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Alta Royal Obituary
Royal, Alta Marie
of Creve Ceour, Missouri, who passed from this life on December 20, 2022. Born October 14, 1931 in Toledo, Ohio, Alta was the oldest of four children born to Celestian and Alta Royal. Alta is survived by her two sisters, Barbara of Elgin, Illinois, and Janet Garrey of Batavia, Illinois, 2 nieces, 2 nephews, 10 great-nieces and nephews, and 2 great-great-nephews and one-great-great-niece. Alta's St. Louis friends will be holding a memorial Mass on April 14th at St. Monica's Church on Olive Blvd. in Creve Ceour at 11:00 a.m. Her Illinois family will hold a memorial and burial in the summer in Illinois.
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Betsy Durbin
May 11, 2025
I just saw this today. Very sad to see Alta has passed. I saw her shortly before she passed. Alta was my mother's best friend from College. (Rose Glennon Durbin). Growing up it was always a special treat to see AltaShe was a very special person with all my siblings... Again sorry for your loss of AltaLove, Betsy Durbin
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