Carol M. Hollenkamp, age 76, of Breese, and formerly of Huey, passed away Wednesday, July 22 at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville. A Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, July 27 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Breese. Burial will be at a later date in St. Dominic-St. Augustine Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Moss Funeral Home in Breese. And Monday from 9:00 a.m. to service time at the church. Memorials are suggested to Mater Dei High School.
She was born March 6, 1939 in Breese to Louis and Estelle “Nooks” (Essenpreis) Deien: they preceded her in death.
Also preceded in death by her mother-in-law and father-in-law Adeline (Hollenkamp) Clark and Bill Clark, brother-in-law Walter “Corky” Schulte.
She married Paul “Wheaties” Hollenkamp January 31, 1959 at St. Augustine Catholic Church, Breese and he survives in Breese.
Also surviving are her children Daniel “Hooly” (Gale) Hollenkamp of Carlyle, Douglas (Cathy) Hollenkamp of Breese, Donna (Brian) Loepker of Breese.
6 grandchildren Lynn (Freddie) Baker, Danny (Emily) Hollenkamp, Douglas Hollenkamp, Elise Hollenkamp, Alex Loepker, Phillip Loepker
5 great grandchildren Landon & Dalton Baker, Lillian, Penelope & Charlotte Hollenkamp
Brother and sisters, William (Wilma) Deien of Bartelso, Darlene “Darts” Schulte of Breese, Alan (Donna) Deien of Breese
Brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law Patty (Jim) Perkins of Pinckneyville, Mary (Jim) Niemann of Breese, Billy (Nancy) Clark of Shattuc.
Carol retired from the housekeeping department at St. Joseph hospital in Breese and was a LPN at the Carlyle Health Care Center. Carol’s love for life was her grandchildren and great grandchildren attending all their activities especially sporting events.
Member of St. Augustine Catholic Church and St. Monica Altar Sodality in Breese, St. Joseph Hospital Auxiliary in Breese, and a former member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Carlyle.
Moss Funeral Home
535 North 5th
Breese, IL 62230
618-526-7144
