Charles G. Tadavich Jr., age 71, a 42 year resident of Warrenville, IL, passed away on Monday, October 23, 2017, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois.  He was born November 15, 1945 in Chicago to Charles and Katherine Tadavich.

During his childhood he helped his Dad with Tad Motors Sales of Chicago. He attended St. Genevieve's Catholic School and graduated from Webber High School.  He then enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in Vietnam.  He met his wife, Carole, at Wright Community College and they were married on June 26, 1971 after his return from Vietnam.   He was a mechanical engineer who worked in manufacturing for Abex and Plastofilm.  He started his own businesses, Central Maintenance Engineering and C &C Replay.

Charlie enjoyed nature and was a member of the DuPage Wild Ones Organization (an organization that advocates protecting the environment by using native plants for landscaping). He had a love for animals (wild and domestic). But most of all, he loved observing nature on the prairie that he restored.  In his younger years, he was also a scuba diver with the Glen Ellyn YMCA.  With the "Y" he partook in swimming/scuba trips to the Caribbean and Baja. He especially enjoyed scuba diving in his yellow submarine.

He is survived by his wife, Carole Tadavich, two sons, Charles (Michelle) Tadavich III of Clarkston, Michigan and Thomas Tadavich of Florida, two grandchildren, Sydney and Sophia, one sister, Donna (David Marshall) Tadavich.

He was preceded in death his parents.

A visitation will be held at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church , 1500 Brookdale Rd., Naperville, IL 60563 on November 6th, 2017 from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service at 10:30 a.m.

Memorial gifts may be directed to The Cousteau Society , the Conservation Foundation or St. Thomas the Apostle's Music Ministry.

P.S. If you have pictures of Chuck you are welcome to share them in the online guest book.