Obituary Listing

Dec 29, 2018

AVA – Donna L. Prowell, 55, of Ava, passed away on Saturday, December 29, 2018 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Donna was born in Carbondale, Illinois, on February 12, 1963, the daughter of Robert Lawrence and Martha Agnes Adams Furlow. She married Joseph D. Prowell on November 29, 1985 at Pinckneyville, Illinois. Donna was of the Baptist...

Dec 28, 2018

STEELEVILLE – Willard D. Biermann, 68, of Steeleville passed away at 5:42 AM, Friday, December 28, 2018, at the Sparta Community Hospital. Willard was born on April 8, 1950, in Murphysboro, Illinois the son of Willard H. and Betty R. (Stoffel) Biermann. He married Karen S. Voss Fraembs on May 9, 2000, in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. He was retired from Gilister...

Dec 26, 2018

WILLISVILLE – Neil A. Bradley, 77, of Willisville passed away at 10:22 AM, Wednesday, December 26, 2018, at the Three Springs Lodge in Chester. Neil was born on July 23, 1941, in Murphysboro, the son of Max and Marjorie (Nugent) Bradley. He married Bonita J. Kuykendall on November 24, 1962, in LeCrosse, Wisconsin and they shared 56 years of marriage....

Dec 20, 2018

MURPHYSBORO – B. Irene Garver, 96, of Murphysboro, and formerly of Ava passed away at 4:05 PM, Thursday, December 20, 2018, at Manor Court of Carbondale.

Irene was born on November 16, 1922, in Murphysboro, the daughter of Sherman David and Grace (Bryant) Reiman. She married Raymond H. Garver, on September 29, 1946, at Marion, Illinois and...

Dec 18, 2018

CAMPBELL HILL – Frances H. Volkman, 102, of Campbell Hill passed away at 5:30 AM, Tuesday, December 18, 2018, at her home in Campbell Hill. Frances was born on May 24, 1916, in Plainfield, Illinois, the daughter, of Levi Austin and Mary (Book) Hartong. She married Albert John Volkman, on February 14, 1944, in Plainfield, and they shared 34 years...

Dec 16, 2018

AVA - Melvin Eugene Anderson, 63, of Ava passed away Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018 at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro. Melvin was born April 21, 1955 in East St Louis IL to Howard and Virginia (Lusk) Anderson. He was baptized at St. Albert the Great in Belleville and confirmed at St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Granite City. His...

Dec 13, 2018

AVA- Beulah M. Qualls, 80, of Ava passed away at 11:50 AM, Thursday, December 13, 2018 at her home in Ava. Beulah was born on June 6, 1938, in Ava, the daughter of Oscar and Elizabeth (Hirsch) Reiman. She married Joseph A. Qualls, Sr., on June 23, 1956, in Ava and they shared 36 years of marriage before he preceded...

Dec 12, 2018

SPARTA – Alverna Heller, nee Stellhorn, 99, left this life at 9:08 AM, Wednesday, December 12, 2018, at the Randolph County Care Center, in Sparta. Alverna was born on November 14, 1919 in Red Bud, to Walter and Emma (Piel) Stellhorn. Alverna married William (Bill) Heller on January 19, 1939, in Uniontown, Missouri. They were blessed with 6 children. He...

Dec 11, 2018

STEELEVILLE – Elizabeth "Betty" Middendorf, 76, of Steeleville passed away on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, at the St. Louis University Hospital, in St. Louis, Missouri. Elizabeth was born on October 24, 1942, in Pueblo, Colorado, to daughter of John J. Caviness, and Alberta J (Gross) Davis. Betty married Robert H. Middendorf, on January 4, 1975, in Belleville, and they shared...

Dec 7, 2018

SPARTA – Randall G. Bierman, 59, of Sparta, passed away at 12:10 PM, Friday, December 7, 2018, at his home in Sparta. Randall was born on February 5, 1959, in Ft. Riley, Kansas, the son of Joseph and Darlene (Sprietler) Bierman. He married Roseann M. Vosholler, on July 12, 1990, in Austin, Texas, and they shared 28 years of marriage....

