Memorial service for Charles “Chuck” Patrick Schantag Jr., age 64 of
Branson, MO will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, February 26, 2012 at
Greenlawn Funeral Home Branson, MO with Chaplin Mike Jones and Father
Philip Conlon officiating. Burial will be in Arlington National
Cemetery at a later date.
He died at 3:28 P.M. Thursday, February 23, 2012.
He was born on November 22, 1947 in Philadelphia, PA the son of Charles
Patrick and Louis Schantag. He had been a resident of Branson and
Skidmore, MO. He was the foundimg Chairman of the P.O.W. Network, a Disabled
Vietnam Veteran, USMC Purple Heart recipient. He was also a member of
MOPH, DAV, River Rats, Honorary member
of MOZARK MOAA, NAM POW’s, USARA
and SFA.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Pauline Schantag nee Butkiewicz,
Branson, MO. A son, Charles Schantag and his wife Jackie of Clinton,
IA., a daughter Miranda Schantag and her husband Ryan, of Davenport, IA;
Stepdaughters Jennifer Renshaw and her husband Troy of Maryville, MO and
Teresa Howard of Skidmore, Mo. Five grandchildren, Molly, Mason,
Jackson, Hayden and Toraleigh. Sisters, Marlene Turner and her husband
Gary of Solkatna, AK and Dyane Carey and her husband Gorge of Charlotte,
NC and a brother, James Schantag of Philadelphia, PA. He was preceded
in death by his parents, Charles Patrick and Louis Schantag. Also, a
sister, Louise Schantag.
Chuck was buried with full military
honors June 26, 2013 at Arlington
National Cemetery.