{"id":6062,"date":"2025-04-02T16:50:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T21:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=6062"},"modified":"2025-04-10T14:18:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T19:18:39","slug":"bobby-feezel-91-of-st-elmo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/6062-bobby-feezel-91-of-st-elmo\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Feezel (91) of St. Elmo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Bobby Lee Feezel, 91, of St. Elmo, died at 8:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at Lutheran Care Center, Altamont.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at Gieseking Funeral Home, Brownstown with Mark Dowell officiating. Burial will follow at Maplewood Cemetery, St. Elmo. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Kassy Fulk Memorial Scholarship or St. Elmo High School Boys Basketball program in c\/o St. Elmo High School.<\/p>\n<p>Bobby Lee Feezel was born in St. Elmo on Sunday, July 16, 1933, the son of Arlie and Nora (Durbin) Feezel. He married Sue Ann Dowell on November 28, 1959 in Avena, she preceded him in death on November 14, 2019. Bobby was a graduate of St. Elmo High School class of 1951; an Army veteran of the Korean War having served from May 1953 to May 1955. He was a trustee of Avena Township Board for over 20 years, retiring in 2009. He was a lifetime farmer, enjoyed working in the fields planting corn and beans and raising cattle. He enjoyed watching his children and grandchildren play St. Elmo &#038; Brownstown sports, avid fan of St. Louis Cardinals, Illinois basketball and the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>Bobby is survived by; son, Greg Feezel St. Elmo; daughter, Deborah Fulk Brownstown; grandchildren, Dustin (Kari) Fulk Brownstown, Savannah (Ben) Wiltse, of Bethany, Landon (Jade) Feezel, St. Elmo; great grandchildren, Quinn and Daxton Fulk, Lilah and Joel Wiltse, Huxley and Collins Feezel; sister-in-law, Bettie Scott; brother-in-law, Bob (Margaret) Dowell.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his wife, Sue Ann, he was preceded in death by; son, Randy Feezel; son-in-law, Doug Fulk; granddaughter, Kassy Nadine Fulk; grandson, Garrett Feezel; brother, Billy (Betty) Feezel; sister, Imogene (Bob) Barnick; brother-in-law, Jack Scott; sister-in-law, Geraldine (Bud) Bryant.<\/p>\n<p>Online condolences may be expressed at www.giesekingfh.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bobby died the morning of Wednesday, April 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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