Dec 7, 2018

CUTLER – Frank D. Hepp, Jr., 79, of Cutler passed away at 12:28 AM, Friday, December 7, 2018, at the Three Springs Lodge in Chester. Frank was born on May 21, 1939, in Blair, Illinois the son of Frank, Sr., and Flossie (Dempsay) Hepp. He married Patricia A. Patton, on March 26, 1960, in Taylorville, Illinois and they shared nearly...

Dec 6, 2018

SPARTA – Shirley M. Cross, 76, of Sparta passed away at 1:30 PM, Thursday, December 6, 2018, at the Missouri Baptist Medical Center, in St. Louis, Missouri. Shirley was born on July 6, 1942, in Sparta, the daughter of Earl and Margaret (Dickey) Bleiseh. She married Thomas L. Cross on May 31, 1974, in Marissa, and they shared 44 years...

Dec 3, 2018

PERCY – Evelyn L. DesRocher, 92, of Sparta, and formerly of Percy, passed away at 5:28, PM, Monday, December 3, 2018, at Randolph County Care Center in Sparta. Evelyn was born in Cutler, Illinois, on March 30, 1926, the daughter of Edward and Emma Gerlach Kueker. She married Eugene "Turk" DesRocher on June 15, 1946 at St. Luke's Lutheran Church,...

Dec 2, 2018

PERCY – Rayburn "Ray" Brockmeyer, 73, of Percy passed away at 12:15 AM, Sunday, December 2, 2018, at the Three Springs Lodge in Chester. Rayburn was born on May 21, 1945, in Percy, the son of Martin and Hulda (Weaver) Brockmeyer. Ray married Carolyn A. Rubach, on October 2, 1965, at West Point, Illinois. He served in the US Army...

Dec 1, 2018

CUTLER – Geraldine "Jerry Ann" Guebert, 83, of Conyers, Georgia, and formerly of Cutler passed away on Saturday, December 1, 2018 at her home in Conyers, Georgia. Jerry Ann was born on February 10, 1935, in Cutler the daughter of John and Wanda (Eaton) Jarret. She married Ralph E. Guebert on September 26, 1953, in Cutler and they shared 57...

Nov 30, 2018

Loren Wayne "Rover" Roche, 61 of Ellis Grove, died at 3:20 P.M. Friday, November 30, 2018 at Memorial Hospital in Chester, surrounded by family. Rover was born October 15, 1957 in Red Bud to Logan and Elizabeth Junger Roche. Rover was a member of the Catholic faith. He worked as a laborer for over 40 years, belonging to Labor Local...

Nov 28, 2018

SPARTA – James C. McDonald, 89, of Sparta, passed away at 12:54 pm, Wednesday, November 28, 2018 in Sparta.

Jim was born in Steeleville, Illinois, on June 18, 1929, the son of Cecil and Alice Smith McDonald.  Jim married Domenica Hacker on September 15, 1956 at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Sparta.  He was retired from the US Post...

Nov 22, 2018

SPARTA – Glen F. Kolweier, 70, of Sparta passed away at 2:45PM, Thursday, November 22, 2018, at the St. Elizabeth's Hospital in O'Fallon. Glen was born on August 15, 1948, in Washington, County, Illinois, the son of Earl and Laverne (Kruse) Kolweier. He was a veteran of the US Air Force during Vietnam, he retired from FS in Nashville, Illinois....

Nov 9, 2018

TILDEN – Zackery A. Robertson, 26, of Tilden passed away at 2:10 AM, Friday, November 9, 2018 in Dowell. Zackery was born on December 15, 1991, in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of Michael Robertson and Leslie McBride. He worked for the St. Nick's Brewery in DuQuoin and Chester, and previously for the Sparta School District. Zack was of the Protestant...

Nov 8, 2018

SPARTA – Thelda D. "Betty" Ervin, 96, of Sparta, passed away at 1:06 pm, Thursday, November 8, 2018, at the Coulterville Care Center in Coulterville, Illinois. Thelda was born in Tilden, Illinois, on January 20, 1922, the daughter of Earl and Leona Frieman McCauley.  She married Floyd Ervin on April 10, 1941 at Perryville, MO.  He preceded her in death...