Bernie Ray Wideman, 70, of Donnellson, died on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at HSHS St. Elizabeth Hospital in O’Fallon.
Graveside services will begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 20, at Donnellson Cemetery. Assalley-Young Funeral Home in Greenville is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Wideman was born on Feb. 3, 1953, in East St. Louis, the son of Perry and Ruby (Lebague) Wideman. He and his brothers owned and trained racing horses for many years. He also spent many years guiding goose hunters in Southern Illinois.
He is survived by a son, Chad Wideman of Donnellson; daughter, Amanda Scott of Greenville; stepson, Mike (wife Sharon) Straub of Maryville; sister-in-law, Jane Wideman; brother-in-law, Dennis Woll; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; life partner of 25 years, Marvetta Straub; and all nine of his siblings, Perry and his wife, Ellen Wideman, Barbara and her husband, Jim McCalister, Cecilia and her husband Harold Moore, Evelyn and her husband, James Gard, Lila and her husband Richard Lahn, Shirley and her husband David Zanchetti, Patricia Woll, Larry Wideman, and Gary Wideman.
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