Statler Family Obituaries
Reilly, Blanche Margarete (nee Myers)
GLENALLEN, Mo. — Blanche Margarete Reilly, 91, of Glenallen died Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, at her home.
She was born Feb. 4, 1917, near Lutesville, Mo., daughter of Greene L. and Blanch Steele Myers. On Feb. 26, 1933, she married Joseph A. Reilly at St. John Catholic Church in Leopold, Mo. He preceded her June 18, 2001.
From 1948 to 1972 Mrs. Reilly was leave-replacement postmaster at the Glenallen post office. She was a member of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution; a charter member of the Bollinger County Historical Society, serving on the board of directors since 1976; and an associate editor of the bicentennial historical publication, "Bollinger County 1851-1976."
In January 1976 the Bollinger County Court appointed her to serve on the Sheltered Workshop board of directors. She received the 2002 Founders Award from VIP Industries for her many years of dedicated service to the handicapped in Bollinger County. In 1965, Mrs. Reilly was the first woman to serve on a Bollinger County Circuit Court jury.
She was a dedicated companion to her husband, assisting him in the family land-surveying business all their married life. She was a member of St. John Catholic Church at Leopold.
Survivors include a daughter, Margaret Jane (Jim) Purcell of Jefferson City, Mo.; a son, John William (Judy) Reilly of Marble Hill, Mo.; four grandchildren, Dr. Lawrence W. Purcell of Warrensburg, Mo., Dr. Erin R. Reilly of Montgomery, Ala., John Matthew Reilly and Colin Patrick Reilly of New Orleans; eight great-grandchildren: Nicholas Purcell, Mary Kathryn Purcell, Elise Mary Reilly, Colin Joseph Reilly, Patrick Michael Reilly, Daniel Peter Reilly, Aubrie Jane Reilly and Lauren Nicole Clayton; three stepgrandchildren; and 13 great-stepgrandchildren.
She was preceded in death by four brothers, Joe, Byrd, Charles and Glenn Myers; and four sisters, Arbie Mouser, Ulean James, Irene Ross and Gertrude Walker.
Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. today at St. John Church, with the Rev. Bill Huggins officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill is in charge of arrangements.
Obituary was printed in the Tuesday, October 14, 2008 edition of the Southeast Missourian newspaper.
©2008 by David Statler of StatlerWeb
Last Updated: November 08, 2010