Oswald Carlos "Kutchie" Pelaez, Jr.
July 1, 1953 ~ April 3, 2022
Born in:
Asheville, NC
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Asheville Butterfly TrailOswald Carlos “Kutchie” Pelaez, Jr., 68, set sail for Paradise on Sunday, April 3, 2022, in his family home, surrounded by loved ones.
Father, Husband, Warrior, Poet- Kutchie Pelaez made his grand debut on July 1, 1953, in Asheville to the late Oswald Carlos Pelaez, Sr. and Polly Riddle Pelaez. Kutchie was a graduate of Asheville High School and he, alongside his wife and family, owned and operated various enterprises throughout his lifetime, most notably Kutchie’s Key West Bar and Grill in Arden.
Kutch was a true renaissance man- an artist with not only brush and pen but a truly gifted sculptor and celebrated chef, providing “The Place To Be” to his community for over three decades. Among his many passions and interests in his fleeting time with us-including being a lifetime member of Calvary Baptist Church- he was a true lover of animals and the great outdoors; a man of the mountains but also the beaches.
Kutch left this world as he lived it- bravely and with a tenacity that we are not soon likely to see again. He is celebrated in life by his wife, Anita Heaton Pelaez; sons, “The Three Amigos”- Oswald Carlos III, Santino Nicholas, and Joseph Pacino; granddaughters, (his heartbeats) Cordelia and Elena Pelaez; brothers, Pete Pelaez (Jan) and Joseph Horecny (Terri); sister, Patricia Burke (Curtis); along with many beloved nieces and nephews. He is also preceded in death by his sister, Judie Davis.
The memorial service will be held on Sunday, April 24, at 3:00 p.m., at Woodfin Riverside Park, 1598 Riverside Drive, Woodfin, NC 28804.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Four Seasons Hospice, 571 S. Allen Road, Flat Rock, NC 28731.
Services
Funeral Home Assisting The Family:
Groce Funeral Home - Patton Ave.
1401 Patton Ave.
Asheville, NC 28806
(828)252-3535
http://www.grocefuneralhome.com
Am thinking of all of your wonderful family. I’m so glad the Three Amigos are close by.
A force of light and love my entire life. I don’t know how else to describe Kutch. He always had a story, a remedy, a smile, for any situation. Two sayings from him I’ll hear always; “Glad you got to see me” and “I’ll dance at your wedding”…will forever be in my heart. While he wasn’t able to dance at my wedding, he was then, and will always and forever have my soul dancing. I can’t write all of the stories here, but know that my heart overflows with love and gratitude because you are part of it. Love always, “Your little ketchup bottle” (he knows what this means 🥰)
We are so sad too hear the loss Kutch, each of you are in our thoughts and prayers. May the Lord bless you and comfort you during this time.
To Anita, a truly warm. loving caring person, my prayers are with you.
Anita I am thinking of you and your family with love and friendship. My heart hurts for you.
My soul sister, Anita. Mere words cannot express my heart feelings for you and the Boys. What a gracious and wonderful caregiver and life partner you have been. I count it a privilege to be your friend and know your precious family. Always my love
My sincere condolences. You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers.
With sincere sympathy to you, Anita, and your family! May your memories be of great comfort in coming days!
Joe, Terri, Allie and Zoe Horecny
What wonderful and thoughtful words to honor such a special man. Thoughts and prayers during this difficult time for the family. Love you Anita.
Kutch! So talented in so many ways, and so brave to have endured the ravages of M.S. for so long. A wonderful
father and family man. Anita and the boys, our hearts and payers are with you. Lots of love and God speed.
We are so sorry for your loss. Thinking of you.
Julie
Anita and the 3 Amigos: saddened to hear of Kutchie’s passing. I have fond memories of sitting at the bar with David, Rob, Sy and Kimberly. I have made Sy and Kimberly aware of his death. We’d love to know when the memorial service takes place, if possible
The memorial service will be held on Sunday, April 24, at 3:00 p.m., at Woodfin Riverside Park, 1598 Riverside Drive, Woodfin, NC 28804.
To the family, I am sorry for the grief that you are feeling.
