Jeffrey S. Schmoll

Jeffrey S. Schmoll 55, of Ridgway, was called to his eternal home on Wednesday, August 30, 2023 from complications due to ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Jeff was born in Springfield on March 8, 1968, a son of Ralph and Joyce (Spreitler) Schmoll. He met the love of his life, Vicki (Irvin) Ballard on July 4, 2005, and they were united in marriage on April 20, 2017 at First Baptist Church in Ridgway. There will be no services, as per his wishes. A private Celebration of life Dinner for close family and friends shall be scheduled. Vickery Funeral Chapel in Ridgway is handling the cremation arrangements.  He was a 1986 graduate of Quincy Senior High School and 1997 Magna Cum Laude graduate of Southern Illinois University of Carbondale, College of Engineering, receiving his Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering. Jeff began his career in high school as an Assistant Manager of Randall’s Grocery Store in Quincy. He was an Electronics Instructor for JWCC at Harris Broadcast Inc., assisted his buddy Mark Hackett to create Hackett’s Auto Sales in Quincy, also working as a used car salesman. Jeff was a Plant manager of Quincy Carbonates and OMYA in Quincy, and Mid-America Carbonates near Cave-In-Rock, then was later employed at Remington Seeds in Ridgway, before finishing his career as a Reliability Engineer in the Mixing Department at Continental Tire of North America in Mt. Vernon. Before moving to Southern Illinois, Jeff enjoyed drag racing his 73 Dodge Challenger on weekends, with friends in the Tri-state area for many years, as well as golfing for the Quincy Men’s City League, playing men’s softball for the Quincy Park District, and bowling at Harrison Pub and the Casino Lanes. Jeff and his buddy and golfing partner, Eric Yager, enjoyed attending PGA events, where he was fortunately able to meet his favorite golfer Davis Love III. He later enjoyed the Friday scrambles at Hardin County Golf course, as well as cruising around with Vicki on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle in Southern Illinois and western Kentucky, attending the Blessing of the Bikes at Bald Knob Cross near Alto Pass, and putting around Ridgway in the golf cart with their 2 fur babies, Paisley and Lacey. He enjoyed watching and attending Nascar races, at one point had season tickets to Nashville Speedway, and in 2019 was fortunate enough to attend the big one, the Daytona 500 race at Daytona Beach, Florida. Jeff was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church of Quincy.  Jeff is survived by his wife of the home, 3 loving fur babies, Miss Sporty, Paisley and Lacey; 3 sons, Lucas Prange of Oregon, Mitchell (Chalee) Ballard of Quincy and Logan (Breezie Zessin) Ballard of Ballwin, Mo.; his father, Ralph Schmoll of Fowler (Margaret Woods) and mother Joyce (Allen) Dingerson of Shelbina, Mo; a sister, Jamie Suchy of Bolingbrook, and a brother R. Jay Schmoll of Ballwin, Mo, a grandson Liam Smith of Quincy and a granddaughter Marnie Ballard of Quincy, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his loving father-in-law and mother-in-law Louis and Sharon Irvin of Camp Point and Loraine, his paternal grandparents James and Thekla Schmoll of Baldwin, and maternal grandparents Louis and Florence Spreitler of Coulterville, and a niece Alaina Roberts of Colorado Springs, Co.  Donations may be made to his wife Vicki, to create The Jeffrey S. Schmoll (Charitable) Foundation, or to The ALS Association, St. Louis Regional Chapter.