Charles ‘Chuck’ Eatinger Bynum
1942 – 2022
Charles “Chuck” Eatinger Bynum, 80, passed away Saturday, October 29, 2022. He died peacefully with Lois at his side.
Chuck was born September 10, 1942, in Mt. Pleasant, Utah to Donna Maurine Eatinger and Hugh Bynum. He attended Wasatch Academy where he played football and graduated in 1960. After high school, Chuck moved to Los Angeles, CA to attend NIT Technical Institute and work at Bonanza Airlines (which after a long history of mergers and name changes is now Delta Airlines).
While living in Los Angeles, he met Lois Ann Odefey, a flight attendant also working for Bonanza Airlines. Chuck graduated from NIT in Mechanical Engineering. Chuck and Lois were married on September 14, 1963. They briefly lived in Reno, NV before Donna called needing help on the family farm, so they quit their airline jobs and moved back to Mt. Pleasant. Chuck later worked as a travel trailer salesman then took a job working in the coal mining industry where he stayed for 30 years. Chuck enjoyed watching his three children: Dawn, Alana, and Heath thrive in school, sports, 4-H, and rodeo.
Once he retired from coal mining, he decided to start his own trucking company, operating first just in Utah, then expanding to Arizona. Chuck and Lois moved to Salt Lake City where Dawn’s family was living at the time, to be closer to their granddaughters.
Retirement came and the warm sunshine of Arizona was a little nicer than the cold snowy winters in Utah. Even though he lived in Arizona, his heart never left his small hometown.
He loved fishing, boating at Lake Powell, traveling, spending time with his grandkids and great-granddaughters.
Chuck is preceded in death by his mom Donna Maurine Smith, brother Myron Frandsen, and his sister Charlyn Austin. He is survived by Lois Bynum, his children Dawn Buxton, Alana Favela, Heath Bynum, their spouses respectively, 4 granddaughters, one grandson, and two great-granddaughters.
Graveside services are being planned for the spring/summer of 2023 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah.