Kathy K Staley

She loved her grandchildren, horses, motorcycles, all of her animals, and Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. She was a switchboard operator at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, bartended at the Cat n’ the Fiddle and the American Legion Stooky Post, and a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion.

Kathy was preceded in death by her parents, John W. & Grace M., nee Henson, Boldrey; son, Richard Simily; brother, Mickey O’Connor; and sister, Delores Shank.

Surviving are her loving husband of 36 years, Mike Staley of Belleville, IL; sons, Calvin (Caren) Touchette and Robert (Linda) Touchette; grandchildren, Mackenzie Touchette, Riley Touchette, Justin Touchette, Sarah-Michelle Reagan Miller, Christian Lee Lowe, and John Robert Lee Touchette; six great grandchildren; brothers John Boldrey, Jerry O’Connor, and Randy O’Connor; and sister, Debbie Miller.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Belleville Area Humane Society.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.valhallagardensandfuneralhome.com

Visitation: Friends may call on Thursday, June 11, 2015 from 4pm-8pm at Valhalla Gaerdner Holten Funeral Home, 3412 Frank Scott Parkway West, Belleville, IL 62223.

Interment will be on Friday, June 12, 2015 in Pea Ridge Cemetery, Doolittle, MO at 1pm.