Laurie A. Kienlen

Laurie Kienlen
Laurie A. Kienlen, nee Thacker, 26, of Swansea, Ill., born Sept. 12, 1976, in Belleville, Ill., died Sunday, July 20, 2003, at her residence after a long battle with cancer.
Mrs. Kienlen was an elementary teacher at St. Clare Catholic School, O'Fallon, Ill. She also taught previously at High Mount School, Belleville, Ill. She was a 1994 graduate of Belleville Township High School East and a 1998 graduate of Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Ill., where she was a member of Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority. Laurie was a member of St. Teresa Catholic Church, Belleville, Ill., and a musician at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows Church, Belleville, Ill. She also was a member of the National Catholic Education Association.
Surviving are her husband, Stuart E. Kienlen, whom she married Feb. 2, 2002; her parents, Charles G. and Debra, nee Schwartz, Thacker of Swansea, Ill.; two brothers, Matthew Thacker and Andrew Thacker, both of Swansea, Ill.; her maternal grandparents, Darwin and Jean Schwartz of Belleville, Ill.; her paternal grandparents, Charles W. and Martha Thacker of Swansea, Ill.; her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Edward and Carol, nee Jolley, Kienlen of Fairview Heights, Ill.; a brother-in-law, Mark Kienlen of Fairview Heights, Ill.; her aunts and uncles, Dennis and Geralyn Thacker of Belleville Ill., David Thacker of Swansea, Ill., Michael and Susan Thacker of Troy, Ill., Mary and Paul Kurrelmeyer of Swansea, Ill., Susan and John Jasiewicz of Swansea, Ill., Lisa and Bill Burnworth of Belleville Ill., and Patti and Matt Young of Edwardsville, Ill.; her godchild, Emily Kurrelmeyer; and many friends.
Memorials may be made to the Hospice of Southern Illinois.

Visitation: Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at George Renner & Sons Funeral Home, Belleville, Ill.

Funeral: Funeral procession will leave at 9:10 a.m. Thursday, July 24, 2003, from George Renner & Sons Funeral Home, Belleville, Ill., for a 9:30 a.m. Mass of Christian burial at St. Teresa Catholic Church, Belleville, Ill., with the Rev. Raul Salas and the Rev. Trevor Murry concelebrating. Burial will be in Lake View Memorial Gardens, Fairview Heights, Ill.

GEORGE RENNER & SONS FUNERAL HOME, Belleville, Ill.