Susan J. Sticht, 78, passed away at 8:50 a.m. Thursday, January 23, 2025 at Staunton Nursing and Rehab. in Staunton.

Born October 2, 1946 in Alton, she was a daughter of Gordon M. Rose and Clementine (Walendorff) Rose.

The 1964 Edwardsville High School graduate attended Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. She worked as a banker for Heartland Bank, in customer service for American Water and drove a school bus for the Roxana School District.  She was a Khoury League baseball and softball mom; score keeping and lining fields, etc. Susan was a volunteer for the Bethalto Boys & Girls Club. She also enjoyed painting and cross stitching.  She loved Christmas!

She married Frederick Carl "Fred" Sticht, Jr., Sept. 20, 1969; he preceded her in death May 23, 2021.

She is survived by a daughter, Erin (Steve) Buffington of Bethalto; a son, Andrew (Christine) Sticht of Manchester, MO; 7 grandchildren, Madison Buffington and her husband Basil Ramirez, Cassandra Andrews and her husband Austin, Reid Buffington, Luke Payne, Logan Payne, Ava Sticht, and Adalyn Sticht; great grandchildren, Juniper Ramirez, Alysah Garcia, Korina Ramirez and Basilio Ramirez; a brother, Gordon (Sylvia) Rose of Jerusalem, Israel; two sisters in law, Janet (Arlen) Eggerling of Pella, IA and Shirley Schuette of Little Rock, AR; two brothers in law, John (Marilyn) Sticht of Bethalto and Bob (Carla) Sticht of Tucson, AZ

Along with her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Matthew Jordan Sticht; sister, Dona Smith and a brother in law, David Shuette.

A celebration of Susan's life will be held 5-7 p.m. Monday, January 27, 2025 at Paynic Home for Funerals in Rosewood Heights.

An online guestbook is available at www.paynicfh.com