Birth date: Feb 17, 1936 Death date: Apr 16, 2010
Charles A. Tanner-Dorn, 74, formerly of Hanford, California, died Friday, April 16, 2010, at his home in Clinton after battling a long illness. Memorial Services will be 5 pm, Thursday, April 22, 2010 at the First United Methodi Read Obituary
Hello,
I am so sorry to hear that Mr. Tanner-Dorn has passed away. I am thankful that he lived a wonderful life and had a wonderful wife and children to share his life. My heartfelt sympathy goes out to all of the family.
Rainbow if you need anything please let me know. You were always one of my favorite people.
Love,
Melinda (Flippo) Davis
I remember Father Dorn vividly in 8th grade when Mother Superior brought me in to her office to tell me my mother had just gone to the hospital. He was a caring person and all the 8th grade girls had a crush on him. Only good memories of Father Dorn.
Father Dorn was always mine, and I'd have to say our classes most favorite priest. He understood kids, could dunk a basketball in his frock and was a favorite with his guitar!! I lost track of him and am sad to say I only recently found him in a brief obituary.
Though it's been over 40 yrs since my last contact with him as a grade school child - I always remembered him and the tremendously powerful positive inpact on me.
I am sure his wife and children are some of the most charished and love people in the world and I am sad for your loss.
Dan
Although I never new Charlie personally I did have the joy of being his successor at St. Rita's Catholic Church in Tulare as pastor. During my 17 years there I heard many families tell me how much they loved him and missed him. My sympathy to the family. I have no doubt Charlie is with the Lord whom he loved so much and served so well. Fr. Cardoza
Pastor St. Mary's, Fresno, Ca.
Father Dorn was my priest when I was very very young. To this day he is my favorite pastor. What I remember most about his services was the music. One song has stuck with me all of these years. I dont remember the songs name but it went..."have you ever seen a rose. My God has and he loves it, loves it so much...." That is what I remember most. The love. He loved God so much and we felt that love. I wish the family well. I am thankfull to have known him and I will never forget him.
A wonderful man of God. A man with a heart of gold. We will always be thankful for the love you showed Christina and her daughter Azrielle. May our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,embrace you (Susan) and all your family with His loving arms. May He comfort you all and bring you peace during this difficult time in your life.
Sincerely
Pedro & Susan
At Grantree Furniture Charlie and I had long conversations about our relationships and life. His questions amused and amazed me for someone that was twenty years my senior. I learn more about life from this short friendship than I have in many friendships since. I have thought of Charlie often over the years. I saddened to hear of his passing.
I knew Charlie from St.Rita's in Tulare
California,when I was a teenager I attended the St.Rita's Youth Club. Father Dorn made a great impact in my life as a teenager. I fell in love with
the Lord. He gave me a Spanish Bible. One verse that he underlined was to make
a joyful noise unto the Lord. My life has never been the same. I read the bible everyday, and everyday I feel the presence of God very strong in my life.
Thank you Charlie, for leaving footprints in many lives, for we will never ever be the same. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord.
I was saddened to read about his passing. My prayers to all of his family members. I knew him from 1961-1969. I was a wild child and he helped me be a better teen-ager. He was so good with all us kids in his CCD classes. I'll always remember going to Lodgepole in the winter of '62 to ice skate. When he fell he covered all the ice. We thought he was the tallest person in the world. I have lots of fun memories of him from those days. I saw him last when he was at St.Rita's in Tulare, then I spoke to him on the phone once in the 80's.
He was a truly wonderful man,priest,friend. I was lucky to know him and have him in my life.
Susan, Rainbow, Eric and Gloria,
I was shocked to learn of Charlieâ??s death. I read in the obituary that it was following a long illness. I had no idea.
I feel such warm memories as I think of Charlie. I first met him while he was still a priest and I was pastor at Wesley United Methodist Church in Fresno. We hit it off well together: I recall sharing with him a love of Christ, a commitment to better the world and a similar sense of humor. What joy there was. I shall never forget his genuine smile. He began visiting our worship service at Wesley and periodically lead the singing. Although no longer able to be a priest in the Catholic Church, he still felt called to ministry. When we had an opening on the staff, Charlie was the first choice, even though still a Roman Catholic priest. Eventually, he took the course of study required to become a United Methodist minister from the Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Fresno; I had the privilege of being his professor. I recall his pointing out to the class the similarities between St. Francis and John Wesley: love is the basis of theology/life and one must not be possessed by possessions. The similarity had never crossed my mind, before, but since then I have often referred to it - and included the source of the acute observation.
Then you, Susan, also joined the staff and what a time we had. Being more theologically conservative, you brought a richness and broadened perspective to us. Your and Charlieâ??s love for one another was rich to behold and witnessed to the love of God in your lives.
I know that love of God and the love of family and community surround you at this time.
Blessings,
Don Fado
