Robert Stroud
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Robert L. “Bob” Stroud, age 78, of Shiloh, IL, born on December 22, 1946, in East St. Louis, IL, died on Monday, September 22, 2025, at Belleville Memorial Hospital, Belleville, IL.
Robert was an Assumption Catholic High School graduate of 1965. He was a wholesale newspaper distributor selling papers for the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Globe Democrat and various other daily newspapers and periodicals for 25 years. Robert was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 592, and the Wholesale News Dealers Association.
He was preceded in death by his daughter and son-in-law, Kimberly Ann and Joseph A. Schallert, M.D.; and his parents, Clarence and Georgia, nee Tucker Stroud.
Robert is survived by his wife, Diane Stroud, nee Del Vecchio; his grandchildren, Mary, Grace, Robbie and Alex; and his sisters, Debra (Ron) Imm of Columbia, IL, and Marquietta (Elliot) Blaylock of Highland, IL. Robert is also survived by many loving nieces and nephews.
Memorials are preferred to St. Teresa Catholic Church, Belleville, IL or to the American Heart Association.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at St. Teresa Catholic Church, Belleville, IL.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Teresa Catholic Church, Belleville, IL., with Fr. Joseph Oganda officiating. Entombment will be in Lake View Memorial Gardens, Fairview Heights, IL.
Kassly Mortuary, Ltd.
