Chuck Peal

Im so sorry for everyones loss. For many of people, myself included, Papa Chuck was always there for us. You have been a personal hero for me so many times. You always noticed when I was down and like magic you’d just stop by and instantly be able to cheer me up. Always willing to help out a friend in need…i know you’re watching all of those still here but you have left a permanent spot in all our hearts that will stay with us forever. You are missed very much already but I know you’ll be there waiting for us to join you wherever we go. Give Sarge a hug from us 😇❤Miss and love you so much. Love, J-bug (Jenny)

Embarrassing as it is, I had a crush on him when I was little. We went through all of our years together in school. My mom tells the story when I came home from Kindergarten and said, ” I wove Chucky Peal”
I wish I would have stayed in touch with him.
My sincere condolences to his family .
RIP

Rick and Wendy Raue and Family we are so sorry for your lost we miss all the fun time we had as family time

My sincere condolences to Chuck’s family. I was very sorry to hear the news. For 6 years at Harding and Kennedy, Chuck’s locker was always within a couple of mine, and I ran track with him. Chuck had a great sense of humor, and more importantly, he was really kind and thoughtful at an age – adolescence – when a lot us weren’t making kindness a priority. He could take guff & give it out equally well, but almost always with a smile and never with any meanness. After listening to me whine about my lousy hair for a couple of days, he once told me I had to face it, I had the worst head of hair in school. The next day I told him I’d thought about it, and decided I had the third hair in school, and pointed out two other guys as possibly having worse hair than me. He thought about it for a second and said, “You’re right; third worst. But what does it matter – I heard your solo for Mr Quijano in 7th grade — you aren’t going to be a rock star anyway.” Truer words never spoken! He could always make me laugh. One day he came to track practice with black socks on. I told him, “Chuck, you just can’t wear black socks with your running shoes; it’s just not cool, man.” First off, he didn’t give a darn and promised he’d do the same thing the next day; which he did! Second, I was watching a track meet not 24 hours after I heard of Chuck’s passing, and wouldn’t you know it, I saw two athletes wearing black socks under their track spikes – turns out Chuck was a fashion trend-setter way before his time… and a pretty darn good quarter-miler in his day.