Charles E. Dudley's Obituary
Charles E. Dudley, 88 years of Columbia, IL, passed away on Saturday, January 6, 2024 at Mercy Hospital South, St. Louis, MO. He was born February 23, 1935, in East St. Louis, IL.
Charles was retired from Ameren formerly Union Electric as a distribution dispatcher. He was a member of Columbia Blue Lodge 474 A.F. & A.M, past master, and an Ainad Shriner in clown unit and a life member of the Columbia American Legion Post 581 having received his 50 year membership pin in May of 2023. Charles had served as a Sgt. in the U.S. Marines Corps.
Surviving are his wife of 68 years, whom he married on April 16, 1955 in East Louis, IL., Amelia "Lou", nee Gonzalez, Dudley, his son, Mark (Terry) Dudley, his daughter, Diane (Tim) Netemeyer, his daughter Donna (Chris) Neumann, and his daughter, Mary (John) Johnston, 7 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, along with other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Gilbert and Alta Louise Dudley, three brothers, Ralph Dudley, Edward L. Dudley and Paul Raymond Dudley, two grandsons, Matthew Christopher Neumann, Travis Ray Schlemmer;
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 from 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at Leesman Funeral home in Columbia, IL. There will be a Masonic funeral ceremony beginning at 7:00 p.m. by Columbia Blue Lodge 474 A.F & A.M. Private family interment will be held at a later date in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, MO.
In lieu of customary remembrances, the family requests with gratitude that memorial contributions be directed to Shriner's Hospital for Children, 4400 Clayton Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63110 or Columbia American Legion Post 581, 375 E. Locust St., Columbia, IL. 62236. For more information, please access our website, www.leesmanfuneralhome.com. Arrangements were handled by Leesman Funeral Home in Columbia, IL.
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