Brooks James CHELESVIG

BACHMAN, CHELESVIG, BACHMAN-CHELESVIG

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/6/2016 at 12:23:45

January 14, 1968 ---- July 1, 2016

BELMOND — Brooks James Chelesvig, age 48, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Belmond, Iowa, on July 1, 2016. A celebration of his life will be held on Friday, 1:30 p.m. in the afternoon, July 8, 2016, at the United Methodist Church in Belmond. Visitation is set Thursday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at the church. Those wishing to express their sympathies through a memorial in Brooks name may wish to consider the Iowa River Players Theater, P.O. Box 22, Belmond, IA 50421, or to Brooks' family to establish a scholarship at the Belmond-Klemme Schools for those wishing to pursue Drama/Theater in college by mailing to Brooks J. Chelesvig Scholarship Fund, 903 4th Avenue Northeast, Belmond, IA 50421, or to a donation of their choice.

Brooks was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 14, 1968. The family lived in Prairie City, Iowa. They moved to Newark, Illinois, in 1969, then to Belmond in 1970. He started school in the Belmond Schools before the family moved to Anita, Iowa, when he was in the fourth grade. In 1984 they returned to Belmond. Brooks graduated from Belmond High School in 1986, attended Iowa State University with a degree in Theater and attended the Western Illinois Theater Master's program. At the completion of the Western Illinois program, Brooks along with several of his friends created a stage company, rented a theater and began their adventure into the unknown. The company disbanded about a year later when two of the management level members were offered jobs in a university setting. After several years of corporate restaurant management, Brooks was ready to return to Iowa.

He enjoyed being back home and about two years ago found the Iowa River Player group. He enjoyed the group's presentations and the company and it gave him the opportunity to do some acting. He enjoyed the experience and the friendships that he made in the program.

Brooks' smiles, laughter, kindness and love will be missed by all, especially his father and mother, James and Carolyn (Caye) Chelesvig, his sister, Shelley Chelesvig, and nephews Chandler Bachman-Chelesvig and Jameson Bachman-Chelesvig, all of Belmond, IA. Andrews Funeral Home, Belmond, IA.

Mason City Globe Gazette -- Iowa
July 6 2016