Anna Marie Deakos, 76, of Troy, IL, born November 14, 1941 in Grodetz, Yugoslavia, passed away on Thursday, May 24, 2018 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

Anna Marie and Louis have lived in the Troy area over 40 years and were members of St. Jerome Catholic Church in Troy. Anna Marie loved to garden and bake and any activity that included her grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; Josef and Franziska (nee Rankel) Roschitz; sister, Resi Schuss; brothers, Josef Franz Roschitz (Anna), Willi Roschitz (Magdi), Ernst Roschitz (Brigitte), Walter Roschitz (Kathy), and Albert Roschitz (Helga).

Surviving are her husband, Louis R. Deakos of Troy, IL; children, Christine Deakos of Edwardsville, IL, Maria Deakos of Edwardsville, IL, Peter (Sue) Deakos of Edwardsville, IL, and Joseph (Elizabeth) Deakos of St. Louis, MO,; grandchildren, Katherine, Luke, Grace, and Tate Deakos and Gabriel Walton; sister, Erna (Delbert) Stitz of Overland Park, KS; aunt, cousin and friend to many.

Memorials may be made to St. John the Baptist Cemetery, 511 S Main St, Troy, IL 62294, Sudan Relief Fund or Edmondite Missions. Online expressions of sympathy may be made at www.Richesonfh.com

Friends may call 5 to 8 pm Tuesday, May 29, and 9 to 10 am Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at St. Jerome Catholic Church, 511 S Main St, Troy, IL 62294.

Funeral Mass will be held 10 am Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at St. Jerome Catholic Church with Fr. Kevin Laughery officiating. Interment will be in St. John the Baptist Cemetery, Blackjack, IL

Richeson Funeral Home, Troy