Charles Owen Rouse

Ocean Pines

Charles Owen Rouse, age 73, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023 at Tidal Health in Salisbury.

Born in Baltimore to the late Charles R. Rouse and Mary Bernadette Rouse, Charles was the second oldest of six children in a close, loving family.

After graduating from college, he obtained a masters of social work from Washington University in 1998 and a masters of business administration from Fontbonne College in 1998.

He enjoyed a career of service, most recently helping addicts escape a life of addiction with Reach Behavioral Health in Baltimore.

In his youth, Charles summered at the family home on Fifth Street in Ocean City, working at such venerable establishments as The Embers, Pappy’s Restaurant and Candy Kitchens, where he often displayed his fudge-making skills in the window of the Sixth Street Boardwalk front store.

Charles retired to Ocean Pines where he volunteered at the Ocean Pines Library serving as treasurer of the board, and as a docent and on the board of the Skipjack Nathan of Dorchester County.

He was a skilled sailor and raced for the North Point Sailing Club in Edgemere, and also a bridge player in the Ocean Pines Sanctioned Bridge Club.

He is survived by his sister, Eileen Leonhart of Ocean Pines; and his brothers, Mark Rouse of Towson, John Rouse of Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania and Thomas Rouse of Timonium; and many nieces and nephews.

Interment will be family affair with a luncheon in his honor to be held at a future date.