Randall (Randy) Ernest Rees, passed away on July 5, 2020. He was a resident of Valley House Assisted Living in Castle Rock for 3 years, after leaving Illinois, where he was born in DuQuoin on July 29, 1938. He was a devout Catholic who prayed the rosary daily.
Randy retired from Dial Corporation in St. Louis, Missouri, after many years. He was an avid angler, lifelong Cardinals baseball fan, and had a beautiful bass singing voice which he once used to play Jud, a lead role, in a St. Louis community theater presentation of Oklahoma! He loved antiques and apple pie, and was talented at copying cartoons when he was a youngster.
He is preceded in death by his mother and father, Florence (Miller) Rees and Ernest L. Rees. Survivors include his sisters, Verna (John) McAteer of Greenville, Illinois, and Carole (Lisle Gates) Murray, of Castle Rock, Colorado. Also, nieces Rachel and Claire Murray and Maura Campbell, and nephew Dan McAteer.
Private graveside services will be held in DuQuoin, Illinois, at a later time. Memorials can be made to the Epilepsy Foundation.
A Valley House caregiver said it all when she said, “He was the most gentlemanly man I’ve ever met.”
