Mary Louise Endres

Renown life-long Southern Illinois resident Mary Louise VanCloostere Endres departed to eternal life Friday September 10, 2010 at 8:09 pm while in Carbondale Hospital due to heart complications. A funeral mass will be held 10 a.m. Thursday, September 16, 2010, at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Murphysboro with Father Bob Flannery and Father Gary Gummersheimer officiating and burial at St. Andrew Cemetery. Immediately following the burial the family cordially invites everyone to join in a celebration of our beloved Mary Endres' life at the Knights of Columbus in Murphysboro. Friends may pay their respects from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday until 9:45 a.m. at Pettett Funeral Home, where a rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Memorials may be made to St. Andrew School in Murphysboro, or the Cardiac Cath Lab at Carbondale Memorial Hospital. Mary Endres 82 was born on March 13, 1928, in Murphysboro, Illinois, to Tony A. VanCloostere and Mary Agnes (Moore) VanCloostere. Mary Louise married Gene O. Endres son of Adolph Endres and Ida Eisenhauer on August 27, 1946, in Murphysboro and together they raised 7 children and operated a successful dairy & grain farm. Saddly her husband Gene preceded her in death on October 29, 1981. Since birth Mrs. Endres was an outstanding Catholic. As of late she was a dedicated member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Carbondale, where she served as a Eucharist minister, and joyfully volunteered to the assisted living in the community. She was a member of the Sacred Heart League, Eternal Word Television Network, and St. Joseph Hospital Ladies Auxiliary. She is survived by six children Mary Agnes Endres of St. Louis, MO, Diana Marie Bailey of DuQuoin, Cynthia Gene of Brenham, TX, Michelle Catherine Hayes of Edwards, CO, Lawrence Van Endres and his wife Susan Ann Endres of Vergennes, and Lisa déChantal Endres and Blu Whipple of Houston, TX; Mary took great pride in her thirteen grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren: Jim and Ellen Keenan and their family Kori, Lexis, Jeffrey, Kenna, Lelle, and Ava; J. E. Bailey and his family Jennifer, Autumn, and Kelsey; Michael Bailey, his wife Denise Bailey and their family Grace, Josie, and Jake; Olivia Jones and her husband Eric Jones and their family Trevor and Noah; Christopher Dickman, his wife Debra Dickman, and their family Conrad; Demitria Wright and her husband Kevin Wright; Laura Smith, her husband Justin Smith and their family Hannah, Haigen, and Hendrix; Gene Patrick; Johanna VanEndres Hayes; Kathleen Endres and her son Samuel; Scott Endres, Shelby Endres; and Kent Whipple. two sisters Loretta Schneider of Murphysboro and Geraldine Eisenhauer and her husband Bill Eisenhauer of DuQuoin; and one sister in law Maxine VanCloostere of Shiloh, IL. She was preceded in death by one son Joseph Gerard Endres on April 25, 1992, one son in law James E. Bailey, Sr., one brother Robert VanCloostere, one brother in law John Schneider, and her parents.

Mary Louise Endres

March 13, 1928 - September 10, 2010