1440
End Salary:
1620
More Information
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Entered Date:
Nov 13, 2018
Charles Wells Lindley, 83-year-old Fortuna resident, died Monday night in a San Francisco hospital following a lengthy illness. He was born on January 12, 1874, in Connecticut, coming to California in his youth and living in the Humboldt area since 1919.
Lindley served in the U.S. Engineer Corps for ten years and with the Coast Guard Lighthouse Services, stationed at Punta Gorda, for over 20 years before his retirement several years ago.
He is survived by his wife, Constance Muriel Lindley, of Fortuna; a sister, Mrs. Daisy Sampsew of National City; and several nieces and nephews and other relatives.
Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in the chapel of Goble's Fortuna Mortuary with the Rev. Kenneth Samuelson officiating. Private inurnment will follow in Ocean View Crematory in Eureka. The family requests memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society.
Published in The Times Standard on March 6, 1957