Knowing of God’s love for you, continue to look to him when he ” will wipe out all tears from our eyes, death, suffering, and pain will be no more “Revelation 21:3,4
He says death is an ” enemy that will be brought to nothing ” 1 Corinthians 15:26
How comforting to know that this will be a thing of the past and through Christ Jesus a resurrection for our loved ones.
jrfdog@gmail.com
Sure, you gave birth to the Three Amigos, but you two are the original Dos Amigos–who gave birth to the Key West realities in this Asheville part of the world. When entering your home, I always had the feeling of moving into the world of Key West.
Even when incapacitated, sitting at his desk command post, Kutch insisted that he was going back to work. He was doggedly determined to achieve his desires. The work he held fast to was the work of the Key West Bar & Grill–the salad dressings he’d make, the menu he kept in his desk drawer, the heavy boxes he heaved, and restaurant he labored to care for with such love.
The love affair of Kutch and Anita was always evident–the way they related to each other, sense of humor, able to harmonize their differences while standing in them, each as half of the whole. Anita was not only his forever lover but also his dedicated and relentless caretaker, who’d fight for his welfare with hospital, physicians, and agencies– time and time and time again. With all that Kutch endured, he never lost his dignity–because he held strong to his hold on himself, and because Anita never lost sight of his dignity either.
I was on their team for several years as CarePartners Palliative Care nurse practitioner; I’m grateful that Kutch has been able to move on, my heart full of tenderness with warm memories and appreciation of his spirit, gratitude for association with Kutch and Anita, and to have been in the presence of their fierce love for each other, for their three devoted sons Carlos, Santino, and Joseph, and Kutch’s father who lived just across the street before passing. The family’s middle name and credo must be “dignity in love.”
Rest in peace dear Kutch. You are loved. And what an absolutely dashing picture! Anita, we’re with you.
Deeply touched by a time when this KIND man stopped to help my son with his car when we had a breakdown. So sorry to have missed this.
Long lost cousin. I wish I would have found you sooner. RIP
Rest in peace, my old friend
Tye Graham
Captian Kutchie’s Key Lime Pie will Continue to Have An Effect on Lives For the Rest of Time.
I Tried The Captain Kutchie’s Key Lime Pies And Those PieGasams Healed All My
Symptoms Within The First 4-Weeks! I highly Recommend Captain Kutchie’s
Key Lime Pies For Anything That Ails You!….(“They’re Great”!!!.)..
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…Kobe Bryant May Be Retiring From Basket Ball But Captain Kutchie’s Is Still His Pie Of Choice!…
…Can’t Get Enough Of That Key Lime Pie, Key Lime Pie, Key Lime Pie. Can’t Get Enough Of That Key Lime Pie Or I’ll Just Cry Until I Die, I Don’t Know Why I Just Love My Key Lime Pies!….
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…This Key Lime Pie Is For Our Old Friend, “The Late Great MEADOWLARK LEMON”!…RIP OLD BUDDY!…Keep Spinning Those Pies Dude!…
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..This Key Lime Pie Goes Out-Too Our Other Buddy “GLENN FREY”!….Rock and Roll Heaven Just Keeps Feeling Up!….So Glenn,….Take It Easy Buddy. Or As You Always Said, You’ll Take It Anyway You Can Get It!…
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…that “Captain Kutchie Pelaez” of “Kutcharitaville” over
in Asheville, NC sure enough is “One Wild and Crazy Guy!” All the women
are so wild about him and his Famous Cheese Burgers and Key Lime Pies,
Hellaciously Fantastic Tender and Delicious Prime Ribs and Prime Steaks.
Drop Off the Bone Bar-B-Q Ribs, Pulled Pork and Beef Brisket.
His Drop Dead Gorgeous Wife “Anita” together in they’re Historic Key
Lime Pie Factory and Grill, where the Smiles and Ovens are always Warm
and Friendly, Inviting You to Spend A Little Time Resting and Enjoying
Your Time in They’re Little “Key West Island” near the Biltmore Estate
Close
By….Kind of Funny You Know, The World’s Greatest Key Lime Pies Aren’t
Even Baked In The Keys But At Kutcharitaville By Captain Kutchie
Pelaez and His Lovely Wife Anita In The Carolina Mountains!….Go
Figure!!!!!!!….Kutch Is The “CAPTAIN” That Put The “SOUL” In SOUL FOOD!…Who Would Have Thought That?…
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You’ll Soon Learn Why People Call “Captain Kutchie
Pelaez “The Most Interesting Man In The World!”…But don’t take our word
for it, follow the Long Lines to “Anita and Captain Kutchie Pelaez’s Key
West-Kutcharitaville Key Lime Pie Factory and Grill’. “The Place To Be”
since 1976!
