Chuck was raised in Murphysboro, Illinois. After serving 6 years in the United States Air Force, he began his career as an orderly at the Jackson County Nursing Home in Murphysboro. While there he completed schooling as an LPN. Drawn to funeral service, he began working at Pettett Funeral Home in Murphysboro, as a funeral director assistant. At the urging of the owner Gene Pettett, Chuck enrolled at the Harold Washington College in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Pettett asked him to go to Chicago for the experience he would obtain training at the Cook County Morgue. He was so right. Returning to Pettett Funeral Home as a licensed funeral director and embalmer. He began a 33-year career in funeral service, retiring in 2019. Chuck and his wife Deanna over the years have been mentors and close personal friends of Tyler. They feel honored to help him in any capacity at the funeral home they can.
