Charles E. Avery, 88, of Sioux City, died Monday, September 16, 2019 at Sunrise Retirement Center. He had been in declining health for the last several years.
There will be a visitation at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel on Wednesday the 18th, from 5:pm until 7:pm with the family present. Masonic Services will be held at 7:pm. Mr. Avery’s funeral will be held at First United Methodist Church, 1915 Nebraska St., at 11:am Thursday, September 19. Rev. Roger Madden will preside. Lunch will be served at the church immediately after. Everyone is welcome at Graceland Cemetery for the interment following lunch.
Chuck was born November 10, 1930 in Sioux City, to Byron and May Avery. He attended Sioux City public schools and graduated from Central High, Mid-year, 1949. He served in the United States Navy, finishing his duty in Sioux City in the Naval Reserve. He began his career at his older brothers’ business, Avery Brothers Sign Company, at that time.
Chuck married Gale Lorenz on September 20, 1952. Friday is their 67th anniversary. They lived for many years at McCook Lake, before moving to Sioux City, where they lived in the summer, spending winters at their home in Rancho Viejo, Texas from 1985 until 2015.
Chuck was very active in business, running the family business after his brothers’ retirement. He was a member of the Sioux City Advertising Club, the Roadside Business Association and the Sioux City Chamber of Commerce. His community work included serving on the school boards of both McCook Lake and Jefferson, South Dakota, the McCook Lake Recreation Association and Ike’s Club. He was a North Sioux City Councilman.
Chuck was very proud of his many years as a Mason. He was Master of Landmark Lodge when he was thirty years old, a lifelong member of Sioux City Consistory, where he was honored as a Thirty-Third Degree Mason, as well as a very active member of Abu-Bekr Shrine Temple, serving as Director of the Wrecking Crew for many years.
To say that Chuck enjoyed golf somewhat understates his commitment to the sport. When he and Gale retired to Texas, they built a house at a development with two, eighteen-hole golf courses! Those years were very happy ones for Chuck and Gale. Chuck enjoyed painting in his later years as well.
Chuck is survived by his wife Gale, son Stephan, his wife Jeanne and their sons Ryan and Jonathan, son Mark, his wife Terri and their children Angela, Monica and David, daughter Jean, her husband Rick and their children Brian, Cari, Ashley and Chad, son Noel, his wife Teresa and their sons Christopher, Sam and Camden and his son Milt, his former wife Julia and their daughters Taylor and Kennedy. They have sixteen great-grandchildren.
Chuck was preceded in death by his parents, his sisters Nettie Mae and Gertrude Alice, brothers Milt, Noel, and Leonard and an infant brother Robert.
Pallbearers are his grandsons Ryan, Jonathan, David, Sam and Christopher Avery, and Brian and Chad Hayden.
[Source: Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel; Sioux City, Iowa]
There will be a visitation at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel on Wednesday the 18th, from 5:pm until 7:pm with the family present. Masonic Services will be held at 7:pm. Mr. Avery’s funeral will be held at First United Methodist Church, 1915 Nebraska St., at 11:am Thursday, September 19. Rev. Roger Madden will preside. Lunch will be served at the church immediately after. Everyone is welcome at Graceland Cemetery for the interment following lunch.
Chuck was born November 10, 1930 in Sioux City, to Byron and May Avery. He attended Sioux City public schools and graduated from Central High, Mid-year, 1949. He served in the United States Navy, finishing his duty in Sioux City in the Naval Reserve. He began his career at his older brothers’ business, Avery Brothers Sign Company, at that time.
Chuck married Gale Lorenz on September 20, 1952. Friday is their 67th anniversary. They lived for many years at McCook Lake, before moving to Sioux City, where they lived in the summer, spending winters at their home in Rancho Viejo, Texas from 1985 until 2015.
Chuck was very active in business, running the family business after his brothers’ retirement. He was a member of the Sioux City Advertising Club, the Roadside Business Association and the Sioux City Chamber of Commerce. His community work included serving on the school boards of both McCook Lake and Jefferson, South Dakota, the McCook Lake Recreation Association and Ike’s Club. He was a North Sioux City Councilman.
Chuck was very proud of his many years as a Mason. He was Master of Landmark Lodge when he was thirty years old, a lifelong member of Sioux City Consistory, where he was honored as a Thirty-Third Degree Mason, as well as a very active member of Abu-Bekr Shrine Temple, serving as Director of the Wrecking Crew for many years.
To say that Chuck enjoyed golf somewhat understates his commitment to the sport. When he and Gale retired to Texas, they built a house at a development with two, eighteen-hole golf courses! Those years were very happy ones for Chuck and Gale. Chuck enjoyed painting in his later years as well.
Chuck is survived by his wife Gale, son Stephan, his wife Jeanne and their sons Ryan and Jonathan, son Mark, his wife Terri and their children Angela, Monica and David, daughter Jean, her husband Rick and their children Brian, Cari, Ashley and Chad, son Noel, his wife Teresa and their sons Christopher, Sam and Camden and his son Milt, his former wife Julia and their daughters Taylor and Kennedy. They have sixteen great-grandchildren.
Chuck was preceded in death by his parents, his sisters Nettie Mae and Gertrude Alice, brothers Milt, Noel, and Leonard and an infant brother Robert.
Pallbearers are his grandsons Ryan, Jonathan, David, Sam and Christopher Avery, and Brian and Chad Hayden.
