Agnes M. Sartoris
Jan 17, 2010
Agnes M. Sartoris, age 94, of Troy, Illinois died at her residence on January 17, 2010 with family beside her. Agnes was born November 11, 1916 in Collinsville, Illinois to William V. and Ursual (nee Gaizauski) Ashmann. She married James J. Sartoris on November 16, 1935 at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Collinsville, Il. Mrs. Sartoris was a...
Millie Shaffer
Jan 10, 2010
Millie Shaffer, age 86, of Troy, Illinois passed away at her residence on Sunday, January 10, 2010. Mrs. Shaffer was born February 20, 1923 in Troy, Illinois to John H. and Ethel (nee Morriss) Collins. Millie was co-owner of G. A. Shaffer Agency, Troy, Il. She was a member of the Troy United Methodist Church, Troy Womens Club and Gateway...
Arthur A. Schmerbauch
Jan 9, 2010
Mr. Arthur A. Schmerbauch, age 77, of Troy, Illinois, died January 9, 2010 at Anderson Hospital in Maryville, Illinois. Arthur was born in Fayetteville, Illinois on April 23, 1932 to Charles H. and Julia B., nee Sutton, Schmerbauch. Mr. Schmerbauch served in the U.S. Army and was a Korean War Verteran. Arthur retired from Granite City Steel and was a...
Eugene Morelli
Jan 8, 2010
Mr. Eugene Morelli, age 94, of St. Charles, MO. died January 8, 2010 at St. Anthony's Medical Center, St. Louis, MO. Mr. Morelli was born on January 22, 1915 in Altoona, PA. and had previously resided in Troy, Illinois from 1961 to 2001. Eugene was a member of St. Jerome Catholic Church and had served many years as an alderman...
Carol Rae Horner
Jan 7, 2010
Carol Rae Horner, 70, of Belleville, Ill., born March 21, 1939, in East St. Louis, Ill., died Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, at her home. Carol was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents, George Lee and Esther, nee Reedy, Toussaint; and a granddaughter, Angela M. Lee. Surviving are her husband, Hugh Horner of Belleville, Ill.; a son,...
Browder Franklin Butler
Jan 4, 2010
Browder Franklin Butler, 84, of Blue Mound, Ill., born April 26, 1925, in Rardin, Ill., died Monday, Jan. 4, 2010, at Fair Haven Christian Home, Decatur, Ill. Mr. Butler was a pipe fitter for A.E. Staley's Manufacturing where he retired in 1986 after 39 years of service. He graduated from Charleston High School in 1942. He joined the U.S. Navy...
Richard E. Shoemate
Dec 24, 2009
Richard E. Shoemate, U.S. Navy (retired), 81, of Apopka, Fla., born Jan. 7, 1928, in LaHarpe, Ill., died Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009, at Hospice of the Comforter, Altamonte, Fla. Mr. Shoemate lived for many years in St. Jacob, Ill. He retired in 1987 from Conoco Oil Company. He was preceded in death by his parents, Alva and Willie, nee Garland,...
Fred P. Vincenzo
Dec 22, 2009
Fredrick P. Vincenzo, 71, of Villa Rica, Ga., born Feb. 24, 1938, in St. Louis, Mo., died Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, at his home. Mr. Vincenzo was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Carrolton, Ga. Fredrick was preceded in death by his parents, Fredrick P. and Ann,...
Matthew Paul Kleemann
Dec 19, 2009
Matthew Paul Kleemann, 27, of Highland, Ill, born May 1, 1982, in Corpus Christi, Texas, died Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009, in Troy, Ill. Matthew was a graduate of Metamora Community High School, Class of 2000. He was a musician playing with the bands, Our First Summer, and Nothing Still and Saucy Jack, and worked at Kelly's Butcher Shop at the...
Aretta Cant
Dec 19, 2009
Cant, Aretta (nee Eaton) on Saturday, December 19, 2009, in her 87 year of Zephyrhills, Florida. Beloved wife of the late Walter H. Cant, stepmother of Ernest H. "Jim" (Barbara) Cant of Pocahontas, Illinois. Grandmother of Scott (Cindy) Cant, Clint Lasiter, Amy (Jeff) Oliver and Jennifer (Gary) Stone. Great-Grandmother of Tyler Jewel, Jonathan Oliver, Jackson Oliver, Rebekah Oliver and Garrin...
