Earl E. “Gene” Greenlee, 87, of Hillsboro died Nov. 3, 2020, at Kindred Hospital St. Louis South in St. Louis County. Mr. Greenlee was a mechanic and worked with large machinery for St. Louis Ship and Archer Daniels Midland in St. Louis. He was a member of the Boilermarkers Union Local 27 and Missouri National Guard. He attended Parkton Assembly of God in Barnhart. Born Oct. 25, 1933, in Pevely, he was the son of the late Lulabelle (Thomas) and Earl Greenlee.
He is survived by his wife: Cecilia (Rosemann) Greenlee; two daughters: Pamela Meese of Crystal City and Angela “Angie” Greenlee-Martin of Festus; a sister: Charlotte (the late Ed) Merritt of Perryville; five grandchildren: Jeremy (Julie) Greenlee, Amanda (Cory) Sprous, Brouke (Cody) Asher, Christopher (Amy) Meese and Rhonda (Matt) Politte; and 15 great-grandchildren: Kaeden, Ella and Harrison Greenlee, Phoenix Sprous, David and Logan Mollak, Austen Bunch, Ryker and Zach Asher, Laven Moore, Nolan Meese, Sawyer and Hudson Politte and Baylen and Nevaieh Wright.
He was preceded in death by his first wife: Eileen (Reece) Greenlee; a daughter: Rhonda S. Greenlee; three sons: Terry Greenlee, Jerry “Rodney” Greenlee and Michael Greenlee; six sisters: Bernice (the late Edwin) Bollinger, Wanita (the late Kenneth) Cartee, Earlene Hochstatter, Ruth Hulvey, Doris (the late Clyde) Nash and Rosemary Greenlee; a granddaughter: NaTasha LaVonne Crady; and a great-granddaughter: Morgan Lynn Sprous.
Visitation is at 11 a.m. and a funeral service is scheduled for 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, at Vinyard Funeral Home, 616 W. Main St., in Festus, officiated by Pastor Gary Eubanks. Burial is in the Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Pevely. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Vinyard Funeral Home.