MUNSTERMAN. Died 08-04-1985. Dated 4/11/1985
Francis Aloysius Munsterman, retired businessman, died at 12:25 am on April 8. He was born in Jerseyville, the son of the late Frank and Catherine Fleming Munsterman.
He was attending Washington University in St. Louis when he enlisted in the US Army and was a veteran of World War I. Following the war and more college at the University of Illinois he was employed by Shell Oil Co. as a jobber and had more than 60 years of service in Calhoun County in that capacity.
A member of the Illinois Petroleum Marketers Assoc., Munsterman received the distinguished Bucketeer award for being in petroleum marketing for over 50 years.
He was a member of St. Francis Xavier church in Jerseyville. He served on the confraternity of Christian doctrine on the local, district, state and national levels.
Munsterman was a member of the Knights of Columbus and was the first member of the Jerseyville Chapter to be a fourth degree member; he joined in East St. Louis before a fourth degree Chapter was established in Jerseyville.
He was a former member of the Elks and Moose Lodges and a member of the American Legion. Munsterman was active in city activities including city council, water board and school board, and was a charter member of Westlake Country Club.
He married Katherine Keyser on October24, 1925. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Jane Cornell of Tipp City, Ohio and Marilyn Barberick, Denver, Colorado; two sons, Dwight of Garland, Texas, and Philip of Jacksonville, Illinois; 13 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son, John Robert, one brother, Eugene Munsterman, and two sisters, Marie Munsterman and Loretta Barry.
Funeral mass was celebrated Wednesday morning at St. Francis Xavier church with the Revs. Patrick Morrow, William Hembrow and Roy Bauer concelebrants, preceded by visitation at Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home. Burial was in St. Francis cemetery, Jerseyville. Memorials are St. Francis church and American Cancer society chapters of Jersey and Calhoun counties.
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