Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Doris and her late husband Donald O. Schnuck founded Schnucks Markets grocery stores.
Doris Schnuck, wife of the late Donald O. Schnuck, died May 11, 2013, at her home in Clayton. Together the Schnucks expanded Schnucks Markets, which has grown to include over 100 grocery stores. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Schnuck, 88, had been in failing health recently. Her children run the family company now. Quoting from the Post-Dispatch: Scott Schuck is chairman of the board and CEO. Todd Schnuck is president and COO. Craig Schnuck is chairman of the executive committee. Mark Schnuck is president of Desco Group, the family's real estate operation. Terry Schnuck and daughter Nancy Diemer are retired from day-to-day operations at the company. Terry, formerly secretary and general counsel, is now in the musical theater …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
The following is a list of obituaries posted by area funeral homes the past week.
Lupton Chapel (University City) Jay B. Smith Funeral Home (Maplewood) Kriegshauser Mortuary-West Chapel (Olivette) Other passings:
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Dr. Richard Riegel, a Richmond Heights resident, passed away just three months after his wife Dr. Suzanne Saueressig Riegel died.
Dr. Richard Riegel, a Richmond Heights resident who operated a veterinarian clinic in Maplewood for years, died April 30, 2013, at age 85. Riegel's wife, groundbreaking veterinarian Dr. Suzanne Saueressig Riegel, died in February at age 88. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the couple met while Reigel was a veterinary student at the University of Missouri and interning at the Missouri Humane Society. To read the full Post obituary, click here. Funeral Services Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Thursday at Ambruster Chapel. The funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at Little Flower Catholic Church.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
The following is a list of obituaries posted by area funeral homes the past week.
Click on a name to take you to a full obituary. Ambruster Chapel (Clayton) Lupton Chapel (University City) Jay B. Smith Funeral Home (Maplewood) Kriegshauser Mortuary-West Chapel (Olivette) Other obituaries:
Sunday, April 28, 2013
The following is a list of obituaries posted by area funeral homes the past week.
Ambruster Chapel (Clayton) Jay B. Smith Funeral Home (Maplewood) Kriegshauser Mortuary-West Chapel (Olivette)
Friday, April 26, 2013
The Washington University research scientist, Charlie Parker, died this week at the age of 83 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Washington University School of Medicine research scientist Charlie Parker, 83, died this week after a battle with pancreatic cancer. (Read the Post-Dispatch article here.) Parker grew up in Webster Groves where he graduated from the high school in 1947, the Post-Dispatch article states. His research not only helped better treatments for allergy and asthma sufferers, but the Post also reports Parker developed penicillin skin-testing which determines if patients are at high risk for anaphylaxis. Parker, a professor of medicine at Washington University for more than four decades, reportedly founded Washington University’s division of allergy and immunology in 1964. Parker's body was cremated, …
Sunday, April 21, 2013
The following is a list of obituaries posted by area funeral homes the past week.
Click on a name to take you to a full obituary. Lupton Chapel (University City) Jay B. Smith Funeral Home (Maplewood) Kriegshauser Mortuary-West Chapel (Olivette)
Sunday, April 14, 2013
The following is a list of obituaries posted by area funeral homes the past week.
Click on a name to take you to a full obituary. Ambruster Chapel (Clayton) Lupton Chapel (University City) Jay B. Smith Funeral Home (Maplewood) Janet Smith Kriegshauser Mortuary-West Chapel (Olivette) Other obituaries: About this column: A collection of local obituaries and funeral notices.
Sunday, April 7, 2013
The following is a list of obituaries posted by area funeral homes the past week.
Click on a name to take you to a full obituary. Ambruster Chapel (Clayton) Lupton Chapel (University City) Jay B. Smith Funeral Home (Maplewood) Kriegshauser Mortuary-West Chapel (Olivette)
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
A funeral Mass for Msgr. Jerome Wilkerson will be celebrated Friday, April 5, at Our Lady of Lourdes Church.
A priest who served the University City and Washington University communities for many years has died. Msgr. Jerome Wilkerson was 88. He died March 28, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Wilkerson became the founding director in 1963 of the Newman Center at the Washington University medical campus. He also served as a pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in the 1980s. The St. Louis Review's obituary reported that Wilkerson was appointed pastor of Lourdes in 1982. He was named pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Clayton in 1994. He retired in 1999. The Post obituary noted Wilkerson's reputation as a "society priest." Quoting from the Post: He was a longtime priest for the Busch family and celebrated Christmas Mass for many years …
