Mike served as a volunteer firefighter and a District Trustee for Prairie Du Pont Fire Department in East Carondelet, Illinois. He loved the outdoors, especially deer hunting, fishing and camping. He enjoyed archery and competing at Town Hall Archery. He had a passion for horses and loved to let them roam the wide-open pastures on his property. He retired from the Hertz Corporation after 40 years of service was a member of District 9 Machinists International Association of Machinists (IAMAW), Local 777. He was a loving family man, who will truly be missed by all who knew him.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Odis and Jane, nee Burkett, Stogsdill.
Surviving are his son, Michael F. (Anna) Stogsdill, of Columbia, Illinois; his grandchildren, Jessica and Jonah Stogsdill; his special great nephew, Linden Rossing; his siblings, Leonard (Diana) Stogsdill, of Marissa, Illinois and Brenda (Mike) Rodgers, of Green, Kansas; and many other nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are appreciated to the American Diabetes Association. Condolences may also be expressed online atwww.valhallagardensandfuneralhome.com.
Service and inurnment will be held in Valhalla Gardens of Memory, Belleville, Illinois at 11:00 a.m. with a Celebration of Life Luncheon following at the American Legion in Dupo, Illinois on Saturday, March 2nd, 2019.
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