Geraldine Kloustermeyer
Sep 20, 2007
Katherine Geraldine "Gerry" Kloustermeyer (nee Hemmer), age 93, died September 20, 2007 at Covenant Care of O'Fallon, Ill. Gerry was born October 4, 1913 in O'Fallon, Illinois to Edward R. and Mary Frances (nee O'Neill) Hemmer. In her youth, she relocated often due to her father's work as a coalminer. She graduated from Taylorville High School in 1929 at the...
Valla Dee Parker
Sep 16, 2007
Valla Dee Parker, age 89, formerly of The Fountains of Shiloh, passed away September 16, 2007 at Cedar Ridge Health Care Center, Lebanon, Ill. She was born July 10, 1918 to William Talley and Octa Helen (nee Johnson) Nunley in Crawford, Texas. She had previously worked as a telephone operator for Sears Company, and later as a civil servant for...
Jean Harrington
Sep 14, 2007
Dina "Jean" Harrington, age 85, of The Fountains of Shiloh, passed away Friday, September 14, 2007 at Cedar Ridge Health Care Center in Lebanon, Illinois. Born February 13, 1922 in Fort Niagara, New York to Charles O. and Isabelle (nee Colter) Purdy, she married James B. Harrington, Jr. She had taught kindergarten in her early years. Jean was a talented...
Maria Butler
Sep 10, 2007
The world became a lesser place on September 10, 2007 with the passing of Maria Butler, nee Iwanowa, of O'Fallon, IL due to complications from pancreatic cancer. My mother was born in a small village outside of Moscow in what was then the Soviet Union on June 5, 1923. She was a naturalized American who was extremely proud of her...
Zoe Z. Rogers
Sep 10, 2007
Zoe Zelda Rogers Passed on September 10, 2007, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Belleville, Illinois, surrounded by her family. Beloved wife of Larry for 24 years, daughter of Dale Carpenter and the late Sally Carpenter, sister of Vickie Ingle, Leif Carpenter and Russell McMahon. She will live forever in the hearts of those she has touched, especially her children Margaux and...
Bernard A. Obernuefemann
Sep 8, 2007
Bernard A. Obernuefemann, age 89, lifelong resident of O'Fallon, IL, passed away Saturday, September 8, 2007 at Rosewood Care Center, Swansea, Illinois. He was born December 14, 1917 to David and Ida (nee Bugger) Obernuefemann. He married Onita Druessel on May 7, 1946. She preceded him in death on May 22, 2006, after 60 years of marriage. A lifelong farmer,...
Opal Murdock Lowry
Sep 7, 2007
Opal Murdock Lowry, age 96, died September 7, 2007 at the Rosewood Nursing Home in St. Louis County, Mo. The daughter of John Robert Murdock and Lucy Alice Boyd, she was born April 24, 1911 on a farm in Sullivan County, near Bairdston, Mo. On November 29, 1934 she married Carl J. Lowry, who preceded her in death. In addition,...
Elizabeth J. Larsen
Aug 28, 2007
Elizabeth "Dolly" Larsen, (nee Steele) age 71, of O'Fallon, Ill., born in St. Paul, Minn., passed away Tuesday evening, August 28, 2007 at Rosewood Care Center in Swansea. Elizabeth was a devoted wife, supporting her husband's military career. She was a dedicated homemaker and a loving mother to her four children. Elizabeth was a member of the Sears Retiree Club...
Geraldine P. Bobbitt
Aug 13, 2007
Geraldine "Jerry" P. Bobbitt Geraldine Bobbitt, (nee Phillips) age 84, of O'Fallon, Illinois, born July 6, 1923 in Hillsboro, Texas, passed away Monday, August 13, 2007, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Jerry moved to O'Fallon in 1961, in support of her husband's career. Jerry was a member of the World Organization of China Painters, Carbondale Porcelain Art Guild,...
Oscar H. Brandmeyer
Aug 6, 2007
Oscar H. Brandmeyer, age 84, of O'Fallon, Illinois, passed away Monday, August 6, 2007. Oscar was born February 21, 1923 in Mascoutah, Illinois, to Oscar J. and Helen (nee Meyer) Brandmeyer. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the US Navy. Mr. Brandmeyer was retired from Civil Service as a Cook. He served on the O'Fallon Fire...
