Obituaries

Charles A. Nester, age 73, of St. Louis, MO, died on September 11, 2021, from a sudden heart attack. He was the adoring husband and best friend of JoAnn Nester. Married for 45 years, Charles’ love f...

George Salner passed away peacefully at age 86 on July 12, 2021. George was a musician, teacher, farmer, tax advisor, business owner and a loving father, grandfather and husband. Born in Vienna, Georg...

JoAn Isbell, daughter of Stuart and Clara Simmermacher, Cleveland, Ohio, finally faded away from Alzheimer’s disease in St. Louis, MO, on July 8th, 2021. She is survived by her sisters, Gay Long of ...

Ethan William Sandhu of Olivette, MO, was shot and killed at 2:50 pm on June 1, 2021. Ethan was unarmed, and his life was taken just eight days after graduating from Ladue Horton Watkins High School....

I have put off writing my mother’s obituary for over a year now. Who does that? No one. How can I sum up her life in a few paragraphs? It seems impossible and wrong. My mother always loved to...

Carol Stearns Stroud, 87, died on January 22, 2020, following a short illness with COVID-19. She had resided in a Dolan Memory Care Home (“Clermont”) for 8½ years. She is survived by her husband,...

On January 18, 2021, our Beloved mother Mary Emma Taylor, age 89 and affectionally called TULA, departed this life after many months of declining health. There isn’t a day that goes by that we don�...

Walter Jones passed away on December 29, 2020, at the age of 75. Beloved husband of Sarah Beaman-Jones, our dear father and grandfather. Walter was preceded in death by his parents, Geneva Jones (nee...

Susan “Sue” Jane (Fischer) Williams passed away at the age of 81 in St. Louis, MO on Saturday, December 12, 2020, at her memory care residence, The Sheridan at Laumeier Park. Sue was born in St. L...

Frank C. Kohn, Jr. , died of prostate cancer on Friday, Sept. 11. He is survived by his wife Florrie and daughters Rachel and Jessalyn. Frank will be remembered for living life well. He liked to camp,...

James was proceeded in death by his parents Theodore Kessel and Bernice (nee Barringer) Kessel, and his youngest sister Sharon Kessel. He is survived by his brother Bob (Dona) Kessel and sister Naomi ...

John was born August 25, 1946 in St. Louis, died August 22, 2020 at home in St. Louis. He is survived by his wife, Judy, two sisters – Rosemary and Patricia and one brother – Butch, one sister, D...

Craig Perry Bach of St. Louis, Missouri, passed away at the age of 55 on Thursday, August 20, 2020. Craig was born on March 25, 1965, to Gerald J. and Joan Lee Bach. He grew up in Creve Coeur, Missour...

Alan Stephen Nagle passed away on August 18, 2020, at age 69 in Webster Groves, Missouri. Alan was born in Norfolk Virginia and spent his childhood years in Charlotte, NC, graduating from East Meck...

Allison Marie James, passed away Thursday, June 25, 2020 in Winfield, MO at age 33. Allison, was born March 6, 1987 in Plano, TX and was raised in Carrollton, TX and St. Louis, MO. She graduated fro...

Kenneth (Ken) Howard Killion died at his home in St. Louis from esophageal cancer on April 8, 2020. Ken was born in Washington, DC, on January 15, 1950, to Richard Harvey Killion and Doris Elizabeth...

Loretta Joyce Anderson (Jordan, Pilgrim) Drebenstedt, born deaf 15 November 1939, enjoyed a long and amazing life and died with breast cancer and dementia 1 April 2020. Though she spent 2 years at ...

Harriet Lorraine Howard was born to the union of Elizabeth Terry and Melrose Douglas on October 27th, 1931, St. Louis, Missouri. She spent her childhood in St. Louis, Arkansas and Chicago but finished...

Loving son of Janet Cassidy and Richard (Tracy) Lay. Dear brother of Jerrod (Meghan) Lay. Special uncle of Carson Michael Lay. Grandson of Sondra Novell-Lay, Marian (Doug) Lashley, Betty Moyers a...

Bruce Godfrey Swaine, age 80, died peacefully at home on December 25, 2019. He was born on November 2, 1939 in St. Louis, Missouri, the eldest son of the late William Godfrey Swaine and Mary Louise (n...