Cmsgt Robert Dean Orrell, Usaf (Ret)

CMSgt Robert Dean Orrell, USAF (Ret), 91, of Mascoutah, IL, born Nov. 3, 1925 in Peck, KS, died Monday, Feb. 13, 2017 at the MarKa Nursing Home in Mascoutah, IL.

Robert was a retired Chief Master Sergeant from the United States Air Force serving his country from 1943 to 1968.  He also retired as a vocational education teacher of electronics at Collinsville, IL in 1993.  He was a member of the O’Fallon, IL Methodist Church; he was a member of the Masons 32 ^nd Degree; Scottish Rite Bodies; the National and Illinois Educators Associations; the American Legion Post 292, Mascoutah, IL; Eastern Star; the 463 ^rd Bomb Group (WWII); and was a veteran of WWII, Korean, and Vietnam Wars.

He is preceded in death by his parents, William Exum, and Velda Lucille, nee Logan, Orrell; and a daughter, Jennifer Carrier.

Surviving are his wife Edna Elaine, nee Travelute, Orrell whom he married in Beloit, KS on July 31, 1955; two daughters, Janis E. Orrell, and Janet D. (Bill) Stewart; five grandchildren, Dana (Greg) Gaston, Johnathon (fiancé Ashton Terry) Orrell, Ryan (Becky) Stewart, Scott (Kathy) Carrier, and Jeff (Jill) Carrier; 12 great-grandchildren; 3 brothers, Richard (Dee) Orrell, Donald (Gerry) Orrell, Doyle (Donna) Orrell; a sister, Melba Widick; nieces and nephews.

In lieu of all other gifts, memorials may be made to National Alzheimer’s Assn., 225 Michigan Ave., Floor 17, Chicago, IL 60601; or St. Louis Lambert Airport USO, 10701 Lambert International Blvd., P. O. Box 10367, St. Louis, MO 63145-0367.  Condolences can be sent to the family by visiting mollfuneralhome.com.

Visitation: visitation will be from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 and from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 at the Moll Funeral Home in Mascoutah, IL.

Funeral: funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 at Moll Funeral Home with Rev. Jack Swank officiating.  Burial will follow in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, MO.