Charles W. Sedlacek
Died Jan. 11, 2015
TRAVERSE CITY –
Charles Willard Sedlacek, 81, of Traverse City, passed away Sunday, Jan. 11,
2015 at Munson Medical Center after an extended illness.
Charles was born
Oct. 6, 1933, in Leland, the son of Wencil and Emma (Houdek) Sedlacek of Leland. In 1986, in Lake Leelanau, he married Vonda
Smith who survives.
Chuck graduated
from Leland High School in 1952 and joined the Air Force shortly thereafter
obtained the rank of Crew Chief. Upon
returning home he married Alice Robinson and together they had one son Charles
Sedlacek, Jr. He was an avid baseball
player for thirty years at Leland and caught as many as three games in one
day. He later coached girls’ softball. He loved to play cards, pool, shuffle board, polish
Petoskey stones, and was an avid hunter and fisherman.
Chuck wore many
hats: he owned his own gas station (where the Early Bird in Leland is now), he
was Leland Assistant Harbor Master under Pete Carlson, Leland Harbor Master for
several years, heavy equipment operator for Little Finger Excavating, and
Northport Harbor Master for four years before retiring, and also ran and lit up
the firework shows for both Leland and Northport. Chuck and his wife moved to Traverse City
four years ago to live at Glen Eagle Retirement Community.
In addition to
his wife of 29 years, Vonda, Chuck is survived by his son, Charles Sedlacek,
Jr.; step children, Troy (Penny) Belanger, Tanya (Mark) LaMont of Traverse
City; grandchildren, Arianna Belanger, and Caleb, Jordan, and Jared LaMont;
sister, Anne (Edward) Kalchik of Northport, brother, Anthony (Fay) Sedlacek of
Virginia; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded
in death by a sister, Elizabeth, a brother and sister in law, Wencil (Mazie)
Sedlacek; and sister-in-laws, Thena Nagel, and Inez (Owen) Smith.
A gathering will
be held from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. with the memorial service starting at 3 p.m. on
Saturday, Jan. 24 at Glen Eagle, 3950 Sumac Dr., Traverse City. Burial will take place at later date at Kittle
Cemetery, Mio.
In lieu of
flowers, memorials may be directed to Charles’ family and/or Cherryland Humane
Society, and/or to Glen Eagle Activities Fund.
Please share memories
with the Sedlacek family below:
My condolences are with Mr. Sedlacek’s family and friends as you grieve. At such times of sorrow we may ask, "Will I ever see or embrace my loved one again?" Jesus answers at John 11:11-44 saying: "Lazarus! Come on out!" And he did.
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Sincerely,
La Chelle Yates
filletmignon31@yahoo.com
My heart goes out to all of you! God bless! I still remember attending the wedding reception!
ReplyDeleteCathy Plamondon (Petroskey)
So sad to read this. Charlie was my softball coach back in the 80's in Suttons Bay. I played on the Eddie's Tavern team, and we had such a great team, thanks to Charlie. He was an awesome coach. He was tough, but fair. He made me sit out a game for not coming to practice! Looking back, that incident taught me a lot about responsibility. He was a big teddy bear, and I will always remember him! Keeping the family in my thoughts and prayers.
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