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Remount Foundation is honored to dedicate this page to celebrating the lives of women and men who impacted the lives of people around them.
You can start the process by initiating a donation on our Donate Now page:
You can start the process by initiating a donation on our Donate Now page:
Depending on our workload at the time, we will try to post your honoree’s dedication page within two weeks.
Charles Jones went home to be with his Lord on December 13, 2024, in Colorado Springs, CO. He had lung cancer. He was 78 years old.
Charles was born in Watseka, Illinois, to Mary Hoke Jones and William Jones. He was a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy class of 1968 with a B.S. Degree in Engineering Sciences (Astronautics) and went on to earn a Master’s Degree from Stanford in Nuclear Engineering. He completed a full Air Force career with assignments as a research officer at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory at Kirtland AFB, NM, a C-141 pilot, an Air Force Academy Physics Professor, and a Combat Simulation Consultant at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Charles married Joy Miller in 1968, and together raised two sons, Charles and Keith. Charles loved riding their horses at the USAFA Equestrian Center with his wife Joy, studying history, skiing, hunting, fishing and camping with his children and grandchildren.
Charles is preceded in death by his father, William.
He is survived by his mother Mary, his brother Bill (Linda), his wife Joy, his sons Charles (Melissa) and Keith (Claudia), his grandchildren Hannah (Brenden), Chase, Drew, Lauren, and Colby, and his great grandchildren Liam and Grayson.
Charles will be remembered for his integrity, his wisdom, his caring devotion to his family, his loyalty and service to his country, and his love for Christ. His memory will bless our family who is deeply saddened by his passing.
Col Thomas Falzarano was the Commander, 21st Space Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. As the leader of the Air Force’s fifth largest wing, he commanded a work force of approximately 4,300 space professionals worldwide. Spanning the globe, this team provides missile warning and defense, space situational awareness, and space control for combat forces and the national command authorities of the United States and Canada. He was the installation commander for Colorado’s Peterson AFB and Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, as well as providing base support for Clear AFS, Alaska; Cavalier AFS, North Dakota, Cape Cod AFS, Massachusetts; and Thule Air Base, Greenland.
Tom’s awards and decorations include Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster, Joint Meritorious Unit Award with oak leaf cluster, Combat Readiness Medal, Iraqi Campaign Medal, and Department of State, Meritorious Honor Award Medal.
Tom was a 1994 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. His career includes assignments in space, missile, fighter, and mobility units. He served in joint assignments on the staff of the Multi-National Force-Iraq at the U.S. Embassy in the International Zone, Baghdad as well as on the Joint Staff in the Pentagon. Prior to his current position, Tom was the executive officer to the Commander, Air Force Space Command and the Joint Force Space Component Command. But Tom’s most significant assignment was as Executive Officer at the 14AF in 2010 where he met his future wife, Stacey. They shared a fun sports team rivalry where Tom supported all the Boston teams and Stacey cheered for all the Miami teams. After three years of courtship and crazy in love, Tom and Stacey set about building a beautiful family by adopting three babies over the next few years to join big brothers, Trevor and Spencer.
Colonel Falzarano was a supporter of Remount Foundation. He enjoyed spending time with the herd and encouraged others to find the peace he found in the human-horse relationship.
Honoring Charlie Dye with Your Donation to Remount Foundation
Charlie’s family requests that anyone considering sending gifts or flowers instead make a donation to Remount Foundation. Charlie wished that any memorial gifts go to fund the Remount program which he loved and supported.
Remount Foundation is so thankful that while he was physically amongst us, Charlie spent his time with us at Remount. If you would like to express a monetary gift in memoriam of Charlie Dye, please use the link below. Following the link, you’ll arrive at our one-time or recurring donation form. When completing the form, you’ll encounter the Dedication section which inlcudes the “Select an honoree” dropdown. From that dropdown, select “Charlie Dye” to honor him with your successful donation payment..
Thank you.
