Kevin Brady: “Today, Mr. Speaker, America lays to rest an excellent journalist and a better father. It was with great sadness that the…”

“Today, Mr. Speaker, America lays to rest an excellent journalist and a better father. It was with great sadness that the friends of Charles Peter Thobae learned that he had passed away Monday, May 4, in Houston, Texas. A journalism graduate of Boston University, Charles was a reporter with the Houston Chronicle for 11 years and an editor of the Texas Churchman for 25. Believing in faith and his community, he served on various charitable boards and was a very active member of Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church. During his 40 years in public relations, he did free-lance writing, including traveling, writing, and op-ed pieces for both the Houston Post and the Chronicle. Recently, Charles Thobae also reviewed books for the Chronicle, specializing in contemporary history, military affairs, and sometimes thrillers. David Langworthy, who is the Chronicle's Outlook editor, remarked, 'He had an eye for the human and the personal. He was able to put those personalities into prose that brought our readers insights that were valuable.'”