Sylvia Mathilda Lintner Boxdorfer, 90, of Caseyville, Ill., passed away Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. She was born on the family farm near Perryville, on Feb. 26, 1930.
She is preceded in death by Oscar J. “Boots” Lintner and Zita Hulda Bohnert Lintner, her husband, Hubert G. Boxdorfer, son Mark (Pam) Boxdorfer, daughter Janet (Rick) Schmidt, and two brothers, Gerald and Earl Lintner.
Sylvia married Hubert G. Boxdorfer at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville on June 24, 1951. They were married 63 years before his death on Dec. 2, 2014.
She is survived by granddaughter Wilhelmina Schmidt, two grandsons Elijah (Tiffany) Schmidt and Tyler (Carolyn) Abide, great grandchildren Olive and Otis Abide. She is also survived by one brother Lloyd (Edna) Lintner, sisters-in-law Virginia and Debora Lintner.
Also surviving are brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Al (Mary) Boxdorfer, the late Marvin (Ruth) Boxdorfer, Richard (Ruth Ann) Boxdorfer, Tom (Reva) Boxdorfer, Clara Hall, the late Ervin (Jeannie) Boxdorfer, the late Judy (Walter) Holmes, the late Dan (Patty) Boxdorfer, Milford (the late Joyce) Boxdorfer, and Ollie (Lynn) Boxdorfer, nieces and nephews, great nieces and great nephews, and numerous cousins.
Sylvia grew up near Perryville and graduated from Perryville High School, Class of 1948. Later she attended Belleville Area College.