Clarice worked at Graphic World as a Proofreader for 18 years. In her free time she loved to garden, spend time with family and travel “home” to Alabama and the beautiful beaches of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Pleasant Kimbrel and Mae Kimbrel, nee Hyde; her husband, Richard P. Hudson, three brothers, Lothair, Dale and Wayne, 2 sisters, Jackie and Kathrine, and one grandson, Brian L. Barber.
Surviving are her daughter, Myra (Keith) H. McMullen of O’Fallon, IL and son, Richard (Jacqueline) Hudson of Belleville, IL; two sisters, Mae Nell Acker of Gulf Shores, AL and Patricia Beasley of Pensacola, FL; five grandchildren, Christopher (Lisa) Barber of Shiloh, IL, Steven (Denise) Lauer of New Athens, IL, Angie (Buddy) Jeremias of Collinsville, IL, Jenny Hensler of Belleville, IL and Mary Sherrin of Mascoutah, IL; 14 great-grandchildren, and numerous cousins, friends and aquaintances.
Clarice attended St. Nicholas Catholic Church in O’Fallon, IL and always placed God and family first during her very blessed life.
Per the family’s request in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the family. Condolences may be expressed online at www.valhallagardensandfuneralhome.com
Visitation: Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, November 30, 2016, at Valhalla Gaerdner Holten Funeral Home, 3412 Frank Scott Parkway West, Belleville, IL.
Funeral: A Celebration of Life will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, December 1, 2016, at Valhalla Gaerdner Holten Funeral Home, Belleville, IL, with Father William J. Hitpas officiating. Interment following services at Valhalla Gardens of Memory, Belleville, IL
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