Edward T Peirick

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Edward T. Peirick, 75, was born in St. Louis May 21, 1903, the son of the late Gregory Peirick and his wife, Mary, nee Voss, and died suddenly Friday, May 11, 1979. In infancy he was baptized in St. Mary's church in St. Louis by Father A. V. Garthoeffner May 24, 1903. He received his schooling at Neier in the St. Joseph church school and grew to young manhood there.

In 1922 he came to union and was employed in the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company. April 17, 1928, he was married to Miss Rose Anna Hummel in the Immaculate Conception church in Union. Mr. Peirick also worked for a number of years in the Bourbeuse Shoe Factory and then at the Brown Shoe Company as a shoe cutter for a number of years. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception church and the Western Catholic Union.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Rose, May 26, 1972; also by two sisters, Elizabeth Reinecke and Ida Feltes and two brothers, Joe and Albert Peirick. November 23, 1973 he was married to Celeste Aholt Shelton and they made their home in Union.

Those who survive are his wife, Celeste Peirick; three stepchildren, David and Va Don Shelton of Bridgeton, Mo.; Mary Ellen and David Rice of North Palm Beach, Fla. and Judy and Dr. Ed Williams of Pompano Beach, Fla.; 11 step-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews and many other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held Monday, May 14, 1979, from the Oltmann Funeral Home in Union, at 9:30 a.m. with Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. from Immaculate Conception church in Union by Rev. S. A. Schiene. Interment followed in the Immaculate Conception cemetery in Union.