Charles "Chuck" Tesch

Charles “Chuck” Walter Tesch, age 71, passed away peacefully resting at home in his favorite chair on Thursday, June 2, 2016. He was born in Green Bay, the son of Walter and Norma Tesch of Brillion.  Chuck was raised on the Tesch Homestead Farm and graduated from Brillion High School, where he was very active in the FFA chapter. He began a lifetime career of farming, taking over the family farm and had a tremendous love for animals. He later established Chuck Tesch Farm Equipment in 1974 where his passion was helping customers through 1992. He enjoyed fixing on machinery, tractor pulling, traveling, decorating for Christmas and country western music. Chuck will be remembered as a helpful caring friend, a dedicated family man and the BEST DAD. He will always be sadly missed and is lovingly survived by his son Charles A Tesch, brother Earl (Bernice) Tesch, seven special nieces including god child Gloria Burt, Sandy (Gary) Brandenburg, Debbie (Dick) Kuchenbecker, Pam Schlender, Barb (Rod) Hinz, Beverly (Don) Schumacher and Carol (Ken) Puyleart. He was also blessed with a caring extended family of Lori Tesch, Dean and Pam Retzlaff, a special dear friend of Sharen Krepline, a lifetime of respected employees and friends and 3 loving chocolate labs Madeline, Mercedes and Dusty. Chuck was preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Norma, a close brother Clarence, his only sister Doris Borchardt as well as many other family members. Funeral services will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at Wieting Funeral Home in Brillion with burial to follow in the Bluff Cemetery in Brillion. Friends may call at the Wieting Funeral Home from 10:00 a.m. to NOON on Wednesday. Online condolences may be made at www.wieting-funeralhome.com . The family would like to thank Dr. Angelo Taleon and the caring Internal Medicine staff of Appleton, WI, as well as the staff of ThedaCare at Home and Hospice. In liew of flowers, memorials are appreciated for a fund that will be established to help fight Alzheimers in Chuck's memory.