Marc Dino Teichert, “Cubby”, of Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, passed away after recently being diagnosed with esophageal cancer. He was 44.
Born in Germany, Marc attended earned his degree in Information Technology management and support. For several years he worked for Siemens, where he was responsible for the IT service for their main customer, the German military, maintaining highly secured communication server systems for NATO. For the last six years, Marc did tech support at Pharmacare Hawaii.
On Sept. 4, 2018, in a fit of insomnia, he was online and met the man with whom he would fall in love. Marc was in Hawaii and Hendric was in Los Angeles, so the hours worked out for these late-night conversations. At the end of their conversations, the couple would listen to their special song, “Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight” by the Spaniels.
Marc was a very uneasy flier and one sympathetic flight crew gifted him “Ted”, a comfort bear. Ted made many, many trips with Marc. After two years of nervous flights and wonderful visits, the couple decided to be together for real. Hendric left Los Angeles to be with his new love during the pandemic.
Marc loved film scores, but not soundtracks, and was a gifted composer and musician. His work may be found easily on the Apple, Spotify and Amazon streaming platforms.
He is survived by his partner of eight years, Hendric Figueroa, and his step-brother Thomas Flerus and cousin Lisa Dellweg, both of Germany. He was son of the late Lutz Teichert and Inge Taufenback Teichert.
The family is choosing to be present for Marc’s green cremation. A celebration of life is being planned; please contact Inclusive Funeral Care for details. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his name to the American Cancer Society: https://www.cancer.org/.
Arrangements by Inclusive Funeral Care, 773-318-1305 or www.InclusiveFuneralCare.com.