HAUPT, Charles Cecil - Passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 21, 2019, at the age of 88.
Beloved husband of Ottilie. Loving father of Karl (Almira) and Charlene.
Charles was born in Cape Town, South Africa, where he and his brother Eric were raised by his father Martin and his maternal grandmother after his own mother passed away when he was five.
He studied Physics at the University of Cape Town, receiving a B.Sc. and M.Sc.
He subsequently studied and conducted research at various American institutions of higher learning including Rensselaer Polytechnic, Harvard, and Cornell University, where he was awarded a Shell Merit Fellowship in 1966 for work in particle physics.
Following his research and studies in the U.S., he emigrated to Canada, settling in Toronto, Ontario, where he met and married his beloved wife of 52 years, Otti, and had two children, Charlene and Karl.
Charles became a science teacher in the Toronto District School Board, teaching mainly math and physics at the high school level for over thirty years. He eventually became Head of the Science Department at Silverthorne Collegiate in Etobicoke, where he spent the majority of his career.
Throughout his life, both working and retired, Charles always managed to make time for numerous volunteer activities.
A longtime parishioner of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Mississauga, Ontario, he was active with the Knights of Columbus, of which he was a Grand Knight, and a weekly volunteer at bingo.
On his journey through life, people were drawn to his fierce intelligence, his kindness and his generosity of spirit. He had many people who loved him and have been left bereft at his loss.
A funeral mass will be held on Saturday, November 2nd, at 10 a.m., at St. Francis of Assisi Parish, 2473 Thorn Lodge Drive, Mississauga. Friends and family are invited to attend a Celebration of Life, followed by a Reception on Sunday, November 3rd, at 11 a.m., at the Turner & Porter, 1981 Dundas Sreet W., Mississauga. The interment and final blessing will take place on Monday, November 4th in Oakville.
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