Charles Frederick Bextermiller, age 95, of Wentzville, passed away Thursday, January 18, 2024 at the Abbey Senior Health Facility in O’Fallon. He was born October 2, 1928 in St. Charles County. He was the only son of the late Margaret M. (nee Reagan) and Frederick C. Bextermiller.
In addition to his parents, Charles was preceded in death by his sisters, Mary (the late George) Dunn, Alice (the late Cecil) Cook and Anna Bextermiller; his daughters, Julia Bryan-Corbett and Patty Luedecke; and son, Joseph Bextermiller.
Charles is survived by his wife of 67 years, Loretta Joan (nee Unterreiner) of Wentzville; children Jerry (Annette) Bextermiller of High Hill, Theresa Bextermiller of St. Louis, Mary (Dean) Shaw of Springfield, Sharon (Bill) Sontag of St. Charles and John (Erin) Bextermiller of Lake Saint Louis; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Charlie served in the United States Army for two years. He was a lifelong farmer, a finder of many arrowheads and four-leaf clovers and loved woodworking and carpentry. He enjoyed eating and making homemade bread and playing horseshoes. He was a 4th degree Knight of Columbus, a member of American Legion Post 323 and a longtime member of St. Theodore’s Catholic Church in Flint Hill. He and Joan took many of their grandchildren to the March for Life every year in Washington, D.C. Due to the Pro-Life work they did over the years, they received the Cardinal Carberry Respect Life Award in 2013.
A visitation will be held from 2:30 p.m.-7 p.m. on Jan. 24 at Pitman Funeral Home in Wentzville. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 25 at St. Theodore Catholic Church in Flint Hill. Interment will be held at the St. Theodore Catholic Church Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Masses or St. Theodore School, 5059 Highway P Wentzville, Missouri 63385.
