Obituaries

William E. “Bill” Sebert Jr.

William E. “Bill” Sebert Jr. MASCOUTAH, Ill. — William E. “Bill” Sebert Jr., 92, of Mascoutah, Illinois, born Jan. 13, 1928, in Brattleboro, Vermont, died Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, Illinois. Bill was a retired teacher and principal in the Claremont, New Hampshire, and Windsor, Vermont, schools and coached the high school ski team. He also taught at numerous schools in the East and Midwest. Bill was one of the original founders of YMCA Camp Coniston with Robert Little and Douglas Reed, where he worked from 1961 to 1969 as the boys camp director, followed by business manager and finally, assistant camp director. He was an avid supporter of, and participant in, the Boy Scouts of America and a member of the Kiwanis Club in both Vermont and New Hampshire. Bill was a United States Navy WWII veteran, where he served aboard a subchaser. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frances Mary (nee Bailey) and William E. Sebert Sr.; his wife, Jacqueline A. (nee Miller) Sebert, whom he married in Springfield, Vermont, on June 28, 1952, and who died on May 3, 2019; a brother, Robert F. Sebert, and a sister, Marilyn L. Ferguson. He is survived by two children, Cindy (Kevin) Nettrour of Mascoutah, Illinois, Douglas (Oaw) Sebert of Wentzville, Missouri; two grandsons, Michael (Marie) Sebert and Timothy (Samantha) Sebert; and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorials may be given to Wounded Warrior Project. Condolences can be sent to the family by visiting mollfuneralhome.com. A private burial will be held in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery at a later date.

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