Evelyn C. Drees

Friday February 13, 9:00 to 10:45 am

Moss Funeral Home, Trenton

Friday February 13, 2015

11:00 a.m.

St. Mary Catholic Church, Trenton

Evelyn C. Drees 88 of Trenton died Monday February 9, 2015 at her residence.

She was born January 5, 1927 in Germantown Twp., IL to William and Wilhelmina (Deerhake) Usselmann: they preceded her in death.

She married Joseph H. Drees Jr. May 5, 1949 at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Breese and he preceded her in death January 20, 1974.

Also preceded in death by a granddaughter Heather Boothby, grandson Eric Drees, sons-in-law Kerry McCallister, Kenneth Abbott, Sisters, Florence Usselmann, Dorothy Buller, Veronica Boehn, Margaret Timmermann, Mary Ann Usselmann, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law Virgil Buller, Tom Ziegler, Andrew “Red” Drees, Paul Drees, Ruth Ann Lenzini, Dolores and Morris Draper, Judy and Wilmer Moss.

Surviving are her children Jeanette McCallister of Trenton, Dennis (Rita) Drees of Trenton, David Drees of Trenton, Susan (Mike) Macke of Breese, Charles Drees of Breese, Ralph (Terri) Drees of Trenton, Joyce Drees of Trenton, Janice Drees of Trenton, Carol Boothby of Trenton, Sharon (David) Thornton of Trenton.

24 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren

Brothers and Sisters, Raymond (Florence) Usselmann of Breese, Andrew “Bud” Usselmann of Breese, Julie (Sylvester) Hilmes of Breese, Irene Ziegler of Park Forest, IL

Brothers-in-law and sister-in-law Florence Drees of Breese, Don Boehn of Florissant, MO, Nick Timmermann of St. Rose.

Evelyn was a homemaker and member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Trenton.

Funeral Mass of Christian burial will be Friday February 13, 2015 at 11:00 am. at St. Mary Catholic Church, Trenton Fr. Joseph Rascher officiating. Interment St. Mary Cemetery

Visitation will be Friday February 13, 2015 from 9:00 to 10:45 a.m. at the Moss Funeral Home in Trenton.