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Robert A. Fulton
Jun 8, 2018
AVA – Robert A. Fulton, 67, of Ava passed away at 9:10 AM, Friday, June 8, 2018, at the Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. Robert was born on February 15, 1951, in Percy, the son of Robert Lloyd and Wanda (Reese) Fulton. Bob married Helen Louise Sherman, on January 15, 1972, in Murphysboro, and they shared 46 years of marriage. Bob...
Marvin G. Buzzard
Jun 4, 2018
COULTERVILLE – Marvin G. Buzzard, 61, of Coulterville, passed away at 2:25 AM, Monday, June 4, 2018, at the St. Elizabeth Hospital in O'Fallon. Marvin was born on December 12, 1956, in Charleston, West Virginia, the son of H. Gilbert and Frances H. (Wriston) Buzzard. He was of the Baptist Faith. He is survived by his wife; Sharon, of Coulterville,...
Calvin Dale Ethington, Sr.
Jun 4, 2018
AVA - Calvin Dale Ethington Sr., 83, of Ava, passed away Monday, June 4, 2018, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. He is survived by his wife, Carol Ethington, whom he married in Hernando, Miss., in 1954. He was born Nov., 19, 1934, the son of Richard Calvin Ethington and Alberta (Luthy) Ethington. Mr. Ethington was employed at Granite City Steel...
Benjamen Slone
Jun 3, 2018
SPARTA – Benjamen Slone, 30, of Sparta, passed away at 3:35 PM, Sunday, June 3, 2018, at this home in Sparta. Benjamen was born on June 30, 1987, in Sparta the son of Dale and Elizabeth (Weinhoffer) Slone. He married Meagan Specogni, on May 17, 2013, in Chester. Ben was a self-employed mechanic and a member of the Community of...
Donna Jungewaelter
Jun 3, 2018
STEELEVILLE – Donna Jungewaelter, 90, of Steeleville and formerly of Chester passed away at 6:40 PM, Sunday, June 3, 2018, at the Three Springs Lodge in Chester. Donna was born on January 29, 1938, in Chester, the daughter of Alfred and Pearl (Mehrer) Durkee. She married Johnnie Jungewaelter, on December 5, 1992, in Chester, and they shared 5 years of...
Carolyn Ann Meyerhoff
May 31, 2018
WATERLOO – Carolyn Ann Meyerhoff, 69, of Waterloo, passed away at 9:35 PM, Thursday, May 31, 2018, at the Missouri Baptist Hospital, in St. Louis, Missouri. Carolyn was born on June 16, 1948, in Chester the daughter of Raymond and Lydia (Stegmann) Meyerhoff. She was a system checker at an Insurance office in Missouri. She was a member of the...
Frances Marie Dintelmann
May 30, 2018
PERCY – Frances Marie Dintelmann, 58, of Percy, passed away on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in O'Fallon. Frances Marie was born in Red Bud, Illinois, on November 11, 1959, the daughter of Donald L. and Florence M. Tillman Reeves. She was retired from Gilster Mary-Lee Corporation. Marie is survived by one son, Warren Dintelmann of Utah;...
Jackie D. Mitchell
May 30, 2018
PERCY – Jackie D. Mitchell, 56, of Percy, passed away his home in Percy, Wednesday, May 30, 2018.
Jackie was born in Sparta, Illinois, on October 8, 1961, the son of Leroy and Barbara Stewart Mitchell. Jackie was a grounds keeper for the Village of Percy.
Jackie was preceded in death by his Parents and...
Wallace H. Hadler
May 30, 2018
CAMPBELL HILL - Wallace (Wally) HH Hadler, 79, of Campbell Hill, died May 30, 2018, at his residence in Campbell Hill, Illinois. He was born December 23, 1938, at Seventy-Six, Missouri (at home), son of the late Arthur J. and Wilma E. (Verseman) Hadler. He was married on May 9, 1962, in St. Louis, Missouri to Evelyn (Detjen) Hadler. She...
Lisa Ann Linders
May 25, 2018
Lisa Ann Linders (nee Luthy) SPARTA – Lisa, 66 of Sparta, lost her courageous battle with ovarian cancer, Friday, May 25, 2018 at 11:05 pm. Lisa Ann Luthy was born in Sparta on February 25, 1952, the daughter of John L. and Betty J. (Gallagher) Luthy. She, along with her brother Bruce, was raised on a farm a few miles...
