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EGELHOF, Charles L. "Chuck"
Active in many civic organizations, Egelhof was a member of the East Dubuque Lions Club, East Dubuque School Board and YM-YWCA and the Dubuque Dock Commission. He was also a Past Exalted Ruler of the Elks Club and an over fifty-year member of the Masonic Lodge and a long time member of the Dubuque High Twelve Club 119. He also was a member of the Chapter, Council, and Knights Templars of the York Rite of Freemasonry, a Noble of El Kahir Shrine Temple of Cedar Rapids and a member of Oxus Grotto. Egelhof was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason.
Sports were an important of Egelhof's life. He was the Dubuque pingpong champion for many years and was among the organizers of the DUBUQUE SPORTS BOWL Stock Car Racing Association. He raced "Energy 1" under the name of "Digger O'Dell." His free time was also spent in the sports of boating, ATVs, motorcycles, and ice racing.---
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1. "Egelhof Funeral Home," Telegraph-Herald, June 17, 1951, p. 8
"Charles F. "Chuck" Egelhof. Linwood Legacies. Online: http://www.linwoodlegacies.org/the-egelhof-family.html