Shannan Marie Curths

Shannan Marie Curths, age 47 of Alton, Illinois, passed away at 4:10 pm Wednesday, March 2, 2022 in the ER at Alton Memorial Hospital. She was born on July 3, 1975 in Springfield, Illinois, the daughter of Michael and Dawn (Hickle) Bollinger. She married Edward Alan Curths on April 10, 1999 in Vermont, Illinois. He survives.

Also surviving are her daughter, Sierra Curths of Alton and two sons, David (and Jicole) Hickle of Easton, Illinois and Isaiah Curths of Alton, four grandchildren, Abbigail Tangman, Rage Hickle, Emma Curths and Ellie Curths, her mother Dawn Hickle of Vermont, Illinois, grandfather Wayne Bollinger of Browning, Illinois, grandmother Marie Hickle of Vermont, Illinois, two sisters, Jennifer (and Nick) Robertson of Ipava, Illinois and Marie (and Andrew) Belden of Vermont, Illinois and two brothers, Elijah Smith of Champaign, Illinois and Aaron Ash of Vermont, Illinois.

Shannan was preceded in death by her father, grandfather Stanley Hickle and grandmother Dora "Dee" Bollinger.

She was a graduate of Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois with a Masters of Education. She was an English teacher, teaching middle school and high school English. Lately, she was a substitute teacher for Alton area school districts.

Shannan loved spending time with her grandchildren and family. She enjoyed boating, reading, especially crime stories, and riding motorcycles with her husband.

Services will be held on Monday, March 7th at 2:00 pm at Shawgo Memorial Home in Astoria, Illinois. Pastor Matthew Thiner will officiate. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in the Vermont Cemetery. Memorials in Shannan's memory may be made to Dark Horse Lodge in Springville, TN or the Jared Burke Foundation in Bartelso, IL.