James Alan Rompel

James Alan Rompel, a Light Being born on August 22, 1950, known as “The Fox” to his friends, died peacefully at the ripe old age of 75 on Saturday December 27, 2025, with his family surrounding him. Jim was the son of Cletus August Rompel and Mary Beth Schrand and the grandson of John Henry Schrand and Bernice Alberta Clementine Begemann and Joseph Charles Rompel and Ann Zacharski. Jim was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents and siblings: David John, Paul Joseph and Linda Sue.

Jim attended the following schools: Queen of Peace Grade School (Class of ’64), and Althoff High School (Class of ’68) in Belleville, IL and St. Benedicts College in Atchison, KS with a degree in business (Class of ’72).

Jim was always a hard worker-he had jobs cutting grass, shoveling snow and worked in a gas station in his youth. He founded R and R Kites (pulled behind boats), worked for the Water Company and a steel mill through college. After graduation, he went to Miami, FL to work construction and then to Denver, CO to help start an insulation company. Upon returning at age 23, he built his Avery Hill home and founded Fox Properties, a real estate rehab and rental company with 27 units and Flossie’s Funnel Cakes at Union Station in St. Louis. He was a photographer, sold insurance and a national sales manager for Carr Products (a company servicing supermarkets in 15 states), motivational speaker, founder of Adora International and a developer of many homeopathic, skin care and health related products. He founded Safe Effective Alternatives and developed pesticide-free LiceBGone and Flea’nTickBGone. He was a formulator, inventor, marketer, herbalist and visionary.

Jim was an athlete who played college football, rugby and was an accomplished boxer. He was a barefoot water skier, avid runner and bicyclist and competed in numerous biathlons and triathlons. He climbed Mt. St. Helens after the volcano erupted, snowmobiled in Yellowstone, snow skied, raced boats (he built his first one from scratch), practiced karate, studied to be a pilot and was a scuba diver. He enjoyed camping and hiking as well.

Jim was a traveler and adventurer, going to Brazil’s Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, traveled down the Mississippi from St. Louis to New Orleans in his 18’ Tahiti race boat and opened new LiceBGone markets in Canada and other countries including Mexico to help people solve pest problems without pesticides.

He was known as a modern-day shaman, ghost buster and exorcist (removing spirits from houses and curses and spells and spiritual attachments from people) and did spiritual redemption work in pyramids and temples in Egypt and along the Nile. He also climbed, explored and blessed temples in Belize and Guatemala.

Jim was a healer, philanthropist, philosopher, daily exerciser, meditator and prayer, volunteer for Meals on Wheels and developer of formulas that helped people get healthy. He founded a non-profit organization (Safe Effective Alternatives) and built the Center for Health, Hope and Love, a volunteer organization that gave people hope and better health through love, compassion and natural alternative methods. He spent 6 years doing little known redemption and healing work with a select group of mediums and other light workers. To him, life was like a stool with 3 legs: the physical, mental and spiritual and all must be addressed and balanced.

Jim was a vegetarian, organic gardener, beekeeper, avid reader and a prolific writer/author and teacher. He enjoyed cooking, woodworking, stained glass, caring for his many plants and experimenting with and inventing new concepts that helped mankind. He was a truth seeker and believer that “Health is Wealth.” He was a wise and kind person with a strong will who never knew when to quit, always having hope. A true unicorn.

He worked to help move our planet further along into the Age of Aquarius; the belief, understanding and practice that we are all one: one civilization, one planet and a closed system. He believed that God only had a few laws: love one another, practice the golden rule, always respect another’s free will and take care of the planet. Jim lived these laws every day. He believed we all had a purpose in coming to earth each lifetime, but being of service to others in some way was the foundation. He believed that past lives could have an impact on one’s mental, physical or emotional well-being. He knew that Earth was a school for the soul and that we are here to learn, to grow, to evolve, to love and to help others on their path. He was also aware that the dark side wanted to stop this progress, and when you found confusion, illusion, fear, crisis, chaos and drama in your life, the dark side was behind it. He tried to live Ghandi’s philosophy-only say something if it is true, kind and necessary and be the change you wish to see. He advocated to always be content and at peace but never satisfied.

He loved his family very much. Surviving Jim are: Travis (Lauren) Rompel-Norah, Nolan, Alexis Rains; Luke (Kelly) Rompel-Mia, Ryann, Lincoln, Madeline Seitz, Nicole Marshall-Meredith, Maxton; Bridget Rompel (Clay Mitchell)-Brayden, Brody.

In memory of Jim, please consider planting a tree in his memory.

Visitation will be held on Saturday January 10, 2026, from 11:00am-2:00pm at Hoffen Funeral Home, 220 W. Washington St. Millstadt, IL. A celebration of life will follow, beginning at 2:30pm at Millstadt Sportsman’s Club, 4915 Schmidt Ln. Belleville, IL 62220.

Hoffen Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.