Chuck Theisen
February 27, 1951 ~ April 29, 2020
Charles 'Chuck' Theisen, 69, of Cedar Rapids passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2020, at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Private Family Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 5, 2020, at Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Cedar Rapids. Due to state and federal guidance on gatherings because of the Covid-19 pandemic, friends and extended family are invited to watch the services via livestream on Facebook. Search for and join the Remembering Chuck Theisen Facebook group for more information.
Survivors include his daughter, Leaha; granddaughter Ashtin; great-grandchildren, Oliver and Theo; siblings, Larry (Debra) of Marion, Melvin (Diana) of Kansas City, Missouri, Lyle (Pat) of Anamosa, and Sandy Theisen of Cedar Rapids; and many nieces, nephews, extended family members, and friends.
Charles Joseph Theisen Jr. was born February 27, 1951, in Shullsburg, Wisconsin, to Charles and Pauline (Fah) Theisen. He attended Kennedy High School, graduating in 1970. He married Tracy Kilburn on May 21, 1994. She passed away in 2017. Chuck was proud to have served in the Air Force. He was looking forward to being chosen to attend the next honor flight. Chuck enjoyed planting flowers and tending to the yard work, his cat Nico, and his sister's dog, Rocky. He worked for Wal-Mart on Blairs Ferry Road for many years, as well as the 'beer man' for the Cedar Rapids Kernels where he made many friends with fans and players for 17 years until moving on in 2014. He was a funny, caring, and kind man, and will be missed by his family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Tracy; and siblings, Marvin and Maryann.
The family would like to send out a special thanks to St. Luke's Hospital for caring for Chuck.
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Enjoyed working with Chuck and visiting with him when I would stop by the store. May he rest in peace. Prayer for comfort to all his family and friends
Working with Chuck was always great. He was ornery and always zooming around on his new scooter. I loved to help him on his iPad when he had questions and he was funny. He will be greatly missed by all of us at Walmart store 1528.
I will forever cherish my memories with Chuckie. He was always so sweet to me and thought a lot of me. For Christmas he got me a big box full of stuffed animals. I’ll never forget our times we worked at the registers and lawn and garden together. He ended up about ten shades darker by the end of season. We had a lot of good conversations about our animals since we both shared love for animals. I remember he got me this polar bear stuffed animal and my dog ending up claiming it as her toy and it’s still her favorite to this day and I showed Chuck a video of her biting the stuffed animals ear and I can still hear his contagious laugh. Thank you for all you did for all of us at the Blairs Ferry Walmart. Thank you for being there for me and all of the memories we shared. You are missed my friend. Love you ❤️
Chuck was a guy I enjoyed working with as he always found a way of making a bad day turn into a better day. May he rest in peace with less pain. Our thoughts and prayers out to the family. Love, Marcia, Dave and Cameron Prosser
Best Beer Guy at the Ballpark
Working with Chuck was a pleasure. We always seem to have lunch together a few times out the week and have some funny conversations. Even though we didn’t work together anymore when I saw him we always were happy to see each other I’m truly going miss you friend May you rest peacefully My deepest condolences to the family 🙏🏽🙏🏽
My dearest friend Chuck from Walmart store 1528 we known each other for many years. We have share many stories some are funny some sad and some are personal. I could always count on you Chuck to keep things grounded. Remembering you on your 60th surprise birthday party that was pretty special also coming to Destiny graduation in 2017 was pretty special I guess I can tell you that your are pretty special kinda guy that will be missed for sure. Here it is 2:13am can’t sleep was thinking of you and it finally hit me hard about your passing and remembering you telling me that you are getting tired. Well my friend you are at rest now and there is so much more love in the gates of heaven. You are at rest now but soon you will be in heaven. I will miss your smiling face at your check out register 15 and the lawn garden gates. Lots of laughs my good friend until I see you again. Deborah, Rebel and Destiny Andrew