ELIZABETH COOPER BILGERE

Elizabeth Cooper Bilgere, 53, of St. Louis, Mo., died Thursday, September 4, 2008, at St. Anthonys Hospital in St. Louis. She was born on Oct. 8, 1954, in St. Louis, the daughter of Wallace Stephan and Catherine Loretta Mitchell Wilde. She was married on April 6, 1988, in St. Louis to Robert John Bilgere who survives at the home. A 1973 graduate of Lindbergh High School, Mrs. Bilgere received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Umsel University in 1986. Mrs. Bilgere was a Transportation Manager for Sterling Lacquer Manufacturing Company for over thirty years, retiring in 2004. Other survivors include one daughter, Mary Catherine Bilgere, St. Louis; two sons, John Philip Bilgere and Christopher Wallace Bilgere, both of St. Louis; one sister, Sarah Wallace Wilde and her husband, Darryl Ertel, Whitefish Point, MI; and two brothers, Steve Mitchell Wilde and his wife, Vickie Wilde, Ozark, MO; and David John Wilde and his wife, Julie Price-Wilde, Westphalia, MO. She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Jefferey Lee Wilde and Eric Yvo Wilde. Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, September 6, 2008 at St. Joseph Cemetery, Westphalia, with the Rev. Philip M. Kane officiating. Visitation will be 10 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Saturday, September 6, 2008 at Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home, Westphalia. Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association, 915 County Ridge Dr., Jefferson City, MO 65109. Those wishing to email tributes or condolences to the family may do so at the www.dulletrimble.com website.