Terence Patrick Wade, 71, born July 16, 1953, in Belleville, IL, died Monday, June 16, 2025, at Memorial Hospital East, Shiloh, IL.
Born and raised in Belleville, IL, Terry was a graduate of Althoff Catholic High School. He attended
Rockhurst College in Kansas City, where he met the love of his life and wife of 50 years, Patricia Wade, nee Scherbarth. He attended Loyola Medical School in Chicago, IL, completed surgical training at the University of Kansas, and a surgical oncology fellowship at the National Institute of Health. Terry began his surgical career at Saint Louis University before returning home to serve his community for 20 years with Lincoln Surgical Associates. He spent 26 years of active and reserve duty in the USAF, obtaining the rank of Colonel and served as the Commander of the 932nd Medical Squadron at Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, IL.
His greatest joy in life was his family. He is survived by his wife, Patricia; three sons and eight grandchildren, Terence (Kathryn) Wade, and their children, Elizabeth, Claire, and Jane; Thomas (Stephanie) Wade, and their children, Lincoln, Xavier, and Sawyer; and Joseph (Kathryn) Wade, and their children, McCoy and Maryn; two sisters, Mary Wade (Thomas Naudet) and Nancy Wade; four brothers-in-law, Steve (Carol) Scherbarth, Robert (Margaret) Scherbarth, David Scherbarth, John Scherbarth (Michelle Wiley); a sister-in-law, Anne Scherbarth; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Terrance Robert and Betty Ann, nee Heidorn, Wade; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, James and Mary Scherbarth; and two brothers-in-law, James Scherbarth and Paul Mosley.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the National MS Society at National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Leading the MS Movement, the Surgical Outreach for the Americans (SOFA) at Surgical Outreach For The Americas, or NF2 BioSolutions at NF2 BioSolutions – National Organization for Rare Disorders. Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.rennerfh.com.
Visitation: Friends may visit from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at George Renner & Sons Funeral Home, Belleville, IL, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, June 26, 2025, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Fairview Heights, IL.
Funeral: A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 26, 2025, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Fairview Heights, IL, with Msgr. James Buerster officiating.
Burial with military honors will be at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, MO.
