RUSSELL — Charles A. "Peanut" Sharpstene, 60, Fordham Hill Road, died Friday in the emergency room of Canton-Potsdam Hospital, Potsdam.
Mr. Sharpstene was a mechanic at various businesses in Rochester, a nuclear power plant in Richmond, Va., Cives, Gouverneur, and Newton Falls Paper Mill.
Born May 14, 1948, in Rochester, son of Bernice Yaeger, he attended Rochester schools. He moved to the home of his aunt and uncle, Pauline and James P. "Pat" Carlin, Russell, and graduated in 1966 from Knox Memorial Central School.
He married Kathy Cardinell in 1968 in West Virginia. The marriage ended in separation.
Mr. Sharpstene enjoyed hunting, bullhead and trout fishing, four-wheeling, camping and tending to his vegetable garden.
Surviving besides his wife, of DeKalb, are a son, Jake, DeKalb; his companion, Florence "Frenchie" McBroom, Russell; three brothers and a sister-in-law, William and Kathy Yeager, Missouri, Thomas Yeager, Missouri and Anthony Tria, Rochester; and a sister and her husband, Denise and Dean Fountain, Russell.
The funeral will be at 8:15 p.m. today at Lawrence Funeral Home, Canton, with the Rev. William G. Hart officiating.
Burial will be at the family's convenience.
Calling hours will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Donations may be made to Potsdam Humane Society, 17 Madrid Ave., Potsdam, N.Y. 13676, or American Heart Association, P.O. Box 3049, Syracuse, N.Y. 13220.
Condolences may be sent online to www.lawrencefuneralhome.org.