David Spruce Cheatham was born in San Antonio on July 10, 1955 to Paul Palmer and Bettylu Spruce Cheatham. After living in San Antonio, Houston and Dallas, the family moved to the St. Louis area where Dave attended high school at Parkway Central and University at Bradley University in Peoria, IL. Dave earned a BS Degree in Engineering and upon graduation, headed back to Texas with a job at Texas Instruments Austin. Dave’s only sibling, older brother John Paul also lived in Austin, so it was a happy reunion after many years of separation by mileage. They both enjoyed Austin’s people, restaurants and music together.
Dave continued his engineering career in Austin at Motorola Semiconductor, Solectron and Cirrus Logic before retiring in 2014. Dave’s desire was to use his work positions as a way to see the world. Over the span of his career, he visited 46 cities in 25 countries for both work and leisure. He also enjoyed traveling the US to see the beautiful nature around the country. He has many cousins, nieces and nephews in Texas and around the US and enjoys keeping in touch with them as well as his friends.
His father, mother and brother preceded Dave in death.
A visitation will be held at Cook-Walden/Capital Parks Funeral Home, 14501 North Interstate 35 Pflugerville, Texas 78660, on Friday, December 14, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Funeral Services will be held in the Memorial Chapel of Cook-Walden/Capital Parks Funeral Home at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 15, 2018 with the committal service immediately following at Cook-Walden/Capital Parks Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in David's name to The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
Please visit Dave’s memorial page at www.cookwaldencapitalparks.com where you can share memories and condolences with his family.
