Sandra Sparling
on 12/10/2021 at 12:36 pm
I am so sorry for your loss Jim and Jeff. Prayers for comfort and peace
ReplyJames B. Odle
James B. Odle, 86, of Tilden, IL, born June 11, 1935 in Tilden, IL, passed away on Friday December 10, 2021 at Sparta Community Hospital in Sparta, IL. Mr. Odle was a retired trooper with the Illinois State Police. He was a member of Tilden United Methodist Church, the Freemasons, the Illinois Police Association, the Fraternal Order of Police, the Tilden Lions Club and a longtime volunteer for the Tilden Food Pantry.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Loretta M. Odle, nee Watt, whom he married on July 29, 1955 at the Tilden United Methodist Church, and who just passed away on Tuesday December 7, 2021, his parents – Jerval and Olive (Rose) Odle and his brother – William Odle.
James is survived by his two sons – James R (Janet) Odle of Brundidge, AL and Jeffrey D (Susan) of Sparta, IL, and two grandchildren – James P. Odle of Brundidge, AL and Katelyn (David) Parkinson of Coulterville, IL.
Memorials may be made to the Tilden United Methodist Church or to the Tilden Scholarship Committee.
Condolences to the family may be expressed online at www.heilschuessler.com.
Visitation: Visiting hours for James and Loretta will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Sunday December 12, 2021 and from 9 to 11 a.m. on Monday December 13, 2021 at the Tilden United Methodist Church in Tilden, IL.
Funeral: Joint services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday December 13, 2021 at the Tilden Methodist Church in Tilden, IL with Pastor Cody Battefeld and Pastor Kimberly Allen officiating. Interment will follow at Tilden Cemetery in Tilden, IL.
Heil-Schuessler Funeral Home in Marissa, IL is in charge of arrangements.
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Lisa Phelps on 12/11/2021 at 3:50 am
Randy and I, would like to express our deepest sympathy to Jim, Jeff, and family, for the loss of your parents. I never met your mother, but I considered your dad as a friend. He was one of the nicest people I know. God bless all of you.
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Kim Sinn on 12/10/2021 at 12:54 pm
Jim & Jeff and families, I am so sorry for this sudden loss of your Dad. Both of your parents were a joy to be around. Prayers to all of you 🙏🏻🙏🏻
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Rosellen Sawh on 12/10/2021 at 1:28 pm
Jim and Jeff, I am so sorry for the loss of your parents … sending prayers for comfort
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Lori Schneider on 12/10/2021 at 1:57 pm
Sincere condolences to you, Jim and Jeff, and to your families.
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Sincerely,
Lori Mavers Schneider and Lee Kinzel
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Wagner Rev. Dr. Don on 12/10/2021 at 2:47 pm
Jim and Jeff, there are simply no words which suffice in a time such as this. Please know that you and your families are in our prayers for Comfort and Peace. Your parents will always be remembered for their kindness, care, faith and for being a class act in all they undertook. We were privileged to share the journey with them along life’s way. God be with you all.
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Pamela Sinn Hargan on 12/10/2021 at 3:59 pm
Jim and Jeff I am deeply sorry to read of your parents death. Thoughts and prayers are with your families during this difficult time. May the Lord embrace you and give you comfort. ✝️🙏🏼
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Barb and John Sahrhage on 12/10/2021 at 5:39 pm
Sue and Jeff, sorry to hear of your double loss. Prayers are with you and your whole family
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Terry Zeisset on 12/10/2021 at 6:08 pm
Jim was a gentleman and a wonderful friend, I enjoyed working with him at District #11 State Police Headquarters in Collinsville. I had the opportunity to have many good evenings at our work functions with his wife Loretta, a lovely lady.
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End of watch car # 11-6, our prayers are with you.
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Rosann Amann on 12/10/2021 at 6:47 pm
Sympathy and prayers to Jim and Jeff and their famiies.
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Richard Kohler on 12/10/2021 at 7:23 pm
Always enjoyed working the shift with Jim. He was very conscientious with his work in District 11. Have many fond memories. Please accept our sympathies
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Judith &Orville Kempf on 12/11/2021 at 11:53 am
Jim and Jeff, Orville and I send our deepest sympathies, Your Parents were 2 of the nicest people we ever met. We wish that we could come to the service but with Just know we are thinking of you. things the way they are We can’t take a chance with Orville.
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Cathy Sinn Flowers on 12/11/2021 at 6:52 am
Oh Jim and Jeff, how terrible. I cannot imagine your pain. Your dad was such a nice man. Losing both parents just days apart is so sad. It kind of shows how devoted he was to your mom. May God’s peace be with all of you.
