Charles L. Gagnebin, 28, musician

Charles Lincoln Gagnebin of Casagmo, a musician and student of music, died Saturday, Nov. 23, at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire. He was 28 years old.
Since 1990, Mr. Gagnebin had struggled courageously with disabilities that resulted from a cranial aneurysm. Despite these handicaps he successfully completed a year of ‘City Year’ and was an accomplished horseman and assistant in hypotherapy programs. He was able to renew his interest in music with the use of electronic performance assistants, and was pursuing a music degree at SUNY Purchase.
Mr. Gagnebin graduated from the Nashoba Brooks School and the Fenn School of Concord, Mass., where he captained the tennis team and played saxophone in the Fenn marching and jazz bands. He graduated from the Cambridge School of Weston, Mass., and attended the University of Vermont and Landmark College in Putney, Vt.
In Ridgefield, where he had lived for the past few years, he had worked at Hay Day Market while studying at SUNY Purchase.
“He was a friend to many who appreciated his cheerful temperament which saved many a tense moment,” his family said.
He was the son of Charles and Constance Gagnebin of Harvard, Mass., and brother of Rachel Gagnebin of Old Town Alexandria, Va., grandson of Lincoln and Nancy Clark of Chelmsford, Mass., and the late Louis and Charlotte Gagnebin of Cohasset. He is also survived by many aunts, uncles and cousins.
A memorial service will take place on Saturday, Dec. 14, at 1 p.m. at the Jesse Lee Memorial United Methodist Church, 207 Main Street. A reception will follow.
Contributions in his memory may be made to the Love Lane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program at Love Lane Program Inc., P. O Box 716. Lincoln, MA 01773 or the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, 125 Nashua Street, Boston, MA 02114.