Frances Elene Berry Sturm
Frances Elene Berry Sturm, 90, of St. Peters, formerly of Louisiana died Saturday, March 30, 2019.
Frances had been a long-term resident of the Villages of St Peters in St. Charles County. She will be greatly missed by her four loving children, along with her caretakers who served Frances until her final moments.
Frances was born in Louisiana on Jan. 20, 1929. She was the younger of two children. She attended elementary through high school in Louisiana. Frances was a graduate of William Woods College in Fulton, receiving her associate of arts degree in 1949.
After graduation, she moved to St. Louis and worked at Barnes Hospital in the Central West End. She met and married Frank G. Sturm in 1950. The couple had four children during their early years 1951-1958 in St. Louis. Frances returned to Louisiana in 1965 to her beloved hometown.
She continued to raise her children until they left home to start their adulthood years. Two of her daughters were graduates of William Woods University, one receiving a B.S. degree (Nancy) and the other, (Patty) a B.A. degree in the 1970’s.
Frances had a heart for humanity, choosing to work serving others in the local Head Start program, the Louisiana School District, Smith-Barr Manor, and Pike County Memorial Hospital. Frances was a lifelong member of the First Baptist Church in Louisiana.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Marie Boyd Berry and Alva Earl Berry of Louisiana, her husband, Frank G. Sturm of St. Louis in 1979, and most recently her brother, Earl Benton Berry of Louisiana in 2017.
Frances is survived by her children, daughter, Nancy Sturm Kohl and husband, Arch of Jackson, daughter, Patty Sturm Marquitz and husband, Denny of Lake St. Louis, daughter, Janet Harrison of Creve Coeur, and son, Frank G. Sturm Jr. of St. Charles. Her grandchil-dren, Emily Harrison and husband, Michael Kinnaman of Reno, Nev., Justin Harrison and wife, Kimberly of Glen Arm, Mary., Andrew Kohl of Columbia, Jason Kohl of Columbia, and Kyle Sturm of Mexico; and her great-grandchildren, Jack, London, and Vivienne Kinnamon of Reno,Nev., and Natalie Sinz, Luke and Maci Belle Harrison of Glen Arm, Mary.
Funeral dervices will be held at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday at Collier Funeral Home in Louisiana. The Rev. Bill Maupin will officiate. Her final resting place will take place at Riverview Cemetery with a private graveside burial.
Visitation will be held from 10:30-11:30 a.m., prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, voluntary contributions for Frances Berry Sturm’s memorial may be sent to Pike County Memorial Hospital in Louisiana.
