Sylvester J. Bordewick

Sylvester J. BORDEWICK Dec. 6, 1916 -- July 11, 2010 Sylvester J. Bordewick, 93, of Quincy, died at 9:10 a.m. Sunday (July 11, 2010) in Hannibal Regional Hospital. Born Dec. 16, 1916, in Quincy, Sylvester was a son of Henry and Mary Vogel Bordewick. He married Dorothy Holtschlag on April 19, 1947, in Quincy. She died Dec. 24, 1991. Sylvester enjoyed card parties and playing euchre and pinochle with his friends, children and grandchildren. He was a devoted parishioner of St. Peter Catholic Church. Mr. Bordewick ran the family farm for many years and also drove a school bus for the Quincy School District for 25 years until his retirement. Sylvester was a loving father to three children, Aloysius "Bud" Bordewick and his wife, Linda, of Farmington, Mo., Mary Till and her husband, Greg, of Eden Prairie, Minn., and John Bordewick of Quincy; grandfather to 11, Amye Sloan, Krista Poulsen and her husband, Mike, Alycia Burgess and her husband, Brett, Melinda Wagner and her husband, Chris, Derek Till and his wife, Aleks, Nicole Stecklein and her husband, Matt, Amanda Kneib and her husband, Boone, Brandon Till, Angela Burd and her husband, Randy, Gina Bergman and her husband, Matt, and Johnny Bordewick and his fiancé, Lucy Scheuring; and great-grandfather to 19. He is also survived by a sister, Rita Russell of Quincy, and many loving nieces and nephews. Mr. Bordewick was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Dorothy; a sister, Clara Thein; and a brother, Roman Bordewick. SERVICES: 9:30 a.m. Thursday in the Zehender Robinson Stormer Cookson Funeral Home with Mass at 10 a.m. in St. Peter Catholic Church, conducted by the Rev. Roy Bauer. Burial will be in St. Anthony Cemetery. VISITATION: 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday morning until the time of services in the funeral home. MEMORIALS: St. Peter School. ARRANGEMENTS: Zehender Robinson Stormer Cookson Funeral Home. Condolences may be expressed online at www.whig.com.