Retired Navy LCDR Charles "Chuck" Fadeley, 87, of Solomons Island, MD died March 12, 2010 at Asbury Retirement Center.

Born March 20, 1922 in Beckley, WV, he was the son of the late Howard Malone Fadeley and Georgia Champe Fadeley of Montgomery, WV.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Muriel Yost Fadeley, formerly of Drexel Hill, PA and sisters Mary Fadeley Bouldin and Charlotte Fadeley Edmundson.

He is survived by his children, Robert S. Fadeley of Casselberry, FL; Stephen M. Fadeley of Drayden, MD; William B. Fadeley of Lynchburg, VA; Charles F. Fadeley, Jr. and Diane C. Fadeley of Lexington Park, MD, and his grandson Robert Shaun Fadeley of Tampa, FL. He is also survived by one sister, Anne Fadeley Ervin of Morgantown, WV and his companion Charlotte Delaney of Solomons., Charlotte Hall

LCDR Fadeley graduated from Montgomery High School in 1940 and attended West Virginia Tech one year prior to admission to the USNA, Annapolis where he graduated in June, 1944. He then served on the heavy cruiser, USS Chester (CA27) in the Pacific until the end of World War II. This was followed by further cruiser duty and by assignment to several destroyer types, the last of which, the USS Kretchmer (DER329), he commanded for two years. In between sea duty assignments, he had the distinction of serving as an instructor at both the USNA and USMA, West Point.

LCDR Fadeley's last tour of active duty was at what is now the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA where he was Asst. Manager of the HERO program. He retired in 1964. After serving four years as Chief Engineer of the HERO tenant activity at Pax River, he returned to Dahlgren in a civil service capacity as Scientific Staff Assistant of the EM Hazards Division. He retired from Federal Service there Dec. 31, 1979.

Mr. Fadeley was a founding member and first secretary of the Southern Maryland Chapter of the Retired Officers Association, founding member of the Southern Maryland Sailing Association; member of Calvert Marine Museum Society and member of Friends of Historic St. Mary's City, and of SMC Arts Alliance.

He enjoyed family camping and gatherings, hiking, wildlife in general, watching football, gardening, keeping abreast of current affairs, and watercolors, but his consuming interest was sailing and boats in general.

Funeral services will be held at St. Anne's Anglican Catholic Church, Charlotte Hall of which he was a former vestryman at 10 a.m. on March 18, 2010. The Rt. Rev. William McClean will officiate. Interment will follow at Trinity Church Cemetery, St. Mary's City.

Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to St. Anne's Anglican Church, P.O. Box 289, Charlotte Hall, MD 20622 or to the Hospice of St. Mary's Inc., P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650.

Arrangements provided by Brinsfield Funeral Home.