Lucille S. Karpel

Lucille S. Karpel, 76, of Mascoutah, IL, born Oct. 26, 1931 in Damiansville, IL, died Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Belleville, IL


Lucille was a homemaker and a member of Holy Childhood Catholic Church in Mascoutah, IL.


She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert F. Karpel, whom she married in Damiansville, IL Oct. 12, 1954 and who died Oct. 24, 1989, her parents, Henry and Ida, nee Singler, Billhartz, and three brothers, Norbert, Ralph and Bernard Billhartz in infancy.


She is survived by 3 daughters, Shirley Ann Karpel of Mascoutah, IL, Jane Ellen (Larry) Litteken of Trenton, IL, Jean Marie (Jim) Endres of Germantown, IL, one son, Jim Karpel of Mascoutah, IL, 5 grandchildren, Justin, Alicia, and Kirk Litteken and Lauren and Lance Endres, three sisters, Ella Mae Voss of New Baden, IL, Arlene (Hugo) Schulte of Belleville, IL, Carol Ann Billhartz of New Baden, IL and one brother, Vernon (Pauline) Billhartz of New Baden, IL, also survived by sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law and numerous nieces and nephews.


Memorials may be made to Holy Childhood Memorial Improvement Fund, in the form of masses, or to American Diabetes Association.


Visitation: Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008 at the Moll Funeral Home in Mascoutah, IL. A prayer service will be held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday evening at the funeral home.


Funeral: A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008 at Holy Childhood Catholic Church in Mascoutah, IL with Msgr. Jerome Hartlein officiating. Burial will be in Holy Childhood Catholic Cemetery.