Rev Charles W Hartling
26 January 1941- 25 June 2012
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Rev. Charles W. Hartling (Father Chuck) of Rutherford, N.J.,
entered into eternal rest on June 25, 2012. Visitation will be on
Thursday, June 28, 2012, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Macagna
Diffily Onorato Funeral Home, 41 Ames Ave. Rutherford, N.J.,
and on Friday, June 29, 2012, from 4 to 7 p.m. at St. Mary R.C.
Church, Rutherford, N.J., with a Vigil Mass at 7 p.m. Funeral
Mass will take place on Saturday, June 30, 2012, at St. Mary
R.C. Church at 10:30 a.m. Private interment will be at Holy
Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, N.J.
Father Chuck was born on Jan. 26, 1941 , in the Bronx, N.Y. He
graduated from St. Helena Parochial School in the Bronx. He
attended Parish High School for two years, where he was taught
by the Marist Brothers. His third and fourth years of high school
were completed at Marist Preparatory High School in Esopus,
N.Y.
Father Chuck attended St. Joseph Novitiate in Tyngsboro,
Mass., then Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., where he
obtained a B.A. in Latin. He spent three summers at Seattle
University in Washington, where he obtained a master's degree
in religion.
He became a Marist Brother in 1959. In 1963 Father Chuck was
assigned to teach at Roselle Catholic High School in Roselle,
N.J., where he taught Latin, Religion, Spanish, and Introduction
to Psychology until 1976. He then entered into Immaculate
Conception Seminary, Darlington, N.J. He worked for Union
County CYO Office as an assistant program director and
coordinator for the Crossroads Program. Father Chuck spent the


summer of 1978 at St. Paul's in Ramsey, N.J., doing his deacon
internship. He was ordained on May 26, 1979, at Sacred Heart
Cathedral in Newark, N.J., by Archbishop Gerety. Father Chuck
was assigned to Holy Spirit Church in Union, N.J., as assistant
pastor from 1979 to 1993.
From there he was sent to St. Elizabeth Church, Wyckoff, N.J.,
where he served as assistant pastor, Pre-Cana director and
drama club director from 1993 to 1999. In June of 1999 Father
Chuck was assigned to St. Mary's Church in Rutherford, N.J.,
where he was parochial vicar; a faculty member of St. Mary's
High School, teaching Religion and Latin; Drama Club director,
and spiritual adviser to St. Mary's High School football team. He
retired in December 2011. Throughout the years, Father Chuck
enjoyed many activities, including ice hockey, skiing, Broadway,
golf, reading and family.
First edition 31 July 2012