Charles "Chuck" DeBroeck Obituary (1930

Charles (Chuck) DeBroeck, 92, passed away on November 13, 2022. He is survived by his wife, Beverlee, married in 1968. Chuck was born in the back seat of a Studebaker en route to Washington State where he was tutored as a pup in the arts of falling, limbing, yarding, bucking, loading, sawmilling, and heavy equipment monkeywrenching. He graduated from North Kitsap High in 1946. Chuck put his mechanical skills to use as a sergeant in Korea and with the North Kitsap School District. But he was at home in the woods where he spent 50+ years as an independent logger. He took deep satisfaction in reflecting that, at the end of the day, there was no one he worked for that he couldn't sit down with for a cup of coffee. Chuck was a longstanding member of Vinland Lutheran Church. He is survived by his sons Jim and Jeff, by stepchildren Cori Donnelly and William Smith, 11 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and by all those who will miss his sneaky sense of humor.