Desmond "Travis" Huddleston, 85, of Granite City, IL passed away on Sunday, June 8, 2025 at his home.

He was born on October 1, 1939 in Grandin, MO to Gordon and Lorene (Phillips) Huddleston.

Travis married Janice McDowell in St. Louis, MO on August 15, 1981.

The loving husband, father and grandfather was a man of many talents.  He was known as PaPa Fix it as he could build and fix just about anything.  He enjoyed doing lawn work and his lawn looked like a park and he was very proud of it.

Travis is survived by his wife; 4 daughters:  Debbie (Mike) Kwiatkowski of Arnold, MO, Anita Strannigan of Granite City, Marla Nelson of Moro, IL and Tammy (Don) Mitchell of Granite City; 4 sons:  Duane (Mindy) Huddleston of Hillsboro, MO, Kelly (Vera) Matthews of Hobbs, NM, Mike Huddleston of TX and Dale Huddleston of TX; many grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren and 2 sisters:  Betty Price of Granite City and Kathy (Bobby) Pieper of Granite City.

Besides his parents, Travis is preceded in death by a daughter, Betty Huddleston; a son, Vernon Cloninger; a brother Donald Huddleston and a sister, Sharon Linton.

Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. until time of sharing memories at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at Wojstrom Funeral Home & Crematory in Granite City, IL.  A private burial will be held at a later date.

Online guestbook and obituary available at www.wojstrom.com