Charles H. Froeb ’45

Charlie died Nov. 8, 2006.

He entered Princeton from Choate, following his brother, Cornelius '40, and ahead of another brother, Herman '46. He participated in freshman swimming and in the choir. His stay at Princeton was short because he joined the Army Air Corps in the China-Burma-India theater. For his service there he received the Bronze Star. He finished his education at the University of Oklahoma, earning a bachelor's in 1948 and a law degree in 1950.

Charlie joined the legal department of Cities Service Oil Co. in Bartlesville, Okla. He then served as an assistant U.S. attorney in Tulsa. In 1960 he entered private practice, where he remained until his retirement in 1987.

Charlie's interests were sailing and music. He founded the Windycrest Sailing Club and started the Tulsa Corinthian Yacht Club, serving as its commodore. Charlie sang in choral groups and led a Dixieland jazz band, in addition to being involved with the Tulsa opera.

In 1952 he married Jeanne Riney of Bartlesville, who survives him along with three daughters, Janet Froeb, Julie Phillips, and Edith Coen; three grandchildren; and his brother, Herman. The class expresses its sympathy to the family.