Thanks for letting us know Larry. The choir of angels just got another good bass that's a whole lot of fun.

May he rest in peace and harmony, our prayers are with his loved ones.

Sorry to hear you lost another "buddy"! What a generous heart and genuinely funny soul. 
 
Diane and I hope that you have a speedy and successful recovery.
 
G'day mate!

Thinking of you and Carol in the loss of your good friend, Charlie.  He always had a smile!

Larry:
So sorry to hear of Charlie's passing.  Prayers are with the family and Expanded Sound.  So many great moments and the loss of a brother/friend is difficult.

Larry, Our thoughts and prayers go out to Charlie and family.

Larry,
 
Thanks for the update.  I been thinking of Charlie since your first note.  Charlie invited me to my first meeting with the Daniel Boone Chorus.  I am proud to be one of his "Men of Note".
Third Row Bass, Retired

Larry - 
 
This is very sad news.  I only knew Charlie a short time, but he certainly has had an impact on me.  
 
Proud to have been a "small" part of Expanded Sound and happy to have known Charlie.

Larry, I'm so sorry.  My prayers are with him and his family.

Devastating news, Larry. Praying for Charlie's family as well as you, Bill and his Expanded Sound family. I'm so sorry, my friends. Charlie will be truly missed. He was one of a kind!

Larry, may God comfort you, your family and Charley and his family. My family will keep you all in our prayers.

I've never forgotten that Charlie took me under his (sizable) wing at my first visit to the Daniel Boone Chorus in 1980.
 
A couple evenings ago I was cataloging some old barbershop VHS tapes and came across the telethon.....watched it all the way through again.
 
I just watched the webcast.  Somehow they managed to sound pretty good without us!

Charlie will be missed as a friend, a jokester, and a sincere man. Sad to hear this today. And I'm sad to see this for the rest of the expanded sound guys. I will never forget the lasting impression we left as the overstuffed "sugar plum fairies" on one of the Christmas shows. It was a humbling experience to be part of something so unique and laughable and I'll always remember singing with you all.

Charlie was one of the first barbershoppers I met back in 1978 when I first discovered barbershop.  At that time he was still a member of Florissant, MO chapter (which I joined).  He had a big booming voice and was always fun to ring chords.  He coached my very first quartet and so it was fun years later to coach him.
 
In 1979, he joined St. Charles while Bob Henry was directing and brought me to my first St. Charles meeting way back then.  We used to meet up every Tuesday night and make the trek over from Florissant to St. Charles.  After David took over directing in 1981 he was one of the initial leaders in driving the chorus towards attaining the leadership position it has today.
 
Who will ever forget his reply to Jerry Lewis (yes, the Jerry Lewis) when asked what he did for a living?  I'm an aerobics instructor!.  Not many people could make Jerry speechless but he did.
 
I will miss you, my friend

Brothers in Harmony,
Just got off the phone with my eldest son, Billy, (who turns 40 ( ! ) - is that possible? ... in July).  We had a long and funny conversation about Charlie Buehrle, the "Animal" in Expanded Sound.  Billy reminded me he 'grew up' with Expanded Sound.  He told me he thought that every kid in the b-shop world lived with a father who dressed funny and wore fake tattoos.  

As Larry says, "Charlie was the hallmark of our quartet".  The heck with 'hallmark', he was the mountain we built the quartet around.  Tom Hegle (first baritone of the quartet) was the comedian of the group.  He was our first M.C. ... "Thanks", was his guttural response to the audience following our opening song.  "We are Expanded Sound" , he'd tell our audience ... followed by, "that's not funny lady!"  I'm not sure, but I think it was Tom who said that "Animal is originally from Buffalo - the rest of us are from normal parents".  No matter, Tom was comedic and Charlie was his 'straight-man'.  Larry and I just stayed out of their way while they were hamming it up with the audience.
Tim Waurick responded to the news of Charlie's passing by saying that Charlie was 'one-of-a-kind'.  And he was.  Tonight, I mentioned that to my wife, Carol, and agreed he was 'one-of-a-kind', thank God, there was no room on the Earth for two of Charlie.  (Ask Doug Brooks about the first time he subbed as tenor with the quartet.)  Great story.
Whenever I send an email to AOH, I usually preface it with, "Brothers in Harmony", or something like that.  Well, Charlie was indeed my brother and will be missed by all who knew him.
Please include in your thoughts and prayers, his wife, Jan, his son, Craig, and daughter, Laura and their families.

My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family. 
Cecil Marie Harris  Aux VFW Post 3944

We met Charlie Buehrle first time on 26 March 2013 when he picked us up from St. Louis RV Park. A year earlier we had met through the Internet. Charlie was looking for relatives in Germany and we quickly realized, that my wife Anita was his cousin 3rd grade. On 29. and 30. March 2014 Charlie had organized  a family reunion at Sundermeiers RV Park St. Charles and we met again. We even found the grave of ancestor Jacob Buehrle at the cemetery of O'Fallon. 
Only 2 weeks ago I called him and recognized, that his voice was very weak. 
We will never forget Charlie, because he has brought the family together. 
He was a humorous, friendly and likeable person, we will always remember!!!
Rest in peace. 
Werner and Anita Krüsmann from Hattingen Germany

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Charles "Charlie" William Buehrle

November 18, 1940 – March 13, 2016

Alexander-White-Mullen Funeral Home and Mt Lebanon Cemetery

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