Chuck Welke | |
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Member of the
South Dakota Senate from the 2nd [1] district | |
In office January 8, 2013 – January 13, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Jim Hundstad |
Succeeded by | Brock Greenfield |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles Burl Welke May 27, 1953 Redfield, South Dakota, United States |
Died | May 11, 2021 Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States | (aged 67)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Ellen Byrant Welke |
Children | 3 |
Residence | Warner, South Dakota |
Charles Burl "Chuck" Welke [2] ( /ˈwɛlki/ WEL-kee; [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.
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]
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]
Chuck Welke | |
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Member of the
South Dakota Senate from the 2nd [1] district | |
In office January 8, 2013 – January 13, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Jim Hundstad |
Succeeded by | Brock Greenfield |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles Burl Welke May 27, 1953 Redfield, South Dakota, United States |
Died | May 11, 2021 Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States | (aged 67)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Ellen Byrant Welke |
Children | 3 |
Residence | Warner, South Dakota |
Charles Burl "Chuck" Welke [2] ( /ˈwɛlki/ WEL-kee; [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.
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]
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]