Charles H. "Chuck" Klenk

Charles H. "Chuck" Klenk, age 78, of Summit Twp., and formerly of Edinboro, passed away at the Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, in Erie, on Monday, July 24, 2023. Born in Erie on February 6, 1945, he was the son of the late George and Marion (Blossey) Klenk.
Chuck graduated from McDowell High School and shortly after enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served from 1965 -1968 achieving the rank of Sergeant. When he returned home, he worked at Firch Baking Company and then applied for a job at the Edinboro Borough Police Department. He completed his training at the PA State Police Training School in Meadville and began his career in the Borough of Edinboro Police Department where he served from June 1975 until retirement in 2001. He traded that uniform in for the uniform as a deputy sheriff at the Erie County Courthouse from 2001 until 2019. He was an avid model train enthusiast, and had an incredible layout in the basement, with hundreds of buildings, scenery, landscapes, engines, and cars. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police.
Chuck is survived by his wife, Patricia (Donnelly) Klenk, of Summit, whom he married on October 21, 1978, and his children, Stephanie Sperling, husband Jay, of Pittsburgh, and son, Jeffrey M. Klenk, of Erie; grandchildren, Noah, Kinsey, and Gretchen Sperling, and Grace, and Liam Klenk; and his good friend, and former wife, Margie Gehrlein.
The family would like to thank the caring doctors, nurses, and staff at UPMC Hamot for the care they gave Chuck. We would also like to acknowledge and thank the entire staff at Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home for their incredible care and kindness every day, not just to Chuck, but to his entire family.
Friends are invited to call at Brugger Funeral Homes & Crematory, Pine Avenue Branch, 845 E. 38th Street on Sunday, from 2 to 6 p.m., and may attend prayers there on Monday at 9:20 a.m., followed by a funeral Mass at St. Peter Cathedral at 10 a.m. Burial will follow in Mary Queen of Peace Cemetery.