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Edna Nicholls

Glen Carbon |

Edna Lee Nicholls, age 92, of Glen Carbon, Illinois, passed away at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, 2016, at her residence. She was born on January 23, 1924, in Guthrie, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Ernest C. & Beulah (Jones) Clark. Edna was married and preceded in death by three husbands. Edna married Joe Burian in 1944 and he preceded her in death in 1985. Her 2nd marriage was to Wilfred Hess whom she married in 1989 and he preceded her in 1992. She then married Bob Nicholls in 1997, and he passed in 2002. Edna owned and operated Burian South Side Auto in Edwardsville with her sons for many years. She is survived by two sons, Ronald J. Burian & wife Joanne of Glen Carbon and Stephen Burian & wife Diane of Edwardsville; six grandchildren, Laura Bouse, Robert Frey, Mark Frey, Stephen D. Burian, Sherry Jones Jason Burian; twelve great grandchildren, Conner & Claire Bouse, Kevin, Kyle, Korbin & Kayley Burian, Blake & Morgan Jones, Elijah Burian, Brandon Drew, & Sam Frey; and one brother, Emmett Clark of Sydney, Nebraska. She was preceded in death by one son, Robert “Bob” Burian; three brothers, Austin, Leslie, & Ernest Clark; and five sisters, Dorothy Harbry, Evelyn Allen, Wilmoth Rushing, Sally Wright, and Sarah Kitsch. Edna was a member of Eden United Church of Christ and several of the women’s organization at Eden and she was a member of the Order of the Easter Star, Chapter 66 in Edwardsville. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at Weber & Rodney Funeral Home in Edwardsville, along with an Eastern Star Service on Wednesday, at the funeral home. The funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at Eden United Church of Christ in Edwardsville, with Rev. John Roberts officiating. Burial will be at Buck Road Cemetery in Collinsville Township. The family requests memorials to Eden Church, American Cancer Society, or Hospice of Southern Illinois.


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Weber & Rodney Funeral Home

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