Charles "Charlie" D Mack

Charles D. "Charlie" "Doug" Mack, age 72, Clark, died on Thursday afternoon, March 21, 2019, in the Prairie Lakes Hospital at Watertown under hospice care, with family and friends surrounding him.

Visitation will be held Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at the Furness Funeral Home Chapel in Clark from 5-7 pm with a wake service and time of remembrance at 6:30 pm led by Reverend Daniel Smith.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, March 28, 2019 at St. Michael's Catholic Church of Clark at 10:30 am.  Reverend Daniel Smith will be the celebrant and St. Michael's Church Choir will lead the music. Assisting with the Mass will be Greg and Kathy Wall, Kevin and Jody Wall, Judee Chmura, Todd Mack, Matt Streff and Cole Mack. Active casket bearers will be Charlie's nieces and nephews, Greg Kuhn, Randy Hegstrom, Stacey Calby, Lynelle Schramm, Jeff Schnackenberg, and Jordan Mack.  Honorary bearers will be members of the Clark Lions Club. Burial will be at a later date.

Charles Douglas Mack was born April 5, 1946 to parents Leonard and Irene (Kaiser) Mack in Watertown. "Doug" attended the Holy Rosary Elementary School in Kranzburg and graduated from Waverly High School in 1964. Growing up he spent many hours working on the family farm.  Following graduation he worked at a mink ranch, Haan's Service Station and in 1965 began driving truck with John Deere in Watertown.

He married Sharon Wall on February 21, 1966 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Waverly. They just celebrated 53 years together.  In 1967, Charlie joined the National Guard and served for 6 years where he was a cook. In 1968, Charlie and Sharon along with their children Dale and Kristi moved to Clark where Charlie assumed responsibilities with the parts department at Green Line Equipment and then in 1969, he became co-owner/manager. In 1986, Green Line merged with the Watertown dealership becoming Codington-Clark Equipment. He retired from there in 2007. Charlie and Sharon owned and operated Porky's Drive Inn from 1985-1995.

Charlie's favorite past time was spending time with his family. His children and grandchildren were very special to him. He also truly enjoyed getting together with friends. Many of those fun times were at the Missouri River where he loved to fish. He also enjoyed gardening, hunting, meat processing and was well-known for his wine making abilities. Charlie also enjoyed spending time with his dog, Merlot.

He was a charter member of the Clark Lions Club where he had served as president and had received the Melvin Jones Award. He was a current member of the St. Michael's Catholic Parish and a past member of the Clark Chamber and City Council.

Preceding him in death were his parents, a sister Connie Kuhn; brothers in law Roman Chmura and Bill Jawor and sister in law Linda Mack; nephews Jay Mack and David Hegstrom ; niece Kim Scott and 2 great-nieces.

Grateful for having been a part of his life are his wife, Sharon; son, Dale of Watertown and daughter,  Kristi (Shawn) Muffat, The Woodlands, TX; granddaughters; Miranda Mack and special friend, James Schultz; and Reese Muffat; grandson Seth Muffat and special friend, Whitney Dungey; a great-granddaughter, Olivia Muffat; siblings Carol (Bob) Larrington of Gettysburg, Jerry Mack of Waukee, IA, Lenny (Katie) Mack of Watertown, Judee Chmura of Omaha, NE, Rhonda Engels of Spanaway, WA, and Todd (Anne) Mack of Omaha, NE. He is also survived by a brother-in-law Jerome Kuhn of Omaha, NE, several nieces and nephews and many friends.

The Furness Funeral Home of Clark is serving the family where there is an on-line registry at www.furnessfuneralhome.com