MERIDEN - Dr. Charles E. Millsback, husband of Lynn (Despins) Millsback, died on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, at MidState Medical Center. 

Born in Meriden, the son of the late Edward and Jeanne (Showerda) Millsback on June 8, 1946, he had resided in Meriden most of his life. He was a graduate of the University of Connecticut, Dental School and was employed by the State of Connecticut, as a dentist. He was a member of the Connecticut State Dental Board. 

Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Rebecca Millsback Chesbro and her husband, James, of Cotuit, Mass. and Rachel Millsback Ruggiero and her husband, Daniel, of Meriden; one son, Christopher Jon Millsback and his wife, Stephanie Osborn of Benicia, Calif.; four grandchildren, Christopher, Daniel and Emma Ruggiero and Jackson Chesbro.