Obituaries

Robert Edward Backowski Went to the afterlife at 89 years of age on Monday, September 27, 2021. Services:  Funeral Mass will be held on Monday, October 4 at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, 4431 Lindell Boulevard at 10 am....

Barbara Budde (nee Weber) fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church, Monday, September 27, 2021. Beloved wife of the late William J. Budde, dear mother of Julia (Malcolm) Fallon, Aimee (Mark) Cordes, and William Budde, dear grandmother of Kurt (Amanda), Geoff (Ashlee) and Jordan Fallon; Madeline and Olivia Cordes,…...

Joseph Elias Ojile Fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church, Joseph Elias ‘Joe’ Ojile, 97, of St. Louis, MO, passed away at home surrounded by his family on Wednesday, September 22, 2021.  He was born to Lebanese immigrant parents, Elias J. and Zakia (Mattar) Ojile, on April 25, 1924…...

Regina Marie Southern 74, passed away after a short battle with cancer on September 15, 2021 in St. Louis, Missouri in the company of her sons and daughters-in-law. She was born to Arthur and Wanda (Corlett) Southern in Washington, D.C., but spent the majority of her life in Sacramento, CA…...

John Morris Hillestad John Morris Hillestad, 88, passed away at Mari De Villa Retirement Center in Town and Country, MO on Monday, September 13, 2021.  He was born on May 28, 1933 to Margaret (Goodman) and Maurice Hillestad in Middle River, WI, and was predeceased by his wife of 61 years,…...

William  Edward  Knowles of St. Louis, asleep in the Lord on Sunday, September 5, 2021.  He was born on November 28, 1936, in Shepherdsville, KY, the fifth of 13 children.  Bill grew up in Corydon, IN, and came to St. Louis in 1959, where he worked in the women’s shoe…...

Patricia Fay Heneghan fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church, Fri., Sept. 3, 2021. Dear daughter of the late Leo P. and Gertrude Heneghan (nee Seager), dear sister of the late June (the late Charles) Brown, John C. Heneghan, and Barbara (the late Richard) Bene, and dear aunt. Services: …...

SHARON ANNE SCHWEISS (nee Brown) Fortified with the Sacraments of the Holy Mother Church on Sunday, August 29, 2021. Dear mother of Anne Clare Roth, Bernard Paul (Kelly) Schweiss, Sharon Cathleen Reigel, Colleen Marie (Matt) Curran, and Robert Mark (Anne) Schweiss. Dear Grandmother of Jamie, James, Jeremy, Peter, Katy, John,…...

Marion Clare Wyers Fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church at the age of 88, Tuesday evening, August 3, 2021. Dear sister of Betty (the late Paul J. Jr.) Metzger and the late Charles (the late Gloria nee Ebeling) Wyers, dear aunt of Mary Beth Connolly (Dan Krankeola), Sue…...

Mary Graf Bard Wife of the late William Robert Bard.  Daughter of the late Herman Graf and Emma Graf  (nee Koop). Our dear cousin and friend to many. Mary was a long-term member of Second Presbyterian Church, where she served as an Elder, Trustee and Deaconess.  She was the Church…...