Charles Stevens Wilson died February 13, 2023, in Brooklyn, New York, age 37. He was born in Seattle on October 3, 1985, the younger son of Richard and Catherine (Catie) Wilson.

Charlie grew up in Clyde Hill, WA, and graduated from Lakeside School in 2003, where he played varsity baseball and was co-captain and speedy running back of the varsity football team his senior year. He attended Colby College in Waterville, ME, where he played varsity rugby, graduating magna cum laude in 2007 as an Economics major.

Following graduation, Charlie moved to New York City and worked in the securities industry for the next 15 years as a hedge fund trader, spending the bulk of his career at Hunting Hill Global Capital LLC. He found a home in the competitive softball leagues of Brooklyn, playing on as many as four teams in a season. To be closer to the softball action, Charlie moved to Brooklyn in 2020. He was a star center fielder, twice named Defensive MVP.

Charlie kept himself fit and had great style, along with a winning smile and a wonderfully sardonic wit. He loved the outdoors (in particular New York’s Hudson Valley), dogs, wild birds, singing, books of all kinds, and puzzles and games, especially crossword puzzles, the harder the better. He was much admired as a smart, kind, and deeply thoughtful person by his co-workers, his many softball friends, and his extended family.

Charlie is survived by his parents, his brother Tom Wilson and wife Kristin Blodgett of Monkton, VT, his two nieces, his beloved friend Megan Lytle, and a host of aunts, uncles, and cousins, all of whom deeply mourn his untimely passing.

A celebration of Charlie’s life will be held on March 18th at First Congregational Church UCC in Guilford, Connecticut. Donations in Charlie’s memory may be made to the National Audubon Society.

For more about Charlie's life, see https://everloved.com/life-of/charlie-wilson/memories/?flow=201.

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