Ella Morse
Jul 31, 2007
Ella Morse, age 73, of Fairview Heights, passed away Tuesday evening, July 31, 2007 in O'Fallon, Illinois. Ella was born September 27, 1933, in St. Louis, Missouri, to Joseph and Theresa (nee Gaal) Theves. She was retired from a trucking company, where she worked as a billing clerk. Ella is survived by her three children, Richard, Laurie, and Kathleen; and...
Roy J. Rasp
Jul 21, 2007
Roy J. Rasp, 88, of Shiloh, Ill. passed away Saturday morning, July 21, 2007 at his home. Born April 26, 1919 to Albert and Mary (nee Hildebrande) Rasp in Shiloh, Ill., Roy served in the US Army from 1942 to 1946 earning a Bronze Star during World War II. He farmed for most of his life in the Shiloh Valley...
Shirley A. Ahring
Jul 13, 2007
Age 79, of Breese, Ill. She was born to Walter C. and Ida G. (Nee Gramm) Gentsch in Belleville, Ill. Shirley was a retired secretary for JMJ Sanitation and Trash Hauling. She was a member of Order of Eastern Star, Past Mother Advisor of Rainbow Girls, Past President of Mary & Martha Society, and a member of O'Fallon United Church...
Doris I. Hertenstein
Jul 12, 2007
Doris I. Hertenstein (nee Joseph), 93, of O'Fallon, Ill., died Thursday, July 12, 2007 in Belleville, Ill. She was born May 4, 1914 to Frank and Frieda (nee Portz) Joseph in O'Fallon, Ill. Mrs. Hertenstein was an elementary school teacher and was a member of O'Fallon United Church of Christ and the Shiloh Valley Garden Club. She is survived by...
Eileen M. Miller
Jul 2, 2007
Eileen Marie Miller, age 65, O'Fallon, passed away Monday, July 2, 2007 at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, Ill. She was born May 30, 1942 in Belleville, Ill. to Leo and Hazel (nee Gotter) Sutcliff. Eileen married Keith Miller on July 25, 1964 in Fairview Heights, Ill. She had worked as a Quality Control specialist for Continental Can Co., where she...
Annabelle Rita Fergus
Jul 1, 2007
Annabelle Rita Fergus (nee Appell), 76, of O'Fallon, Ill., passed away Sunday, July 1, 2007. She was born July 13, 1930 to Earl Elbert and Alice Ida (nee Gay) Appell in St. Louis, MO. Mrs. Fergus had been an active member of the O'Fallon Woman's Club, St. Clare Catholic Church Altar Sodality, O'Fallon Book Club, and the Officer Wives' Club...
William J. Bush
Jun 10, 2007
Colonel William J. Bush, II, USAF (retired), age 66, of O'Fallon, Illinois, passed away Sunday, June 10, 2007 in Rochester, Minn. He was born March 6, 1941 in Parkersburg, West Virginia to William J. and Belva (nee Rummager) Bush. Col Bush attended Tulane University prior to entering the United States Air Force through the Aviation Cadet program in 1963. He...
Joseph H. Louis, Jr.
Jun 7, 2007
Age 86, of O'Fallon, Ill. passed away Thursday evening. Born to Joseph and Christine (nee George) Louis in O'Fallon, Ill., Joseph served in the US Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945. He farmed for most of his life in the O'Fallon area and married Emma T. Bertram, nee Pellegrini, in 1963. He belonged to the St. Clair County Farm...
Edgar Anthony Munie
May 28, 2007
Edgar Anthony Munie, age 92, of Belleville, Ill., passed away Monday evening, May 28, 2007. Edgar was born September 19, 1914 to George Joseph and Magdelena T. (nee Dammerich) Munie in Belleville, Ill. Mr. Munie was a long-time parishioner of St. Clare Catholic Church, O'Fallon and was a dairy farmer for many years. He was an antique gasoline-engine enthusiast;...
Dorothy I. Carson
May 13, 2007
Dorothy I. Carson (nee Stoeckel), age 81, of O'Fallon, born in Millstadt Township, IL, passed away in her O'Fallon home Sunday evening. Dorothy was born to Joseph V. and Frieda M. (nee Pflugmacher) Stoeckel. She married Richard Carson, Jr. on February 23, 1949 at St. James Church, Millstadt, IL. She was a faithful parishioner of St. Nicholas Catholic Church, O'Fallon....
