Donald Ray Stanton Sr., Centralia
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<div class="PlainText">Donald Ray Stanton Sr., 83, of Centralia, formerly of Pinckneyville, passed away Saturday, April 1, 2017, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.<br /> Don was born July 17, 1933, in Pinckneyville, a son to Joseph L.M. and Lena (Gerstenschlager) Stanton. On April 20, 1957, he married his wife of 60 years, Harriet June Bryant, at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Pinckneyville, and she survives. Don was a graduate of Pinckneyville Community High School and was a varsity letterman for four years in all four sports. He was a graduate of Southern Illinois University Carbondale and St. Louis University. Don was a veteran in the United States Army, having served in the Korean War. Don served as head basketball coach for Pinckneyville Community High School, Canton High School and LaSalle-Peru High School. He was superintendent of Pinckneyville Community High School, then Rock Falls High School, followed by superintendent of schools at Monmouth-Roseville High School and retiring as superintendent of Centralia High School. He was inducted into the Illinois Coaches Hall of Fame. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Centralia, a life member of the Elks Club and past president of Centralia Chamber of Commerce. He loved to play golf, enjoyed working with high school kids, teaching and coaching them and especially loved playing with his great-grandchildren.<br /> Survivors include his wife, June; two grandchildren, Jonathan Stanton and Brandi (Gerald) Weeks; eight great-grandchildren, William, Ashtyn, Dylan, Gavan, Mya, Cameron, Brentyn and Haydon; and numerous nieces and nephews.<br /> He was preceded in death by his parents; two sons, Donald Ray Stanton Jr. and William Michael Stanton; three brothers, Harry Stanton, Robert E. Stanton and Milledge Stanton; and four sisters, Dorothy Harrison, Emaline Malan, Mary Allen and Myrtle McDonald.<br /> <span class="contextualExtensionHighlight ms-font-color-themePrimary ms-border-color-themePrimary ident_1853_1958" tabindex="0">Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, 2017, at Pyatt Funeral Home in Pinckneyville.</span> Interment will be at Mueller Hill Cemetery in Pinckneyville with military rites performed by Presswood-Daffron American Legion Post 2504 of Pinckneyville.<br /> <span class="contextualExtensionHighlight ms-font-color-themePrimary ms-border-color-themePrimary ident_2114_2218" tabindex="0">Friends may call at Pyatt Funeral Home in Pinckneyville from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, 2017.</span><br /> Memorial donations may be made to the donor's choice.<br /> For more information or to sign and online guest register, please visit www.pyattfuneralhome.com.</div>
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