Obituaries
July 21, 2017

CHARLES L. WOLPERT

By Jacob Runnels

Charles L. Wolpert, 89, of Dublin, died Tuesday morning, July 18, 2017, at The Grand Senior Living Community in Dublin.
He originally graduated from Dublin High School in 1946, but he didn’t receive his diploma until 2002 because of his service in the U.S. Navy.
He was a World War II Navy veteran, a...

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