Lynda Elizabeth McClary Sprowl (nee Brightwell) died April 21, 2019 in Moyock.

Lynda was born on October 15, 1941 in St Louis, Mo. and graduated from Bellville, Ill. High School in 1959. Lynda retired in 1995 after working for twenty-eight years as an executive secretary in the U.S. government. She was an active member of the Church of Christ in Fairview Heights, Illinois and the Cruciform Church of Christ in Spring Lake.

Lynda was preceded in death by her father Allan James Brightwell; mother Thelma Hathcoat Brightwell; son Nathan Henry McClary and daughter LeAnn Marie Sprowl.

Survivors include husband Robert; sister Jayme Ritzel and husband William of Troy, Ill.; daughters Cynthia Mc Clary of O’Fallon, Ill. and Janelle Smith and husband Brad of Moyock; sons Allen McClary and wife Nicki of Litchfield, Ill.; Robert D. Sprowl and wife Debbie of Millbrook, Ala.; and Gregg Sprowl of Emerald City, Calif.; grandchildren Kyrstin Osborne, Alysia Field, Cori Marler, Shasta Brocious, Brad Smith, Micah Smith, Justin McClary, Chase McClary, Kayla Sprowl, Rebecca Baranyk, Cassandra Burns, Anna Burns, Lindon Burns, Heather Sprowl, Cheyenne Sprowl, Peyton Sprowl; and seventeen great-grandchildren.

Services to be held at Wolfesberger’s Funeral Home, O’Fallon, Ill. and burial at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St Louis, Mo., date and time to be determined.

Express condolences to the family via the online register at www.gallopfuneralservices.com.  Gallop Funeral Services, Inc. was entrusted with local arrangements.

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