AUGUST 15.1942 - DECEMBER 16, 2025
SIR KNIGHT CHARLIE PRIETZ WAS A TRUE BROTHER KNIGHT AND FRIEND OF COUNCIL 367. HE JOINED THE COUNCIL ON MAY 21, 2008, AND BECAME AN ACTIVE MEMBER RIGHT AWAY. CHARLIE WAS OUR TREASURER FOR MANY YEARS AND DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB KEEPING ALL OUR FINANCES IN ORDER.
HE WAS A STRONG CATHOLIC MAN AND LED HIS LIFE BY HIS FAITH OF SUPPORTING HIS CHURCH, COUNCIL, AND FELLOW MAN. HE WAS A PARISHONER OF THE BASILICA OF ST. MARY’S CATHEDRAL AND PLAYED HIS SAXOPHONE WITH A BAND ON SATURDAY EVENING VIGILS.
HIS BIRTHDAY WAS ON THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY AND WHEN THE ROSARY WAS PRAYED, CHARLIE ALWAYS LED THE 4TH GLORIOUS MYSTERY WHICH IS THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY.
CHARLIE ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS FOOD BASKET DRIVES AS HE HELPED PACK UP THE BOXES AND ENSURED TO TAKE THREE TO FOUR BOXES TO THOSE IN NEED.
HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING WITH THE ONCE ANNUAL NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOL END OF YEAR CELEBRATION LUNCHEON DURING EACH MAY TO HONOR INTELLECTUAL CHILDREN THAT WERE GIVEN ANNUAL AWARDS FROM THE SCHOOL. WE WOULD PREPARE FOOD FOR OVER 150 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS EACH YEAR AND ONE YEAR WE WON A STATE AWARD FOR COMMUNITY.
THE LADY THAT STARTED THE PROGRAM WITH THE KNIGHTS, ROSANN FOX, DIED IN 2016 AND WE HAD A PLAQUE MADE THAT STILL HANGS IN THE COUNCIL THAT HONORED A KNIGHT OR WIFE THAT HELPED OR WAS IN CHARGE OF THIS HUGE EVENT. CHARLIE WAS THE LAST ONE TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD IN 2019. THE LUNCHEON WAS CANCELLED DURING COVID AND NEVER HELD AGAIN.
CHARLIE ALWAYS VOLUNTEERED WHEN FOOD WAS INVOLVED. HE COOKED MANY A HAMBURGER/HOTDOG OVER THE GRILL DURING OUR PICNICS. HE WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS “CHARLIE SANDWICHES†AND HIS “CHARLIE TATORSâ€. HE MADE HIS “CHARLIE SANDWICHES†FOR THE BREAKFAST CREW AFTER ALL THE FOOD WAS ON THE SERVING LINE. HIS SANDWICHES CONSISTED OF TOAST, BACON, OVER-EASY EGG, TOMATO, CHEESE, AND MAYONNAISE. THEY WERE OUTSTANDING.
HIS “CHARLIE TATORS†WERE LEGENDARY AND MANY PEOPLE SAID THEY WERE THE BEST TATORS THEY’D EVER EATEN. CHARLIE ALWAYS STATED IT WAS HIS SECRET INGREDIENT.
CHARLIE WAS ALSO THERE FOR THE TIDES BASEBALL GAMES SUPPORTING THE DAY GAMES AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF 80. THAT’S SOME DEDICATION! CHARLIE, YOUR SANDWICHES, TATORS, COMRADARIE, SMILE, AND DEFINITELY YOUR FRIENDSHIP WILL BE TRULY MISSED. GOD BLESS YOU CHARLIE!
VIVAT JESUS BROTHER! |