Floyd K. Bostick, 88, of Pinckneyville, passed away at 11:34 P.M., Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at the Du Quoin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Floyd had been a sales representative for Ciba Geigy Chemical Company.  He had also worked for Blue Bell Packing Plant as a meat inspector and farm manager.  Floyd had earned his degree from SIU and was then drafted into the United States Army, where he was a meat inspector.  While serving in the military, he met his wife in Europe and they were married.  Also during his time in the Army, he was a softball pitcher.  Floyd owned and operated Bostick Christmas Tree Farm for over twenty-five years.  He was a member of the V.F.W. Post 513.  Floyd enjoyed farming and tinkering.
He was born March 9, 1935 in Bunker Hill, IL, the son of John Kenneth and Amelia Bertha Eleanor (Froebel) Bostick.
He married Ursula Frieda Zeuner on April 30, 1959 in Leipzig, Germany and she survives.
He is survived by his wife of Pinckneyville, one daughter - Monica Keith of Carbondale, one son - Curtis Bostick and wife Melody of Tunnel Hill, IL, four grandchildren - Chad Bostick and wife Paige, Ashley Hall and husband Tony, Grant Keith, and Kelcey Cunico and husband Adam, five great grandchildren and one great great grandchild, and one sister - Joann Raymond of Brighton, IL.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one son - Steven F. Bostick, one brother - Harold "Bud" Bostick and one brother-in-law - Kenneth Raymond.
Graveside services are pending.  Searby Funeral Home website will be updated when service times become available.
Military graveside rites will be conducted by the Du Quoin V.F.W. and American Legion and the Army National Guard.
Burial will be in the Mueller Hill Cemetery in Pinckneyville.
Friends may make memorials to the Perry County Humane Society and will be accepted at the funeral home.