Dateline: Alton, ILAddie Lavern Mead, 82, died at 2:48 p. m. on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at Alton Memorial Hospital. She was born January 26, 1940 in Ridgely, TN the daughter of the late Jessie and Relmer (Smith) Leary. She was a member of Heartland Baptist Church in Alton. On March 5, 1959 in Alton, she married Paul Mead and he preceded her in death on September 15, 2017. Surviving are two daughters, Belinda DeMond of Clarksville, TN, Paula Bertels (Louis) of Alton, one son, Steven Mead (Nikki Ballhurst) of Alton, eight grandchildren, Jacob DeMond, Brett DeMond (Kirsten Haseneier), Eric DeMond, Dustin Bond (Jordan), Danielle Luebbert, David Bond, Zachary Mead Prunty and Alisha Bertels, eleven great grandchildren, Kaiden DeMond, Koleson DeMond, Kerstynn Jones, Kaylyn Brooks, Daegon DeMond, Alisa DeMond, Addilyn “Addie” DeMond, Weston DeMond, Jolene Bond, Luke Luebbert and LeeAnn Luebbert. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, one daughter, Rhonda Bond, two brothers, Ben Leary. . .