Charles Raymond “Chuck” Insko
Charles Raymond “Chuck” Insko, beloved husband, father, son, brother, and friend, departed this life unexpectedly on August 2, 2020, at the young age of 43. He was born December 21, 1976 in Carlisle, Kentucky, the son of the late Edward Elwood “Ed” Insko, Jr., and Patricia Mitchell Traylor, who survives. He was also preceded in death by a stepbrother, Jacob Neikirk and a stepfather, Carl Traylor.
Chuck graduated from Bourbon County High School in 1995, attended the Kentucky Technical Vocational School, was a welder at Link Belt Construction, a former youth soccer coach, formerly owned and operated CTI of the Bluegrass, was an avid outdoorsman, loved activities with his family and friends, and was a great steward of his family property. He was a member of the Catholic Church of the Annunciation in Paris, Kentucky.
In addition to his mother Patricia, he is survived by his loving wife of fourteen years, Anna Elizabeth Smoot Insko; two children, Emma Elizabeth Insko, Nicholas Elwood Insko; a brother, Edward E. (Mindy) Insko, III; step-mother, Gloria McGrady; step-brother, Joseph (Dani) Neikirk; father-in-law and mother-in-law, John and Lorrain Smoot; brother-in-law, Dr. Randy (Stephany) Smoot; sister-in-law, Sara Plummer (Tim Tipton); as well as several nieces and nephews.
The Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 a.m., Friday, August 7, 2020, at the Catholic Church of the Annunciation, with Father Danny Fister officiating.
Casket bearers are, Eddie Insko, Jeremiah Perraut, Chad Smart, Donnie DeBord, Scott Welsh, Aaron Welsh, Dr. Randy Smoot, and John N. Smoot.
Honorary bearers are Stacey Ball, Steven Plummer, Bradshaw Smoot, Wade Couch, Josh Bailey, Nick Bailey, Ryan Collins, Heath Wells, Chad Perraut, Danny Mattox, Forest Vaughn, and Rodney Robinson.
Visitation will be on Thursday, August 6, 2020, at the Catholic Church of the Annunciation, 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
In lieu of flowers the family request donations be to the American Heart Association, Great Rivers Affiliate, P.O. Box 163549, Columbus, Ohio 43216-3549, or the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718. www.hintonturner.com
I knew Charles father Ed when he was stationed in Merced California at Castle Air Force 1970 I’m sorry to hear about the loss of his son and to hear that his father also passed away I dated his father for about seven or eight months I was born and raised in California we met on what we used to call the main drag in Merced we’re young people used to drive their cars and meet each other and it was very close to the base so it was with a friend of his in an older car and we were at a red light and they were talking to us and asked us if we would go out with them and I said only if you have a new car my girlfriend was with me Ed told me to stay there and he went back to the base and came back with a brand new white car it’s a funny story because we started dating after that my girlfriend dated the other man but it didn’t work out Ed even asked me to marry him but it didn’t work out we had personal reasons why I did give him a gold ring of mine with my birthstone in it he used to wear it on his pinky