Charles H. Desch

Charles H. Desch II died on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 at St. Peter’s Hospital. He was 61.

He is survived by his parents, Charles O. Desch and Viola M. Desch, of Guilderland; his wife, Monica; his brother Kenneth Desch, and his wife, Dolores; his sisters Carol Desch, and her husband, Paul Silverstein, and Lyn Desch Lawson; and several nephews. 

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