Marian Carol (nee Gayer) Riley Scuras of O'Fallon, Ill., passed away at home on Monday, October 27, 2025, shortly after her 85th birthday, due to complications of congestive heart failure.

She was born on October 14, 1940, in St. Louis, Mo. As the eldest child of Paul W. and Matilda (Krill) Gayer, she lived the first years of her life in St. Louis before moving to Zeigler, Ill. on her 9th birthday, along with her brother Bill, sister Margaret Ann, and brother Tom.

After graduating from Zeigler High School in 1958, she worked as a secretary, first at the high school and later at a Zeigler bank.

In 1960 she became a military wife when she married James T. Riley of Zeigler. They were posted to a series of bases in the western US where they had three children together before he was killed in Vietnam in 1968. Marian and her children then lived in Herrin and then Carbondale for a few years before she married James B. Scuras of Murphysboro, Ill. in 1971, becoming a military wife for a second time; and the family was based at Quonset Point in Rhode Island. They had two children together. After his military retirement, they moved to Murphysboro.

Marian worked at the YMCA in Carbondale and Charter Bank in Murphysboro. After being widowed again in 1992, she got a degree from John A. Logan College, and she worked as a medical transcriptionist. After retirement, she moved to live with her daughter in O'Fallon, Ill.

She was preceded in death by her 2 husbands; her son, Kevin Timothy Scuras; and her sister, Margaret Ann Baughman.

She is survived by her sons, Sean Scuras (wife Catherine Paul) and Danny Scuras; her daughters, Megan Brown (husband Rod) and Katie Scuras; her brothers, Bill Gayer and Tom Gayer (wife Bonnie); daughter-in-law, Robbin Scuras; grandchildren, Ryan Brown, Emily Lester (husband Alec), and Nathan Brown; her new great-grandson, Cameron Alec Lester, born in September; her sister-in-law, Celeste (husband Terry) Hart; brother-in-law Charles Baughman; numerous nieces and nephews; and her beloved dog, Marti. Marian was a rabid St Louis Cardinals fan and named Marti after player Jose Martinez.

A memorial gathering will be held on Saturday, November 8, 2025 from 1 to 3 pm at Wolfersberger Funeral Home, 102 W Washington St, O'Fallon, Ill. - suit and tie not required. You are encouraged to wear red, if you have it.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to the animal rescue or shelter of your choice. Online guestbook available at www.wfh-ofallon.com.