{"id":17550,"date":"2025-09-03T16:34:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T21:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=17550"},"modified":"2025-09-05T09:53:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T14:53:24","slug":"charles-brook-wilson-63-of-teutopolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/17550-charles-brook-wilson-63-of-teutopolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles &#8220;Brook&#8221; Wilson (63) of Teutopolis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Charles \u201cBrook\u201d Wilson, age 63, passed away on Monday, September 1, 2025, at his lodge, in his recliner, facing his beloved pond.<\/p>\n<p>Brook was born December 3, 1961, in Effingham, to Charles E. Wilson Jr. and Helen M. (Barbee) Wilson. He grew up in the river bottoms of Louisville, Illinois, and graduated from North Clay High School. Brook earned his bachelor&#8217;s degree and master\u2019s degree in English Literature at Eastern Illinois University. His master\u2019s thesis was an esoteric study of scatology in Geoffrey Chaucer\u2019s \u201cCanterbury Tales.\u201d In 1984, at Red Brush Christian Church, he married Susan, and they celebrated 41 years of marriage. They spent time at their home in Teutopolis and their farm, \u201cPawPaw Ridge Farm\u201d in Iola. For over thirty years Brook taught the students at Teutopolis High School reading, writing, and grammar, but because he was a country boy at heart, his students could easily get him off the topic of adverbs and on to the finer art of fishing.<\/p>\n<p>Brook was preceded in death by his parents.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his wife Susan, children Autumn and Benjamin, two grandchildren, Asher and Scarlett, and sisters Karen Rose and Deb Dawkins. Other surviving family members include Ramona Gank, Sally Barbee, and Delton Blair.<\/p>\n<p>A memorial gathering will be held at a later date. Arrangements are by Frank &amp; Bright Funeral Home in Flora. To share a condolence or memory, visit: www.frankandbright.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles \u201cBrook\u201d Wilson, age 63, passed away on Monday, September 1, 2025, at his lodge, in his recliner, facing his beloved pond. 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