Don’t be fooled into thinking that Jimmy Buffett
designed or had anything to do with this place. Just Ask Miss Sunshine Smith! That would be an insult.
Kutchie’s was here long before anyone ever heard of JB……Sheesh!
Donald Trump loves KUTCHARITAVILLE so much that he often has take-out
flown to him in NEW YORK CITY! WOW! He must really love those original
cheese burgers in paradise, we sure do, they have our vote for sure.
My best friend said she heard last week that Donald Trump and Stephen
Colbert together are planing on a Welcome to the USA Party for “Pope Francis”
to be held soon over in Asheville, NC at “Kutcharitaville”.
Some party that will be for sure!
Think, I’ll just get all the girls together and we can all Nude-Up and
go too “Captain Kutchie’s” and Get Drunk and Screw! Let’s Go Y’all!
Captain Kutchie’s Key Lime Pies Are World Famous For Giving Everyone
That Eats Them They’re Very First “PIEGASAM”….That’s Probably why one
must be over 18 years of age to purchase one or have an adult present.
…Oh and all that Great Fall Off The Bone Bar-B-Q Slow Smoking Beef Briskets, Pork Ribs, Shoulders and Pork Butts…“Carly
Fiorino” say’s that she Can Smell They’re Butts Miles Away!….Or Maybe She
Was Just Smelling “Hillary”!…..OMG?
…The Late Great “Captain Tony Tarracino” of Key West Fame was an Old
Friend of “Captain Kutchie Pelaez”. Together the two of them Sailed Many
Adventures Not Known To Much Of The World! Cheese Burgers, Rum, Scotch,
Cigarettes, Cigars, Treasure Maps, Pizzas, Chocolate Bars and Key Lime
Pies Helped The Two Make History. If You Can Believe It Even “Mel
Fisher” Was Known To Hang With Them!….
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Captain Kutchie The Key Lime Pie Whisperer!…
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Thank “GOD” That Noah Had Two of Kutchie’s Key Lime Pies On That Ark!….
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And Don’t Forget “Ernest Hemingway’s” (Original Thinking Post) ! There
Was Only One And “Captain Kutchie” Has It. Don’t Miss It.
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Hillary Sucks!…………………….Bill Does Too!…….I Feel His Pain, Don’t You?…
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..Captain Kutchie Pelaez For President And Anita Pelaez For First Lady!!!
They Will Put A Key Lime Pie and A Gallon Of Fresh Kutcharita’s in Every Refrigerator!….
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..Oh, I Forgot One,….That Chuck Todd Sucks Too!….That Sleazy Eyed Gutter Snipper!….Sheesh Give Me A Break!…Where Did They Find That Moron?.
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…”Captain
Kutchie Pelaez”,….Who Loves You Pretty Baby!,…Who, Who,
Who!……Everybody Does!…We Loved Your Movies Too, Please Make Some
More. All Your Fan Base Loves You “Captain Kutch”!….
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…And Like You Said Captain Kutch…..No More Clinton’s, …No More Obama’s, and… No More Bush’s/ (Vito Corleone)!
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..Talk About Snake’s In The Grass, We Sure Do Have Enough Of Them For A Lifetime!…
Now That’s What I’m Talking About!…
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…Praise The Lord And God Bless The USA!…….So Don’t Worry Mon, Bee Happy!….
…SNL
Just Hasn’t Been Very Funny Since Captain Kutchie Got Mad That Night,
Got His Key Lime Pies Packed Back-Up And Stomped-Out With Them Under His
Arms!…Yeah, What Was All That About?…Wonder What Lorne Michaels and Larry David Thought About Them Apples!…
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…Possibly The Most Compelling Pie To Cross Anyone’s Palate In The History Of Our Great Nation!…
..Anita and Kutchie Pelaez’s World Famous Key Lime Pie’s At Your Service Whenever The Mood Strikes You!……YUM!…..
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…No It’s Not Star Wars!……Let The Key Lime Pie’s Be With You!….
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.ever wonder who writes all this crap?,….me too…they should get some kind of award…..
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….Forget About It!……
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……………………………………………………………………………… ………..It Don’t Mean Nothen!………
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