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Larry & Ann A McGuire on 12/11/2021 at 7:27 am
My sympathies to the Odle family. Jim was a good person. I knew him when I was a Randolph County deputy sheriff and later through Lions. Your father will be missed.
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Wilbur Franklin, Jr. on 12/11/2021 at 8:58 am
My sympathies to the family. Jim and Loretta will be dearly missed by all. They both were pillars of the community dedicating many hours of work and service to the Tilden area and all in need. You will not find a better couple that served our area as well as they did. They were loved and respected by all. They will be sadly missed.
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Diana Mattingly on 12/11/2021 at 10:57 am
Sympathy and prayers to Jim and Jeff and their famiies
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Curtis Paul Lawson on 12/11/2021 at 11:03 am
The Odles were closely connected to my family. Jeff was a classmate of my sister. Loretta taught school at Tilden with my mother during the 1970s. Loretta at the time lived in Lenzburg and graciously stopped every morning by our house in Marissa every morning to pickup my mother to carpool to Tilden. Naturally they became good friends. The close knit group of school teachers even spent a few times socially outside of school. During our last few weeks of living in Marissa, Jim and Loretta displayed lots of kindness and hospitality to my parents. I am sure they are both sorely missed at pillars in their community of Tilden.
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Paul wisely Portland texas on 12/11/2021 at 12:27 pm
So sorry to here the loss of two great people in Tilden got to know then at Bens Diner years ago great people prayers to all the family
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Edie Mines on 12/11/2021 at 2:48 pm
I’m so sorry to hear of the loss of such wonderful people as Jim and Loretta. Loretta was such a sweet and caring lady. I enjoyed seeing her everyday when I worked at the care center. Jim would be there every day to see her, eat with her and kiss her good night. I truly hope to have a love like they had for so many years. Jim was always doing something to help people in need. He looked after my parents and my grandmother and made sure they had food as he did for many other people in town. He used to bring us fish dinners on the weekends from the lions club. He said my dad needed to get some meat on his bones. lol He would help any one that needed it. Its such a sad loss of them both. They will truly be missed by many. My thoughts and prays for everyone that knew them.
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David jung on 12/11/2021 at 5:18 pm
Prayers and deep sympathy to family of Jim and Loretta! David considered Jim a good friend and co worker! May your grief lessen with time.,
Joanne and David Jung
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Claude & Marjie on 12/11/2021 at 9:29 pm
There really are no words to express what Jim and Loretta meant to their family, friends and community. They will be deeply missed by all who knew them. Jim was always busy with his involvement in the Tilden Lions Club, the Tilden Food Pantry and the Tilden Methodist Church. He had breakfast most mornings with his friends at Kathy’s restaurant. He loved his family deeply. He would help anyone in any way that he could. He was a good role model and we should all strive to be more like him. This world will be a much sadder place without Jim & Loretta, though Heaven will be a little brighter.
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Eugene Kramer on 12/12/2021 at 7:18 pm
Very sorry to hear of Sgt Odle and Loretta’s passing. Knowing them was a privilege and an honor! ISP District 11 was blessed to have such a dedicated officer that gave more than he received and I was honored to be mentored in the importance of ISP communications!
Sympathy to his family.Gene & Pam Kramer
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Gary and Julie Christofferson on 12/14/2021 at 4:00 pm
Jim we are so sorry to hear of the Passing of your parents. Prayers for the whole family as you all go through this difficult time.
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Lisa (Reichert) Shemonic on 12/16/2021 at 11:59 am
My deepest sympathy, I have so many good memories of your mom n dad growing up in Lenzburg . There’s even a story about your dad giving me a very stern warning for speeding one day on my way to work. When I got home my dad already new about it and I got another good talking to. Lol. All because your dad cared about me . Some really good memories , keep those .
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Madaline Hill on 12/17/2021 at 8:51 pm
Loretta was a great teacher here in Tilden.And Jim I saw at Kathy’s restaurant quite a lot Both were nice people.I will miss them.
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Loretta was a great teacher here in Tilden.And Jim I saw at Kathy’s restaurant quite a lot Both were nice people.I will miss them.
My deepest sympathy, I have so many good memories of your mom n dad growing up in Lenzburg . There’s even a story about your dad giving me a very stern warning for speeding one day on my way to work. When I got home my dad already new about it and I got another good talking to. Lol. All because your dad cared about me . Some really good memories , keep those .
Jim we are so sorry to hear of the Passing of your parents. Prayers for the whole family as you all go through this difficult time.
Very sorry to hear of Sgt Odle and Loretta’s passing. Knowing them was a privilege and an honor! ISP District 11 was blessed to have such a dedicated officer that gave more than he received and I was honored to be mentored in the importance of ISP communications!
