It is with great sadness that the Allegheny Region Chapter, SDC reports the death of Carl Chadwick of Washington, Pennsylvania on March 5, 2010. We will greatly miss him.
Carl was one of the original Studebaker Truck Farmers, and the cover of the November 1997 Turning Wheels shows his 1964 8E40 96" BBC Transtar flatbed truck with a load of truck farmers on it in South Bend. (Carl is standing on the passenger side of the truck without a hat just behind the roof-mounted horn.)
He had other Studebaker cars and trucks including a 1926 Duplex which was on loan to the SDC Museum for a number of years (not currently.)
His obituary published in the Washington Observer-Reporter follows.
Carl E. Chadwick
U.S. Army veteran
Carl E. Chadwick, 76, of South Franklin Township, died Friday, March 5, 2010, in Donnell House, Washington.
He was born January 24, 1934, in Washington, a son of I. Newton and Evelyn Kiger Chadwick.
He graduated from Trinity High School in 1954, and he served in the U.S. Army in Company B, 894th Tank Battalion for two years, after the end of the Korean conflict.
Mr. Chadwick worked as a truck driver for Zullo L.P. Gas, then as a welder for Washington Mould Machine and Foundry. In later years, he worked as a custodian for the PA State Parks and Recreation Commission at Beaver and Ryerson.
Mr. Chadwick was a member of Studebaker Drivers Club Inc. and National Pike Steam Gas and Horse Association.
He loved to work on antique cars, trucks and gas engines. He enjoyed instructing and teaching people about them. He won more than 100 trophies with his old cars, mostly Studebakers.
Surviving are a son, David Chadwick of Florida; a daughter, Beverly Penvose of Houston; a brother, Gerald R. Chadwick, and two sisters, Peggy Miller and Sarah Loar, all of Washington; six grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Deceased are a brother, Harold R. Chadwick, and a sister, Betty Bedillion.
Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in Hummell and Barnhill Funeral Home, 420 Locust Avenue, Washington, Thomas W. Hummell, supervisor, Douglas M. Jones, funeral director, where services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 9, with Pastor Michael Roach officiating. Interment will follow in Prosperity Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to Donnell House c/o Hospice Care of the Washington Hospital, 155 Wilson Avenue, Washington, PA 15301.
Messages of condolence may be left at www.hummellandbarnhill.com.