Ronnie Theesfield

Ronald Frank Theesfeld, 60, of Centerclair Nursing Home, died Thursday morning, Aug. 31, 2006, after six months of declining health. A graveside service was to begin at 11 a.m. today at Galilee Baptist Church cemetery, led by the Rev. Clyde Akers. Mr. Theesfeld was born April 2, 1946, in Kankakee, Ill., to Ronald Frank Theesfeld Sr. and Ardis Marie Chenski Theesfeld. He was preceded in death by his father and was a member of Freedom Baptist Church. Surviving are his mother, Ardis Marie Chenski Theesfeld Nishimura of St. Louis, Mo.; a stepson, Ben Fuller of Winston-Salem; a daughter, April Marie Theesfeld of Statesville; a stepdaughter, Patches Fuller of Lynchburg, Va.; a half-brother Bill Nishimura of St. Louis, Mo.; and a half-sister, Sheryl Bieser of St. Louis, Mo. Friends and family were to meet from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at Davidson Funeral Home.