Oliver E. "Ollie" Piper

August 26, 1923 - December 30, 2019

Oliver E. “Ollie” Piper, age 96, of Edwardsville, Illinois, passed away at 8:40 p.m. on December 30, 2019, at Anderson Hospital in Maryville, IL. Ollie was born August 26, 1923, in Worden, IL, the son of the late Oliver G. and Anna (Ladd) Piper. He married Dorothy J. (Long) Piper on February 12, 1949, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Edwardsville. She preceded him in death on January 30, 2017. Ollie is survived by 1 son, Edward Piper & wife, Caryl of Edwardsville and 1 daughter, Jane Luchtefeld & husband Jerry of Edwardsville; 4 grandchildren, Douglas Piper & wife Kate of Glen Carbon, Gregory Piper & wife Annie of Glen Carbon, Stephanie Lance & husband Brandon of Edwardsville, and Stephen Luchtefeld & wife Stephany of Collinsville; 7 great grandchildren, Molly, Mason, Abbigail, Sydney, & Vivienne Piper, Taylor & Olivia Lance; and a number of nieces & nephews. Besides his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by 2 sisters; Annamae (Susie) Peck & Betty Browning, 4 brothers-in-law; Calvin (Buddy) Peck, Wendell (Wimp) Browning, Jack Broderick, & Billy Mainer, and 1 sister-in-law; Dolores (Dode) Broderick. Ollie enjoyed playing cards, golfing, spending times with family & friends, and loved working on the apartments he built and rented. Over the years he developed many close relationships with his tenants. In his younger years Ollie was in the excavating business, the asphalt business, real estate salesman, a manager of Drda Electric, but most of his life he was a property owner manager. He was a resident at Aspen Creek of Troy since March of 2017. Ollie was extremely well cared for by the Aspen Creek Staff and had daily visits from various family members. Visitation will be from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm Sunday, January 5, 2020, at Weber & Rodney Funeral Home. Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Monday, January 6, 2020, at the funeral home with Fr. Rob Johnson officiating. Interment will follow at Valley View Cemetery. The family request memorials to Anderson Hospital Foundation, St. Boniface Catholic Church, or Edwardsville American Legion Post #199. Condolences may be expressed online at weberfuneralhome.com