Avonell Salger
May 25, 2018
WILLISVILLE – Avonell Salger, 79, of Willisville, passed away at 5:25 pm, Thursday, May 25, 2018 at the Randolph County Care Center in Sparta. Avonell was born in Percy, Illinois, on February 19, 1939, the daughter of Herbert E. and Luella Bierman Hornbostel. She was married to William H. Salger on January 18, 1958 in Campbell Hill, Illinois by Rev....
Loretta D. Schuette
May 23, 2018
STEELEVILLE – Loretta D. Schuette, 80, of Steeleville passed away at 7:15 AM, Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at the Three Springs Lodge in Chester. Loretta was born on May 8, 1938, in Steeleville the daughter of Harold C. and Edith W. (Lehmberg) Alms. She married Robert Schuette on July 2, 1977 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church Wine Hill and they...
Donald S. "Froggy" Young
May 16, 2018
AVA — Donald S. 'Froggy' Young of Ava, passed away surrounded by his family on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, in Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. Born on Dec. 7, 1949 in Martinsville, Indiana, to Marvin P. and Joann (Cripps) Young, Frog was preceded in death by his parents and infant son, Jacob Karl Kamalei Young. He is survived by siblings,...
Mary Lou Millsap
May 13, 2018
STEELEVILLE – Mary Lou Millsap, 73, of Steeleville, passed away on Sunday, May 13, 2018 at her home.
Mary Lou was born in Murphysboro, Illinois, on August 8, 1944, the daughter of Ignatius and Lottie M. Goetting Dolce. She married Larry E. Millsap on August 3, 1963 in Waterloo, Illinois. Mary Lou was a Homemaker and a...
Evelyn R. Bierman
May 5, 2018
PERCY – Evelyn R. Bierman, 86, of Percy passed away at 9:55 AM, Saturday, May 5, 2018 at the Randolph County Care Center in Sparta. Evelyn was born on October 19, 1931, in Cutler, the daughter of Rudolph and Elsie (Helfers) Wittenborn. She married Orville L. Bierman on December 1, 1950 in Steeleville, and they shared 67 years of marriage....
Earl C. Caton
May 4, 2018
AVA – Earl C. Caton, 95, of Ava passed away at 4:56 AM, Friday, May 4, 2018, at the Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. Earl was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on July 5, 1922, the son of Josiah Frank and Lona Mae (Bell) Caton, but he had gypsy feet. He always wanted to see what was over the next horizon....
Francis Scott Modglin
May 4, 2018
AVA, Francis Scott Modglin, 78, of Ava, passed away at 5:00 PM Friday, May 4, 2018, at his home in Ava, Illinois. He was born July 22, 1939 in Alexis, Illinois the son of Kenneth W. and Dorothy (McBride) Modglin. Scott married Ethel J. (Miller) Wilhite on November 25, 1967 at St. Louis, MO. She survives.
...Melba Baker
Apr 25, 2018
WILLISVILLE – Melba Baker, 87 of Willisville, passed away at 12:05 pm, Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at Memorial Hospital in Chester.
Melba was born in Horse Prairie, Illinois, on March 13, 1931, the daughter of Edwin and Selma Goetting Salger. She married Richard T. Baker on March 19, 1950, at Campbell Hill. He preceded her in death...
Norma Jean Ohlau
Apr 24, 2018
PERCY – Norma Jean Ohlau, 88, passed away at 1:55 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, 2018, at her home. Norma Jean was born July 21, 1929, in Willisville, the daughter of Henry J. and Nellie (Steele) Behnken. She married Elmer Ohlau on June 20, 1948, in Campbell Hill, and they shared nearly 44 years of marriage before his death April 1,...
Mildred J. "Millie" Kahre
Apr 23, 2018
STEELEVILLE – Mildred J. "Millie" Kahre, 89, passed away at 2:58 PM, Monday, April 23, 2018, at the Three Springs Lodge in Chester. Mildred was born on July 2, 1928, in Darmstadt, Indiana, the daughter of George and Esther (Hartman) Traub. She married Alfred G. Kahre, on May 16, 1948, in Darmstadt, Indiana, and they shared 55 years of marriage...
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