CHARLES EUGENE CICOGNI

Charles Cicogni Charles Cicogni was born in Nevada City in 1939 where he attended Hennessy Preschool and Bell Hill Elementary. He moved to Kingman, AZ, and graduated from Kingman High where he was named Student Rotarian his senior year. Charles completed two years of Air Force ROTC, spent three years in the Arizona Army National Guard and another five in the Army Reserves, going to numerous army bases in California and Arizona. He worked for Cal Trans doing snow removal on Donner Summit for thirty-nine years and worked construction in the summer until he became a concrete contractor for Sierra Concrete, which he did for 28 years. Charles was also a member of the Eagle Hose #2 volunteer fire department for a number of years. He traveled extensively, twice to Alaska and South America; Bora Bora and Europe; Maui and the Caribbean; many times to Mexico and most of the US. Charles spent much of his younger years as a journeyman fisherman, fishing every creek, river, pond and lake in Nevada County. He took great joy in returning with a bamboo basket full of trout to share with friends and family. At four years old, his son Mark also proved to be a talented fisherman. Together they would venture through overgrown blackberry bushes to cast up and down Wolf Creek, releasing their catches due to rumors of sewage in the stream. He reflected one of his proudest moments to be when Mark won the model car downhill derby race in Cub Scouts, which he still has the trophy. Charles’s daughter, Stacey, also became a journeyman fisherwoman. As the guys would walk and cast around the entire lake, she would sit in a single spot and out-fish them all. Some of his fondest memories included the fishing boat, camping with the children and grandchildren and all the Kokanee trout. Charles is survived by his son, Mark Cicogni, and daughter Stacey Snodgrass, both of Bellingham, WA; Silvano, Roby & Andy Cicogni of Grass Valley, CA; sisters Donna Mahoney, Linda Costello and Patty Cicogni of Sacramento, CA, and Rebecca Wood of Bakersfield, CA; nieces Denice & Linda of Sacramento, CA and Carla of Phoenix, AZ; nephews David & James; cousins Arlene Fowler of Grass Valley, CA and Geraldine of Sacramento, CA; Don & David Gallino, Bob Cicogni, Bob McPherson; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; last but not least, his precious cat, Baby. Charles is preceded in death by his father, Carl Cicogni; mother, Thelma Wood & stepfather, Jack Wood. The love for his children and their mother, his first wife Karyan Berreta, and his second wife, Susan Gage will remain eternal and will shine in the brightest stars in the heavens. Only Charles knew and felt the absence away from them over the years, however the love only grew stronger. A simple request for those who can: take a hike through the Alta Sierra Biblical Gardens in the springtime. Arrangements under the care of Chapel of the Angels Mortuary in Grass Valley, CA.

CHARLES EUGENE CICOGNI

November 20, 1939 - March 30, 2016