Charles W. Wodicka, 77, died at his residence on Friday, July 7, 2006. He was born on February 12, 1929 to the late Charles and Dora (nee: Ziebell) Wodicka. Chuck retired from Twin Disc in 1991 with almost 20 years of service. He enjoyed building and flying model planes; belonging to the Racine RC Club, family genealogy, spending time at his cottage in Eagle River, fishing for walleye and spending time with his grandchildren. He is survived by his children, Brian (Susan) Wodicka, Thomas (Mary Jo) Wodicka, David (Rosie) Wodicka all of Racine, James (Susan) Wodicka of Allenton, WI; grandchildren, Stacey (Bryan) Despotovic, Joseph Wodicka, Josh Long, Christy Wodicka, Jeffrey Wodicka, Alyssa Wodicka, Lauren Wodicka, Brooke Wodicka; great grandchildren, Taj Despotovic, Ahnika Despotovic; sister, Helen Herde of Brown Deer, WI; sister-in-law, Suzanne Wodicka of Racine, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Donald Wodicka and brother-in-law, John “Jack” Herde. Family and friends are invited to meet at Draeger-Langendorf Funeral Home on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. for the celebration of Chuck’s life with Rev. Creighton Kaye officiating. Burial will follow in West Lawn Memorial Park. There will be a visitation in the funeral home on Tuesday evening from 5-7 p.m. and on Wednesday from 9:15 –10:00 a.m.
Paul Willems says
Dearest family members & friends,
We are sad that our friend Chuck has passed on. He was such a friendly fellow that was always happy to chat with anyone who approached him. He will be sadly missed and our prayers are with you all. May God comfort you at this time. Our prayers and thoughts are with you.
In His peace,
Paul, Laurie, Anthony, & Joshua Willems
Curt Sommerfeld says
Lorne Hill says
Please accept my condolences, I will miss Charley. The field will always seem empty with out him there.
Robert Lupia says
It was a pleasure to fly with you.My prayers go with you.
Bill Serdynski says
Charlie was one of the nicest people I knew. I always enjoyed seeing him at the field. I will miss him. May God bless you Charlie.
al kostic says
now you can soar with the big birds!! GOD BLESS!!!
Buzz Paricka says
My sympathies to the family and I will not be attending the services. I will remember Charlie as a person interested in genealogy, fishing, and airplanes.
Bob Maleske says
You have my sympathy for your loss.
I’ve known Chuck for about three years as a member of the Racine Radio Control Airplane Club. I’ve always known him to be generous, kind and honest. He and I have had many conversations; I will miss him.
Bob Maleske
R. Eigenberger says
Chuck will be missed. He was a good man. I am a member of the R/C club and one of the things I always looked forword to when visiting the field was talking with Chuck. More time was spent talking to him then flying. “We’ll miss you Chuck……..”
Jerry Jones says
Chuck will be missed both at the field and at the guys lunch on Tuesday afternoons.
Brenda Hensley says
Chuck,,,I just learned of your passing and am terribly saddened. I will miss your humor and the chats we had. Will miss your friendship. Glad we got the chance to meet and become friends. I enjoyed working on genealogy together. You were a wonderful friend. Will never forget you or the kringles you sent me.
Lovingly
Brenda
Jeff Belding says
allways enjoyed chats with your dad loved to talk about log homes I have lots of sites he gave me he will be missed
Donald Stanford (dasny/dasokla) says
I was sadden to hear of the death of our dear friend Chuck..I so enjoyed chatting with him in the genealogy chatroom. He was always such a nice guy. I will miss him. I will remember you his family in my prayers. Chuck say hello to my Lord and when you run into any of my rellies.. tell them I am looking for them.
Dana O'Meara says
I was very saddened to hear of Chuck’s death.
He had been an online chat friend for many years. We all wondered what happened to him and were sorry to find out why we hadn’t seen him online.
Now he can find all those ancestors he’d been looking for. He will be missed. He was a lovely person.
Sue Jones says
My sympathies to you and your family. Will miss Chuck in our nightly genealogy chats.
Loretta Wedepohl says
I just learned this evening of ChuckWI’s passing…So very, very sorry to hear it. I am from the Genealogy Chat Room where Chuck came in all the time…I have not been going in there on a regular basis for the past several months…so didn’t know that Chuck hadn’t been going in either…My deepest sympathy to all of his family and loved ones…I know that he will be (and is) sadly missed by everyone in there, as well as in his personal life. He was always kind and helped everyone that he possibly could in any way that he could…My thoughts and prayers are with you all. Take care and God Bless.
imcherokee says
I just heard about Chuck. I am so sorry, God Bless you all.
Sheila Rawlins says
All of us at the Genforum genealogy chatroom will certainly miss having Chuck with us. We are all like a family here and he will be dearly missed by all.
God Bless and keep you.
adrian brisee says
Chuck will be greatly missed. He donated many periodicals to my genealogy library to help others with their research. He was always there to help others with their research when he could. He was a true gentleman and will always have my respect and friendship.
Helen Schecklman says
Chuck will be missed by all of us from the Genealogy forum. I was glad that I got to meet him at my store that we had in Sturtevant. He came in and introduced himself to us. He was a very pleasant & sweet man. He will be missed.
axel says
It is with great sadness that I have just learned of the passing of a long time chatroom friend.
Chuck and his friends at the Genforum Chat have been together a long time and all because of a mutual love of genealogy.
He will be missed by his friends here from all over the world.
To his family my thoughts are with you
Kristy Capatina says
I’m so sorry about your loss. He was a sweet guy and tried helping everyone that he could in the genealogy chat.
Kathy Parkinson (Kat_WI) says
My husband and I send our sympathies. I only knew Chuck from the Genforum Chat room, but I shared much of my information on the Kimball line with him. May you all have many happy memories of him.
Kathy
Karen Phifer says
I am so very sorry to hear of Chuck’s passing. I enjoyed very much talking with him about our mutual hobby, genealogy. He will be greatly missed. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.