CAMDEN — Charles W. Whalen Sr., 95, formerly of Liberty, died March 17, 2017, at Windward Gardens, where he had resided the past two years.

Born in Cambridge, Mass., on Oct. 20, 1921, he was one of four children of George and Alice Follett Whalen. He lived in Belmont, Mass., where he attended local schools and was a 1939 graduate of Belmont High School.

He was a World War II, U.S. Army veteran and had attained the rank of technical sergeant at the time of his discharge in September of 1945.

On April 25, 1943, he married Winifred N. Cassidy in Belmont, Mass. Although Charlie returned to military duty shortly after their wedding, the couple made their first home in Belmont.

Following his discharge from the Army, Charlie attended Wentworth Institute in Boston.

For most of his career, he worked as construction estimator.

In 1979, he moved his family to Liberty, where he lived until being hospitalized in 2014.

In addition to his parents; Charlie was predeceased by his beloved wife in 2008; and a daughter, Willajean O'Donohue in 2009. He is survived by his two sons, Charles W. "Bill" Whalen Jr. and his wife, Toshiko, of Brunswick, and Jeffery D. Whalen of Belfast; one daughter, Charlene M. Olivares of El Cajon, Calif.; numerous grandchildren, great- and great-great-grandchildren, as well as several nieces and nephews.

A committal service, with military honors, will be held Monday, March 27, at 2 p.m. at Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery Chapel on Mt. Vernon Road in Augusta.

Arrangements are in the care of Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home.