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Charles Grainger Obituary
Butch Grainger, age 76, of Hayward, WI and formerly of DeKalb, IL passed away on Monday, May 13, 2024, at his home.
Butch is survived by his wife, Elaine; five children, Brian (Susie) Grainger of Sycamore, IL, Michael (Rhonda) Repetowski of St. Francisville, LA, Dana Repetowski of Menomonie, WI, Dalyn Bignell of Menomonie, WI, James (Tim Chapin) Ember of Madison, WI; seven grandchildren; two sisters, Bobbie (Vic) Tauber of Thousand Oaks, CA, Toni (J.R.) Starling of Aurora, NC; and four nephews and one niece.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
A time of gathering with the family will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 25, at the Hayward Funeral Home. A memorial service celebrating Butch's life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, at the Well Community Church with Pastor Brian Poole officiating. Military honors will be accorded by the State of Wisconsin Military Funeral Honors Program and Hayward American Legion Post #218. A private interment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery in Hayward at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Well Community Church, 15580 US Hwy-63, Hayward, WI 54843.
Online condolences may be left for Butch's family at www.bratley-nelsonchapels.com.
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Mary Korth
May 24, 2024
Butch will be sorely missed. He was good friends with my husband Ron Korth. After Ron passed, he was helpful to me in getting my car restored. I always enjoyed talking with him and Elaine. He was a good guy.
timmy linn
May 21, 2024
Butch was my teacher in 1992 for Auto Body Tech at Kish he was firm , fair and had a ton of Knowledge. I graduated in 1993 from Kish and started my Auto body Career thanks to him :) I'm still going 30 years later I ran into him years ago in chicago he was teaching an ICAR class he was suprised to see I followed through. The program he started at the college is now highly sought after thanks to him building it from the ground up. Rest Easy Butch we'll meet again sir godspeed and Thank you for the education
Judy Hendrickson, Hendrickson Flying Service
May 21, 2024
I was so saddened to hear of Butch´s passing. He was one of the nicest men I have ever met. My husband Chuck and he became great friends and later found out that they had actually met in VietNam. When he came to work at our flying service, he had the friendship and respect of everyone there. His constant companion was Boots, his boxer.
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