Mary Catherine (McCauley) Geisler

MARY GEISLER

JERSEYVILLE - Mary Catherine Geisler, 97, died Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at Riverside Rehab and Health Care in Alton.

She was born in Jersey County, Illinois on May 23, 1923, the daughter of James and Frances Henrietta (Coleman) McCauley.

She married Edwin Alexander Geisler on June 17, 1941 in Saint Charles, Missouri. Together they raised their family of four children in the Medora/Summerville area and shared 38 years of marriage, prior to his death on September 9, 1979.

Mary was a hardworking mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She raised her own livestock, and always tended to a huge garden. Every Sunday consisted of a fried chicken dinner with all the fixins. Her home in Summerville was always open to all her family and friends.  

Surviving are a daughter, Gloria Fitzgibbons of Jerseyville; two sons and a daughter in-law, Henry Geisler of Medora and Jack and Barbara Geisler of Medora; seven grandchildren and their spouses, Mark Fitzgibbons, Kathy (Tim) Weaver, Jana (Jeff) Ferguson, Kelley (Darin) Werts, Jack (Beth) Geisler, Steve Geisler, and Charles Miller; ten great grandchildren and their spouses, Matt Weaver, Kari Weaver,  Hayden (Kaci) Geisler, Trevor Ferguson, Jayme (Tayler) Geisler, Jessica Werts, Lauren Ferguson, Tanner Werts, Brady Geisler and Logan Geisler; a great great grandbaby due in August; a sister, Frances Gabriel of Alton; and a sister in-law, Dorothy McCauley of Brighton.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Charles Geisler on December 22, 1999; a son in-law, William T. Fitzgibbons; two brothers, James "Buddy" McCauley and William "Jake" McCauley; and five sisters, Ruth St. Peters, Margaret McCauley, Dorothy Baker, Edna Bounds and Betty Lake.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, January 29, 2021 at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville, where funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 30. 

Burial will be in Shipman Cemetery.

Memorials may be given to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

 

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