[Source: Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel; Sioux City, Iowa]
Charles E. Avery, 88, of Sioux City, died Monday, September 16, 2019 at Sunrise Retirement Center. He had been in declining health for the last several years.
There will be a visitation at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel on Wednesday the 18th, from 5:pm until 7:pm with the family present. Masonic Services will be held at 7:pm. Mr. Avery’s funeral will be held at First United Methodist Church, 1915 Nebraska St., at 11:am Thursday, September 19. Rev. Roger Madden will preside. Lunch will be served at the church immediately after. Everyone is welcome at Graceland Cemetery for the interment following lunch.
Chuck was born November 10, 1930 in Sioux City, to Byron and May Avery. He attended Sioux City public schools and graduated from Central High, Mid-year, 1949. He served in the United States Navy, finishing his duty in Sioux City in the Naval Reserve. He began his career at his older brothers’ business, Avery Brothers Sign Company, at that time.
Chuck married Gale Lorenz on September 20, 1952. Friday is their 67th anniversary. They lived for many years at McCook Lake, before moving to Sioux City, where they lived in the summer, spending winters at their home in Rancho Viejo, Texas from 1985 until 2015.
Chuck was very active in business, running the family business after his brothers’ retirement. He was a member of the Sioux City Advertising Club, the Roadside Business Association and the Sioux City Chamber of Commerce. His community work included serving on the school boards of both McCook Lake and Jefferson, South Dakota, the McCook Lake Recreation Association and Ike’s Club. He was a North Sioux City Councilman.
Chuck was very proud of his many years as a Mason. He was Master of Landmark Lodge when he was thirty years old, a lifelong member of Sioux City Consistory, where he was honored as a Thirty-Third Degree Mason, as well as a very active member of Abu-Bekr Shrine Temple, serving as Director of the Wrecking Crew for many years.
To say that Chuck enjoyed golf somewhat understates his commitment to the sport. When he and Gale retired to Texas, they built a house at a development with two, eighteen-hole golf courses! Those years were very happy ones for Chuck and Gale. Chuck enjoyed painting in his later years as well.
Chuck is survived by his wife Gale, son Stephan, his wife Jeanne and their sons Ryan and Jonathan, son Mark, his wife Terri and their children Angela, Monica and David, daughter Jean, her husband Rick and their children Brian, Cari, Ashley and Chad, son Noel, his wife Teresa and their sons Christopher, Sam and Camden and his son Milt, his former wife Julia and their daughters Taylor and Kennedy. They have sixteen great-grandchildren.
Chuck was preceded in death by his parents, his sisters Nettie Mae and Gertrude Alice, brothers Milt, Noel, and Leonard and an infant brother Robert.
Pallbearers are his grandsons Ryan, Jonathan, David, Sam and Christopher Avery, and Brian and Chad Hayden.
[Source: Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel; Sioux City, Iowa]
There will be a visitation at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel on Wednesday the 18th, from 5:pm until 7:pm with the family present. Masonic Services will be held at 7:pm. Mr. Avery’s funeral will be held at First United Methodist Church, 1915 Nebraska St., at 11:am Thursday, September 19. Rev. Roger Madden will preside. Lunch will be served at the church immediately after. Everyone is welcome at Graceland Cemetery for the interment following lunch.
Chuck was born November 10, 1930 in Sioux City, to Byron and May Avery. He attended Sioux City public schools and graduated from Central High, Mid-year, 1949. He served in the United States Navy, finishing his duty in Sioux City in the Naval Reserve. He began his career at his older brothers’ business, Avery Brothers Sign Company, at that time.
Chuck married Gale Lorenz on September 20, 1952. Friday is their 67th anniversary. They lived for many years at McCook Lake, before moving to Sioux City, where they lived in the summer, spending winters at their home in Rancho Viejo, Texas from 1985 until 2015.
Chuck was very active in business, running the family business after his brothers’ retirement. He was a member of the Sioux City Advertising Club, the Roadside Business Association and the Sioux City Chamber of Commerce. His community work included serving on the school boards of both McCook Lake and Jefferson, South Dakota, the McCook Lake Recreation Association and Ike’s Club. He was a North Sioux City Councilman.
Chuck was very proud of his many years as a Mason. He was Master of Landmark Lodge when he was thirty years old, a lifelong member of Sioux City Consistory, where he was honored as a Thirty-Third Degree Mason, as well as a very active member of Abu-Bekr Shrine Temple, serving as Director of the Wrecking Crew for many years.
To say that Chuck enjoyed golf somewhat understates his commitment to the sport. When he and Gale retired to Texas, they built a house at a development with two, eighteen-hole golf courses! Those years were very happy ones for Chuck and Gale. Chuck enjoyed painting in his later years as well.
Chuck is survived by his wife Gale, son Stephan, his wife Jeanne and their sons Ryan and Jonathan, son Mark, his wife Terri and their children Angela, Monica and David, daughter Jean, her husband Rick and their children Brian, Cari, Ashley and Chad, son Noel, his wife Teresa and their sons Christopher, Sam and Camden and his son Milt, his former wife Julia and their daughters Taylor and Kennedy. They have sixteen great-grandchildren.
Chuck was preceded in death by his parents, his sisters Nettie Mae and Gertrude Alice, brothers Milt, Noel, and Leonard and an infant brother Robert.
Pallbearers are his grandsons Ryan, Jonathan, David, Sam and Christopher Avery, and Brian and Chad Hayden.
[Source: Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel; Sioux City, Iowa]
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