Sympathy to his family.
Gene & Pam Kramer
There really are no words to express what Jim and Loretta meant to their family, friends and community. They will be deeply missed by all who knew them. Jim was always busy with his involvement in the Tilden Lions Club, the Tilden Food Pantry and the Tilden Methodist Church. He had breakfast most mornings with his friends at Kathy’s restaurant. He loved his family deeply. He would help anyone in any way that he could. He was a good role model and we should all strive to be more like him. This world will be a much sadder place without Jim & Loretta, though Heaven will be a little brighter.
Their family has our deepest sympathies. We will keep all of you in our thoughts and prayers.
Prayers and deep sympathy to family of Jim and Loretta! David considered Jim a good friend and co worker! May your grief lessen with time.,
Joanne and David Jung
Mascoutah, Illinois
I’m so sorry to hear of the loss of such wonderful people as Jim and Loretta. Loretta was such a sweet and caring lady. I enjoyed seeing her everyday when I worked at the care center. Jim would be there every day to see her, eat with her and kiss her good night. I truly hope to have a love like they had for so many years. Jim was always doing something to help people in need. He looked after my parents and my grandmother and made sure they had food as he did for many other people in town. He used to bring us fish dinners on the weekends from the lions club. He said my dad needed to get some meat on his bones. lol He would help any one that needed it. Its such a sad loss of them both. They will truly be missed by many. My thoughts and prays for everyone that knew them.
So sorry to here the loss of two great people in Tilden got to know then at Bens Diner years ago great people prayers to all the family
The Odles were closely connected to my family. Jeff was a classmate of my sister. Loretta taught school at Tilden with my mother during the 1970s. Loretta at the time lived in Lenzburg and graciously stopped every morning by our house in Marissa every morning to pickup my mother to carpool to Tilden. Naturally they became good friends. The close knit group of school teachers even spent a few times socially outside of school. During our last few weeks of living in Marissa, Jim and Loretta displayed lots of kindness and hospitality to my parents. I am sure they are both sorely missed at pillars in their community of Tilden.
Sympathy and prayers to Jim and Jeff and their famiies
My sympathies to the family. Jim and Loretta will be dearly missed by all. They both were pillars of the community dedicating many hours of work and service to the Tilden area and all in need. You will not find a better couple that served our area as well as they did. They were loved and respected by all. They will be sadly missed.
My sympathies to the Odle family. Jim was a good person. I knew him when I was a Randolph County deputy sheriff and later through Lions. Your father will be missed.
Oh Jim and Jeff, how terrible. I cannot imagine your pain. Your dad was such a nice man. Losing both parents just days apart is so sad. It kind of shows how devoted he was to your mom. May God’s peace be with all of you.
Sympathy and prayers to Jim and Jeff and their famiies.
Jim and Jeff, Orville and I send our deepest sympathies, Your Parents were 2 of the nicest people we ever met. We wish that we could come to the service but with Just know we are thinking of you. things the way they are We can’t take a chance with Orville.
Always enjoyed working the shift with Jim. He was very conscientious with his work in District 11. Have many fond memories. Please accept our sympathies
Rich and Dorothy Kohler
Jim was a gentleman and a wonderful friend, I enjoyed working with him at District #11 State Police Headquarters in Collinsville. I had the opportunity to have many good evenings at our work functions with his wife Loretta, a lovely lady.
End of watch car # 11-6, our prayers are with you.
Judy and Terry Zeisset, 11-3, Ret. ISP
Sue and Jeff, sorry to hear of your double loss. Prayers are with you and your whole family
Jim and Jeff I am deeply sorry to read of your parents death. Thoughts and prayers are with your families during this difficult time. May the Lord embrace you and give you comfort. ✝️🙏🏼
Myron and Pamela Sinn Hargan
Jim and Jeff, there are simply no words which suffice in a time such as this. Please know that you and your families are in our prayers for Comfort and Peace. Your parents will always be remembered for their kindness, care, faith and for being a class act in all they undertook. We were privileged to share the journey with them along life’s way. God be with you all.
Jim and Jeff, I am so sorry for the loss of your parents … sending prayers for comfort
Sincere condolences to you, Jim and Jeff, and to your families.
Sincerely,
Lori Mavers Schneider and Lee Kinzel
Jim & Jeff and families, I am so sorry for this sudden loss of your Dad. Both of your parents were a joy to be around. Prayers to all of you 🙏🏻🙏🏻
I am so sorry for your loss Jim and Jeff. Prayers for comfort and peace
Randy and I, would like to express our deepest sympathy to Jim, Jeff, and family, for the loss of your parents. I never met your mother, but I considered your dad as a friend. He was one of the nicest people I know. God bless all of you.