Irma C Pruessing Bosse

Mrs. Bosse was a homemaker and former member of the Swansea Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary.

Irma was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She enjoyed sewing, crafts, gardening and attending P.S.O.P., Belleville, Ill. Irma was an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan and enjoyed watching tennis matches as well. She loved having a bowl of ice cream.

Irma is preceded in death by her husband, Melvin J. Bosse whom she married on Feb. 25, 1940 and died on Dec. 15, 1979; her parents; a son, David L. Bosse; a grandson, Brent Bosse.

Surviving are her children, Barbara Stallings, of Belleville, Ill., Dean A. (Mary) Bosse, of Huntington Beach, CA., and Darrel J. (Susan) Bosse, of Bourbon, MO.; daughter-in-law, Barbara (John) Yunker; grandchildren, Glen Stallings, Lynn (Doug) Wilks, Kevin Stallings (Fiancée Laura Richardson), Michael (Debbie) Bosse, Brian (Holly) Bosse, Ben (Kerry) Bosse, Stephen Bosse, Ryan (Lindsay) Bosse, and Allison Bosse; great grandchildren, Hannah and Reed Wilks, Jayna, Ellie, Summer, Collin, Madison, Sam, Abbie, Audrey, and Meg Bosse; a sister, Dorothy (John) Lancaster; and survived by many other family and friends.

Condolences may be expressed online at www.valhallagardensandfuneralhome.com

Memorial Contributions may be made to: Christ United Church of Christ, 28 North 14th St., Belleville, Ill. 62220 or Hospice of Southern Illinois, 305 South Illinois St., Belleville, Ill. 62220.

Visitation: Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at Valhalla Gaerdner Holten Funeral Home, 3412 Frank Scott Parkway West, Belleville, Ill. 62223.

Funeral Service: A funeral service will be held 10 a.m., Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at Valhalla Gaerdner Holten Funeral Home, Belleville, Ill., with Rev. Dr. Arthur R. Tinge officiating. Interment will follow services at Valhalla Gardens of Memory, Belleville, Ill.

Valhalla Gaerdner Holten Funeral Home, Belleville, Ill.