Jerome G. Richter, 68, of St. Rose, died Friday, March 24, 2006 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Belleville. 

Mr. Richter was born November 1, 1937 in Aviston to Theodore and Katherine (Zurliene) Richter, Sr.; they preceded him in death. 

Also preceded in death by a brother-in-law, Bernard Fuhler. 

On May 12, 1962 he married Theresa Potthast at St. Paul Catholic Church in Highland; she survives in St. Rose. 

Also surviving is his children, Roger Richter of St. Rose, Patty Lengermann and husband Jim of Highland, Dale Richter and wife Amy of St. Rose, and Julie Wilken and husband Keith of Bartelso. 

12 Grandchildren-Jeff, Jon, and Regina Lengermann, Brett, Renee, Sydney, Grant, and Lyndsey Richter, and Brendan, Brock, Olyvia, and  Alyse Wilken. 

Brothers, Theodore Richter, Jr. and wife Dolores of St. Rose, and Dennis Richter and wife Rose of Breese. 

Sisters, Bernice Frerker and husband Leo of Breese, Norma Jansen and husband Ed of Albers, and Mary Jane Fuhler of St. Rose. 

Jerome was a farmer and a truck driver for Metro-Ag and Wilke Truck Service in St. Rose. 

He was a member of St. Rose Church and Men’s Sodality, Clinton County Farm Bureau,  Prairie Farms Dairy Corp., and was a veteran of the United States Army. 

Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 2:00 PM at St. Rose Catholic Church in St. Rose with Fr. Edward Schaefer officiating.  Interment will follow in St. Rose Cemetery. 

Visitation will be Monday, March 27, 2006 from 4:00-9:00 PM and again on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 from 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM at the Moss Funeral Home in Breese. 

Memorials can be made to the Brock Wilken Trust Fund and will be received at the funeral home.