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Memorial for Joseph Vila Jr.

Visitation for this Wildwood resident will be 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at Schrader Funeral Home and Crematory in Ballwin. He will be buried in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.

Joseph A. Vila Jr. died Thursday. This Wildwood resident was 55 years old.

He was the husband of Renee Vila (nee Kohlberg); father of Kathryn (Bo Carman) Kohlberg, Christopher (Andrea) Kohlberg, the late James M. Kohlberg; grandpa of Daniel and Matthew Carman and Christopher Kohlberg; son of Joseph and the late Elizabeth Vila; son-in-law of Joseph and Dolores Kohlberg; and brother of Martha Chernus and the late Suzanne Berry.

Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at Schrader Funeral Home and Crematory, 14960 Manchester Road at Holloway in Ballwin. At 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday, a funeral procession will travel from Schrader to St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church in Ellisville to celebrate a 10 a.m. Mass.

Interment is in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Schrader Funeral Home for the funeral.

Friends may sign the family’s online guestbook.

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