Charles A. Bishop, age 56, of Oklahoma City was born July 29, 1942, in Oklahoma City, to J. O. and Imelda Bishop.

He was a graduate of Corpus Christi Grade School and St . Gregory's High School.

He married Mary Ellen Dolin, in April of 1965, in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

Charles served his country in the U. S. Navy in Vietnam. He retired from the U. S. Post Office after ten years of service as a mail carrier where he was also a member of the NALC. He then went to work for the Kirkpatrick Center in Admissions.

He was a member of the Legion of Mary and was a Oblate of St . Benedict and was also a member of St . Gregory's Alumni Association.

He passed away on January 28, 1999, in Oklahoma City.

His survivors include wife, Mary Ellen of the home; brother and sister-in-law , Jim and Cathey Bishop of Oklahoma City and their children, Jonathan and Monica; sister, Patricia Kirkwood of Oklahoma City and her children, Brent and Lark; mother, Imelda Skibb of Oklahoma City; aunt, Margaret Eckroat; other nieces and nephews and aunts and uncles.

Memorial contributions, in lieu of flowers, should be made to St . Gregory's Abbey in Shawnee.

Wake services are 7:00 p.m., Friday, January 29, at Baggerley-Greenlawn Funeral Home Chapel.

Mass of Christian Burial is at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 30 at The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help with interment at St . Gregory's Abbey Cemetery at 2:00 p.m.