Charles H. DeVaud Sr., a retired Sun artist and avid photographer, died of heart failure Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was 85.
Mr. DeVaud was born in Schenectady, N.Y., and in 1929 moved to Paris with his parents, who were French. He was raised and educated in Paris and Neufchatel, Switzerland.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1947 until he was discharged in 1950. He graduated in the early 1950s from the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Mr. DeVaud, who lived on Southern Avenue for 56 years, worked as a news artist and retoucher at The Sun from 1953 until retiring in 1987.
"His primary interest was photography, and he was a big fan of A. Aubrey Bodine," said his son, Charles H. DeVaud Jr. of Hamilton.
For years, Mr. DeVaud had a part-time job in the camera department of the old E.J. Korvette's store on East Joppa Road.
He was also a communicant for 60 years of St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church, where he was a member of its choir.
"He sang with the church choir for 60 years and was also a member of the Archdiocesan Choir. He was most proud that he had sung for Pope John Paul II during his visit to Baltimore in 1995," his son said. "He also accompanied the choir on tours to Italy and Spain."
Mr. DeVaud had been an active member of the local chapter of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild.
Mr. DeVaud's wife of 55 years, the former Elizabeth Mary Goldbeck, died last year.
A Mass of Christian burial will be offered at 10 a.m. tomorrow at his church, 3615 Harford Road.
Also surviving are three daughters, Marcelle King of Seven Valleys, Pa., Vivienne McCracken of Naples, Fla., and Frances DeVaud of Baltimore; and six grandchildren.