Obituary for Mr. Hubert Alfred Kahlich HUBERT ALFRED KAHLICH B: 06-29-1939 — D: 06-10-2018 “Well, I guess it’s time to call it a day. I’m ready”. Hubert Kahlich quietly left the room on Sunday, June 10th, after living 78 fulfilling years.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Nancy Strand, his brother Hans, and his parents Anna and Otto. Hubert Alfred Kahlich was born in Freistadt, the Czech Republic, and grew up in Goeppingen, Germany. After graduating from Hochschule, he went on to apprentice in restaurants in Stuttgart.
Taking advantage of a free promotional flight to London, he built up his culinary and English skills for two years before leaving the swinging London lifestyle for a life at sea. Hubert served as chef and then as steward on the Swedish passenger ship S.S. Gripsholm. And thanks to a Swedish port of call, his life changed course again when he met Nancy Strand at a dance in Gothenberg.
He emigrated to the United States in 1964. He spent the rest his life living and working in the Greater Chicago Area, first at the Seven Continents Restaurant, then at the Drake Hotel, and on to a career in private club management, as General Manager of the Inverness Country Club, the Covenant Club, the East Bank Club, the Rolling Green Country Club, and finally Oak Park Country Club. He was a long-standing and active member of the Greater Chicago Club Manager’s Association (GCCMA) and the Catering Executives Club of America.
Hubert was the deeply proud father of his four children: Steven, Susanne, Michael, and Jason Kahlich; loving father-in-law to Dana Mudd and Natasha Glushkoff, and the proud and indulgent grandfather of Calvin Kahlich-Mudd, and Lorelei and Melisande Glushkoff-Kahlich. He was the loving brother of Anne Marie Schweikardt and Margrete Brandt, and the affable brother-in-law of Frances West, Joan Strand, and Volker Schweikardt. He was loving uncle to Rolf Brandt, Susanne Braehler, Ute Retzlaff, Andreas Schweikardt, Wolfgang Kahlich, Jennifer Sorgatz, Scott Strand, Tim Strand, Nico Strand, Andrea Rheinhardt, Jessica Ulrickson, and Anna Britta Barrett.
He leaves behind many friends, including The Buddies: Jovan, Doc, Peter and Peter, Milo, and Fritz; his dear friends Barbara and Tracy; his AA friends, sponsors and sponsees, especially his close friend Paddy; Richard, Helen and all his friends at Oak Park Tennis Club; all his golfing buddies, and many others we are still meeting as time goes on. For a man of few words, his actions spoke volumes in the profound way he touched so many people from all walks of life. Hubert will be fondly remembered as a loving father, loyal friend, dry and quiet wit, authoritative but generous manager, sharp dresser, athletic prowess, ability to avoid sweating, natural sailor and skier, proud German and US citizen, and an enigmatic hell of a guy.
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