Charles O. Starwald

Rochester, NY/Southern Pines, NC: He was an all-round athlete, teacher-coach, and avid golfer, died of natural causes December 1, 2016 at the Episcopal Church Home, Rochester, NY. He was 93.
Mr. Starwald was born in Rochester. While attending Syracuse University on a football scholarship, he enlisted in the Armed Services in 1943 and served as an aviation cadet in an Army Air Force unit based in New York State. He was honorably discharged in 1945.
He returned to Syracuse, graduating in 1948 with a Liberal Arts degree. He then earned a Masters Degree in Education. While at Syracuse, Mr. Starwald played several sports, including baseball, lacrosse and swimming (he was a diver) and is listed as one of the Men's All Time Letter Winners at the university. He later received a Teacher's Certificate from the University of the State of New York and taught physical education and hygiene in Honeoye Falls, NY, outside Rochester, for several years.
In 1950 Mr. Starwald married Grace L. Dilts, also a teacher, whom he met at Syracuse University. She taught school and he coached baseball for a time in St. Thomas, BVI. They shared a love of golf and traveled to many countries to play on some of the world's famous courses such as St. Andrews in Scotland. In 1980, they retired to Seven Lakes, NC where Mr. Starwald played golf and worked as a starter at several local courses. "He had a true love of golf," said Lillie Alexander, a friend in Seven Lakes, "the weather was never too bad to play golf."
After his wife died in 2014, Mr. Starwald moved back to New York State and spent the past year at the Episcopal Church Home in Rochester. He is survived by a niece, Deborah L. Greenberg, of South Salem, NY, and a nephew, David Greenberg. Mr. Starwald's sister, June Greenberg, and another nephew, Daniel Greenberg, predeceased him. There were no children.
No funeral service is planned. Mr. Starwald is to be cremated and the ashes interred at Seven Lakes Cemetery, Seven Lakes, NC.