Elda Guebert

October 22, 1920 - December 14, 2020

Elda Guebert, 100 years of Red Bud, passed away at 6:15 AM, Monday, December 14, 2020 at Red Bud Regional Care Center. She was born October 22, 1920, in Prairie, IL to Albert and Lena (Degener) Burmester. She married Alfred E. Guebert on August 31, 1941at Trinity Lutheran Church in Red Bud. He preceded her in death on January 18, 2001. She was a faithful member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Red Bud where she sang in the choir and was a member of the Mary Martha Mission Society. She was a hardworking woman who helped her husband with reception and bookkeeping at A.E Guebert and Associates in Red Bud but spent most of her time as a homemaker and caregiver to her family She was a creative and artistic woman who enjoyed making homemade Christmas ornaments and quilting- especially piece quilts. She loved joking around with her friends and family (she went sleighing in the snow in her high heels and a dress) and playing games like "Kings Corner", "Euchre" and "Yahtzee". She was serious about puzzles and was a fierce foos ball competitor in her younger years. She enjoyed bowling (she competed in 3 leagues through the years and bowled a 185 on her 85th birthday) and gardening just about everything (she recently got her walker stuck in her flower bed trying to pull weeds). She most enjoyed quiet time spent with her family. Surviving are son, AJ Guebert and wife Sue of Red Bud; daughter, Carol Stoll and husband Robert of Red Bud; 4 grandchildren- Marcia Guebert of Climax Springs, MO, Allen Stoll and Naomi Conner of Red Bud, Bruce Stoll and wife Judy of Alba, MO, Curtis Stoll and wife Kristina of Des Peres, MO, step grandchildren; Mikayla Wilson of Red Bud and Craig Wilson and Lindsay Phillips of Red Bud; great-grandchildren, Josef Stoll and Cierra Justice of Carthage, MO, Samantha Stoll of Springfield, MO, and Evan and Jake Stoll of Des Peres, MO, along with other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, grandson, Michael Guebert and brothers- Oscar Burmester and wife Ella, Victor Burmester and wife Melba, Elmer Burmester and wife Ethel and Albert Burmester and wife Lu Ella.. A private funeral service will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Red Bud with Rev. Scott Hojnacki officiating. Interment will follow in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Red Bud. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Leesman Funeral Home in Red Bud. In lieu of customary remembrances, the family requests with gratitude that memorial contributions be directed to Trinity Lutheran Church or Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church in Evansville . For more information, please access our website, www.leesmanfuneralhome.com.