Charles “Chuck” Brownlee Dunlap, Jr. died on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. He was born in Colusa to Charles “Pete” Dunlap, Sr., and Margaret Dunlap on October 4, 1938.
He lived in Sites and attended school at Sites Elementary through the eighth grade. From there, he attended Maxwell High School, graduating in 1957.
In October of 1961, he married Lucille Snyder. Together, they started their family, with Cash being born on July 7, 1962, and Julie born on March 29, 1964.
He spent many years working for his parents on their large ranch in Sites, working cattle and driving truck. He spent some time working for Joe Mello hauling cattle, and driving truck for Sharp Farms as well.
He even hauled rice and wheat to Firebaugh, Calif. Later on, he went to work for the County of Colusa on their road maintenance division, driving the road grader for over 30 years.
You could often find him on Bear Valley Road or Sand Creek Road. Those were his favorite roads because they had the most travel by people he knew.
He married Nancy Stotts Turley in 1989 and stayed married and faithful until her death from cancer in 2003.
A few years later, he met Ardy Raasch Rosano and they were married in November of 2005. They were married until her death from cancer in 2014.
His passions were flying airplanes, enjoying all aspects of railroad trains, golfing, and traveling. He loved to pilot airplanes for his family and friends.
He had an amazing model train set in his garage in Maxwell that he loved to show off and he enjoyed his many trips to Hawaii, which was his favorite place to travel to.
He is survived by his sisters Betsy (Phil) Sites, and Martha (Dave) Shanahan; son Cash Dunlap; daughter Julie Dunlap Farnham; grandchildren Blake (Kassi) Dunlap, Travis Dunlap, Jacob (Kayla) Dunlap, Ty Dunlap, Tiffany (Alan) Simonis, Austin (Cora) Farnham; great-grandchildren Riley and Duke Dunlap, Davis Dunlap, Connor and Cody Simonis, and Olivia and Morgan Farnham; nephews Will Sites, Justin Sites, Kyle Sites, Ed Shanahan, and Brent Shanahan and their families; and niece Jennifer Shanahan Ogata and her family.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Margaret Dunlap; and his late wives.
His loved ones agree, he will be deeply missed and will be remembered for his love for his family, welcoming smile, and his personality that was unmatched.
A celebration of life is planned from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, October 11 at Granzella’s in Williams.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make a donation in remembrance of Chuck to the Maxwell Fire District or your local fire station.
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