Enumclaw resident Charles Leroy Booth, 90, died April 21, 2014, at the Veterans Administration hospital in Seattle. He had lived in this area since 1963.

He was born May 19, 1923, in Deerwood, Minn. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and received a Purple Heart. He worked at many occupations, including truck driver, and was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

He is survived by wife Helen Booth; sons David Booth of Enumclaw and Earl Booth of Black Diamond; brothers Laverne Booth and Dwaine Booth, both of Crosby, Minn.; sisters Laura Saftich of Ravensdale and Marylou Hamilton of Anoka, Minn.; and four grandchildren.

Burial will be Monday, May 19, at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent.