Charles Augustus Broad ’39

Chuck died Oct. 3, 1999, at his home in Milwaukee. Peggy, his wife of 55 years, and all six of their children were with him. Chuck's business career was with Equitable Life Insurance, but he cherished the time he spent "growing up with the kids and growing to love all the bounty of nature." Evidence that he really lived those words came to us in the tribute read by his son, William, at the memorial service, which said in part: "When I was growing up I always felt my dad was different. He wore bow ties at work, recited poetry at home, told us Billy the Beaver stories, put on his Santa suit at Christmas time for kid parties, and embarrassed me by always picking up litter outside my high school. There was something courageous about him, something I admired. Somehow, in ways I can only imagine, I think he had managed to avoid the Hobson's choice we all face in life-of keeping our innocence, or losing it as we gain experience. Somehow he managed to have both. He was otherworldly in the best sense of the word, always fresh, able to see things for the first time, to listen, to open himself up to new people and nature and the miracle of life." With Peggy, their six children, and 12 grandchildren, we celebrate Chuck's life well-lived.

The Class of 1939