This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pechacek, Seifert, Wilde, Prigge, Langer, Harris, Huppert, Esterby, Faulkner, Fuhrman, Hasenberg Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/3633 Message Board Post: Eric Charles Pechacek, 32 Wednesday, June 30, 2004 Eric Charles Pechacek, 32, of North Hudson died of leukemia Wednesday, June 23, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul. He was born in River Falls Jan. 10, 1972, the son of Cal and Julie (Seifert) Pechacek, and graduated from Ellsworth High School, after which he attended the University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menomonie. On Sept. 11, 1999, in Menomonie, he was married to Chyanne Wilde. He was employed by Johnson Controls in Hudson. He was an avid softball player, a talented artist and a member of the United Methodist Church in Hudson. Surviving are his wife, Chyanne Pechacek; two children, Hayden, who will be 3 in August, and Peyton, 10 1/2 months; his parents, Cal and Julie Pechacek of River Falls; a sister, Heather (Torrey) Prigge of Hutchinson, Minn., three nephews and four nieces. Preceding him in death were his grandfather, Lud Pechacek; an aunt, Marlys (Seifert) Langer; and an uncle, Jack Seifert. Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 28, St. Bridget Catholic Church in River Falls with Fr. Gerald Harris officiating. Burial was in St. Bridget’s Catholic Cemetery in River Falls, where pallbearers were Jason Seifert, Dale Huppert, Marion Esterby, Matt Faulkner, Jake Fuhrman and Jason Hasenberg. Cashman Mortuary of River Falls was in charge of arrangements. © 2004 Hudson Star-Observer - Reposted by permission http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=11064&SectionID=3&SubSectionID=54&S=1