Chuck Welke Explained

State Senate:South Dakota
District:2nd[1]
Term Start:January 8, 2013
Term End:January 13, 2015
Predecessor:Jim Hundstad
Successor:Brock Greenfield
Birth Name:Charles Burl Welke
Birth Date:27 May 1953
Birth Place:Redfield, South Dakota, United States
Death Place:Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
Party:Democratic
Spouse:Ellen Byrant Welke
Children:3
Residence:Warner, South Dakota

Charles Burl "Chuck" Welke[2] (;[3] May 27, 1953 – May 11, 2021) was an American politician and who served as a Democratic member of the South Dakota Senate representing District 2 from 2013 to 2015.

Biography

Charles Burl Welke was born in Redfield, South Dakota and graduated from Redfield High School in 1971. He received his bachelor of science degree in secondary education and his master's degree in secondary administration from Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota. He taught at the high school in Harrold, South Dakota until 1977 and then taught at the high school in Warner, South Dakota. Welke retired in 2021 and was a substitute teacher.[4]

Elections

Death

He died after a heart attack at the Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on May 11, 2021, at age 67.[7] [8] [9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Senator Chuck Welke . . . January 23, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140101201911/http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Member=490 . January 1, 2014 . dead .
  2. Web site: Chuck Welke's Biography . . January 23, 2014.
  3. Web site: Meet the Candidates 2014: Chuck Welke. YouTube. July 29, 2014. 14 September 2022.
  4. https://www.aberdeennews.com/obituaries/p0102791 Charles Burl "Chuck" Welke-obituary
  5. Web site: Official Results Primary Election - June 5, 2012 . . Pierre, South Dakota . January 23, 2014.
  6. Web site: Official Results General Election November 6, 2012 . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 23, 2014.
  7. Web site: Chuck Welke, a former basketball coach at Warner who served in the state Legislature, has died . Aberdeennews.com . 2021-05-12 . 2021-05-12.
  8. https://www.spitzerfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Charles-Chuck-Welke?obId=21083628 Charles "Chuck" Welke-obituary
  9. https://www.aberdeennews.com/obituaries/p0102791 Charles Burl "Chuck" Welke-obituary