Gentleman I just received word that Chuck Cleave unfortunately has some very serious life threatening health issues and has just been moved to a Hospice facility. I ask that you please add Chuck and his wife Nita to your prayer list. For those of you who were not fortunate to cross paths with Chuck, Chuck is the one who continued to provide the Javelina Schuetzen Lube to the shooting community when Jesse Smiley decided it was time to hand it down to him. Chuck is a unique individual who has a heart of Gold and he would give the shirt off of his back to help his friends. It is that heart that produced a multitude of friendships through out the Schuetzen shooting community and beyond. I am calling on those friends as well as his new found friends who just got the privilege to know a little about him to please ask the good Lord to provide Chuck and his wife Nita with the heavenly tools it takes to make it through this difficult time and the years beyond. If Schuetzen matches are held in heaven he will be back to competing with the best of the best and those long time friends who  preceded him. They will have a bench reserved and will be awaiting his arrival to start the next match. 

Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day for reading this and more importantly your prayers brought about by doing so.
Barry Darr and John Louis

Thank you so much for sharing the picture Bob.

J.Louis

    Sorry to hear about Chuck, great guy, always a kind word.     That picture is from the good old days,,,back row;Chuck Cleave,Bill Bieber,Jesse Smiley, ? ,Jack Thrasher,Barry Darr,Chuck Brockway,Bo Clerke,ME,Dave Luth.                     front row, ? ,Ed Mason,Rick VanMeter,Bill Eddy,Wes Miller,Dean Lillard,Tom Orth. A who's who of the twentieth century, hate losing them, all great guys, & let's not forget Bob Tyler, who's probably taking the picture.       ...MIKE...

L-to-R Top Row; Dave Luth, Jesse Smiley, Tom Trevor, Wes Miller, Bill Bieber, Dean Lillard, Jerry Young. Bottom Row; Bill Eddy, Ed Mason, Bo Clerke, Chuck Cleave. This picture was taken outside Bo's shop in Lancaster CA, at an indoor match.

Shooting was one of my dad’s favorite passions, growing up I probably learned more about guns and horses than most young ladies, many hours where spent teaching me about bullet casting process,  the proper way to make lube, designing the perfect shooting bench, and how the last match went or looking forward to the next match.  

Growing up I was blessed with some very wonderful people Mr. Berry  Darr, Jess Smiley, and Don Small,  just to name a few. So many of you are and where family, perhaps not by blood but you all are family still the same.  I know that my dad will be greatly missed by many and I know that if they have match’s in heaven  dad is up there right now preparing for the next match and will be there to greet the rest that follow.. I wanted to tell you all personal thank you for your kind words it truly means a lot to me and for the photos of him.  It is good to see photos of my dad with so many of his friends, and doing something that he loved. 

As some of you may know dad’s passion for shooting also extended to the camera, as such he was usually behind the camera instead of in front of it.    That is why these photos beyond measure. Again I want to thank you all.. 

Sincerely   
Lisa Marie Cleave/Newcomb


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