Chad Joseph Pahlke

Chad Joseph Pahlke, unexpectedly passed away on October 26, 2023. He was 38 years old. Chad was born on June 20, 1985 in Oklahoma City.
Finding his life mate in Mandy, Chad lived an active life with her and they never lacked for new and exciting adventures. Chad was looking forward in building a future with Mandy that would include children and strong family ties.
Chad loved hunting and fishing from an early age. He was an master in woodwork, winning various awards in high school. He was also an artistic photographer with many wonderful photographs that he had taken. He loved animals. He was an expert in disc golf, recently getting a hole in one. Chad could make you a meal as he was a top cook. His greatest attribute was how he could make those around him enjoy life as he did. He was infectious with life. He was a charismatic person that would help when help was needed but also give council when that what life called for. Chad was a person of fidelity toward his fellow man. Baptized confirmed in the Holy Catholic Church, he was a believer in Jesus Christ, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Chad is survived by his fiancée Mandy Milam, his parents Charolet and Fred, and sibling Christopher. He was also survived, and blessed to have many aunts, uncles, and cousins. Chad was also survived by the Milam family, that took him in as their future son-in-law. Finally, Chad would including friends from childhood through his entire life that were so meaningful toward his life.
Chad attended Washington Irving Elementary School, Edmond Santa Fe High School, and Oklahoma State University. As an athlete, he was a starting member of the Santa Fe state-runner-up football team. Turning down a football scholarship he focused his time at Oklahoma State as a member of the Cowboy rugby team in his junior and senior years at OSU.
With oil field experience, he studied for a profession of safety engineer (oil field) at OSU and was a trained paramedic and fireman as he went through his studies in college. Entering a professional workforce at Cactus Drilling Company as a 17 year old and became a oil field ruf-nex when he turned 18, Chad enjoyed accomplishing tasks. He worked in various oil field positions at Cactus as a college student, enjoying physical labor in the oil patch in the southwestern part of the United States. He finally becoming a safety engineer for various drilling companies and ended up working for a world-wide oil and gas energy company as an onsite drilling safety engineer.
Currently Chad was a safety facility manager for a private company specializing in medicinal extraction. A specialist in building such plants, he was a informational source in the planning and building of facilities, along with the management, at the time of his death. He also gave seminars and workshops for others getting into the extraction business.
Wake service: Monday, November 6th. 6 PM at Crawford Funeral Service (610 NW 178th OKC)
Funeral Mass: Tuesday, November 7th. 10 AM St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (9th and Littler, Edmond, OK)
Burial: St. Patrick Cemetery St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery is located 0.5 mile west of the intersection of N. Council Rd. and 234th St. {Sorghum Mill Rd.} northwest of Edmond, Oklahoma.
Celebration of Life- Location: 1884 at The Railyard 3 pm - no end time Address: 23 W 1st St Suite #115, Edmond, OK 73003
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