Alma E. Huelskoetter

Alma E. Huelskoetter, nee Knobeloch, 93, of Mascoutah, IL, born Feb. 23, 1914 in Lookingglass Township, Clinton Co., IL, died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007 at the Grange Nursing Home in Mascoutah, IL.


Alma was a homemaker, member of St. John United Church of Christ, Mascoutah, IL and the St. Clair County Farm Bureau.


She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold C. Huelskoetter, whom she married in Lebanon, IL on June 29, 1932 and who died Aug. 23, 1999, her parents, Otto and Isabelle, nee Espenschied, Knobeloch, a son and daughter-in-law, Ronald and JoAnne Huelskoetter, son-in-law, Donald Funk, six brothers, Herman, Otto, Oscar, Edward, Arthur, and Earl Knobeloch, and two sisters, Edna Armstrong and Irene Krausz.


She is survived by four daughters, Nathalie (Norman) Reiske of Kimberling City, MO, Betty Ann (John) Whelan of St. Petersburg, FL, Marian Funk of Trenton, IL, and Constance (Robert) Shildt of Pinellas Park, FL; 11 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren; five great great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.


Memorials may be made to Family Hospice, 5110 W. Main St., Belleville, IL 62226, or Grange Nursing Home, 901 N. Tenth St., Mascoutah, IL 62258.


Visitation: Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, 2007 at the Moll Funeral Home, Mascoutah, IL.


Funeral: Funeral services will be held at 10 am Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007 at the Moll Funeral Home, Mascoutah, IL with The Rev. Hugh Fitz officiating. Burial will be in Summerfield Cemetery in Summerfield, IL.