Vera Take
Dec 17, 2009
Vera Take, nee Wieduwilt, 90, of Benton, Ill., formerly of Troy, Ill., born March 10, 1919, in Glen Carbon, Ill., died on Friday, Dec. 18, 2009, at Stonebridge Nursing Home in Benton, Ill. Mrs. Take had spent most of her life in the Troy area where she met her family's needs as homemaker, mother, and grandmother. Vera was preceded in...
Lynn Marie Loyet
Dec 13, 2009
Lynn Marie Loyet, 60, of Troy, Ill., born May 7, 1949, in East St. Louis, Ill., died on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009, at her home. Lynn was an artist and teacher who volunteered much of her time and talent at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in St. Louis, Mo., helping out with the shelter. Surviving are her parents, Kenneth...
Ernest Phillip Hammersmith
Dec 5, 2009
Mr. Ernest Phillip Hammersmith, age 91, of Troy, Illinois, born June 21, 1918 in Buffalo, New York, died December 5, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Hammersmith was a veteran and prior to retirement worked as a construction superintendent. Ernest was preceded in death by his parents Ernest Christian and Harriett Lenore, nee Phillips, Hammersmith. He is survived by his children,...
A. Thomas Edwards
Dec 3, 2009
A. Thomas Edwards, 83, of Troy, Ill., born Sept. 12, 1926, in St. Louis, Mo., died Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, at Anderson Hospital, Maryville, Ill. Tom and his family moved to Alton, Ill., in the early 1940's and later to Collinsville, Ill. He retired from the Triad School District in 1988 having worked at the Molden School as custodian. He...
William Harold Snyder, Jr.
Nov 24, 2009
William Harold Snyder, Jr., 79, of Troy, IL., born April 15, 1930 in Maryville, MO., died November 24, 2009 at Anderson Hospital in Maryville, IL. Mr. Snyder had been employed by the U.S. government at Scott Air Force Base as an electrical engineer. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and fought in the Korean War, and was a...
Henry Mannz
Nov 23, 2009
Mr. Henry Mannz, 89, born November 18, 1920 in Troy, Illinois, died November 23, 2009 at Cedar Ridge in Lebanon, Illinois. Henry was a retired farmer and rural letter carrier from 1963 to 1986 with the U.S. Postal Service. He was a member of Friedens United Church of Christ, Troy, Illinois and served on the church council. Henry served as...
Janet M. Young
Nov 8, 2009
Young, Janet Marie (nee Sapp) of Troy, Illinois died on Monday Nov. 8, 2009 in her 93 rd year. Beloved wife of the late Mack W. Young, Mother of Kathryn Gammon of Troy, IL, Eldon Mack Young of Troy, Il, Robert C. Young of Tecumseh, NB, and Stephen L. Young of Garden Grove, CA. Grandmother of Robert M., Sean T.,...
Dianne M. Decker
Nov 5, 2009
Dianne M. Decker, 49, of Normal, Ill., born Dec. 23, 1959, in Joliet, Ill., died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington, Ill. Mrs. Decker was a member of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Maryville, Ill., St. Patricks Catholic Church of Merna in Bloomington, Ill., and the Occupational Development Center of Normal, Ill. Dianne loved...
Gertrude A. Baumgartner
Nov 3, 2009
Gertrude Anna Baumgartner, 91, of Glen Carbon, Ill., born Feb. 7, 1918, in Trenton, Ill., died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, at Eden Village Care Center, Edwardsville, Ill. Mrs. Baumgartner was a homemaker. She was a resident of the Troy area since 1952. She was a member of St. Jerome Catholic Church, St. Ann's Altar Society and Ministries unlimited. She was...
Steven Edgar Chivers
Oct 23, 2009
Steven E. Chivers, age 52, of Collinsville, IL. died October 23, 2009 at his residence. He was born in Wynnewood, Oklahoma on March 20, 1957 to Edgar Phillip Chivers and Teddy Marie (nee Tuley) Chivers. Mr. Chivers was a veteran having served in the Air Force. In addition to his parents, Mr. Chivers is survived by his wife Bonnie (nee...
