Charles D. Mills, Ph.D., age 66 of Marine on St. Croix and formerly of Gloversville, NY passed away after a tenacious battle with an unrelenting cancer on Sunday May 28, 2017.
Charlie earned his Doctorate in Immunology from the University of Chicago and went on to research macrophage biology at the University of Minnesota. His discoveries will continue to enhance the understanding of cancer and disease. His passions were playing basketball, fishing, driving, gardening, water-skiing and spending time at his family’s lake home in the Adirondack Mountains (The Camp). Storyteller, researcher, writer, father and friend, he truly was larger than life and will be remembered by everyone who met him.broadstreet.zone(48036);
He is preceded in death by parents, Robert and Audrey.
Survived by daughter, Audrey (Brad) Kopp; son, Charlie Ray; brothers, Curtis (Linda) and Doug (Meg); former wife, Sylvia; cousins, nieces, nephew and many friends.
Celebration of Charlie’s life will be held at 2 p.m.,
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