Josephine Romano
Dec 16, 2013
SPARTA - Josephine Romano, 87, formerly, of Sparta Illinois, passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2013 at the St. Agnes Home, St. Louis, Mo. She was born July 10, 1926 in Murphysboro, Illinois, the twelfth child of Joseph and Clara Calandro. She was married on June 17, 1950 to Antonio Romano at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Murphysboro, Illinois. Josephine enjoyed...
Donald E. "Duck" Carter
Dec 16, 2013
MURPHYSBORO, Donald E. (Duck) Carter,82, departed this earth on December 16, 2013 as Don himself quoted to walk the golden streets and fish the crystal rivers. Donald was born on November 27, 1931 in Jacob, IL to Coleman and Lura (Jarrett) Carter. He married JoAnn Vaught of Murphysboro on July 9, 1950, she survives. Don was a coast to coast...
Margaret M. Smith
Dec 13, 2013
CAMPBELL HILL - Margaret M. Smith, 96, of Campbell Hill, passed away at 5:30 am, Friday, December 13, 2013 at the Rehab and Care Center of Jackson County. Margaret was born in Campbell Hill on December 21, 1916, the daughter of Rev. F.W. and Lena Buermeister Repke. She was born, baptized, confirmed and graduated all in Campbell Hill, where she...
Maryjean Schroeder
Dec 10, 2013
ROCKWOOD - MaryJean Schroeder, 59, of Rockwood, passed away at 7:40 pm, Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at home. MaryJean was born on January 16, 1954 in Kearney, Nebraska, the daughter of Fred and Marjorie Welch Best. MaryJean married Michael Schroder on May 19, 1997 in Kearney, Nebraska. She was a Homemaker and was of the Baptist Faith. MaryJean was a...
Robert D. Essman
Dec 9, 2013
PERCY, Robert D. Essman, 65, of Percy, passed away at 3:13 PM Monday, December 9, 2013, at Sparta Community Hospital in Sparta, Illinois. He was born March 26, 1948 in Reynolds County, Missouri the son of Walter and Iva (Provance) Essman. Robert married Dorothy Rigdon on November 8, 1998 at Campbell Hill, IL . Robert was a retired Machinist. He...
John Frederick Bilderback
Dec 9, 2013
PERCY - John Frederick Bilderback, 78, of Percy, Illinois, passed away at 5:30 pm, Monday, December 9, 2013 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born March 23, 1935 in St. Louis, Missouri, to John Earl and Gladys Allene (Reiman) Bilderback. He grew up on the Bilderback family farm in Levan Township, near Ava, Illinois....
Genie Delores Blades
Dec 7, 2013
CHESTER, Genie Delores Farris Blades, 71 went home to be with the Lord, December 7, 2013 at 3:52 pm, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was the daughter of Iva Provance of Cutler, IL and was born on February 20, 1942. She is survived by two sons: Charles "Barkley" Farris of Tilden and Jimmy (Lori)...
Curtis L. Westerman
Dec 4, 2013
PERCY - Curtis L. Westerman, 53, of Percy, passed away on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at his home. Curtis was born in Chester, Illinois on July 25, 1960, the son of Erwin W. and Carol Jean Grammer Westerman. He worked in Maintenance for Gilster Mary-Lee Corporation. Curtis was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, West Point and the Steeleville Eagles....
Eunice M. Kober
Dec 3, 2013
STEELEVILLE - Eunice M. Kober, 91, of Steeleville, passed away at 6:30 pm, Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at the Three Springs Lodge in Chester. Eunice was born in Chester, Illinois on August 1, 1922, the daughter of Frederick William and Clara Allmeyer Buenger. She married John Kober on June 8, 1946 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Chester, Illinois. He preceded...
Edmund L. "Kayo" Willis, Jr.
Nov 24, 2013
PERCY - Edmund L. "Kayo" Willis, Jr., 90, of Percy, IL, passed away at 9:40 am, Sunday, November 24, 2013 at the Randolph County Care Center in Sparta, IL. He was a retired businessman, and for years operated Willis Tradin' Post then Kayo's Superama in Percy. He was of the Protestant faith. He served in the Army Air Corps during...
Pastor Blu Berner
Nov 24, 2013
Obituary Notice CUTLER - Pastor Blu Berner, 43, of Cutler, passed away at 7:28 am, Sunday, November 24, 2013 at the St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Blu was born in Kingston, New York on March 28, 1970, the son of Alan M. and Martha J. Russell Berner. He married Christine D. Hofmann on April 30, 1994 in...
Deborah Helen Davis
Nov 23, 2013
CUTLER - Deborah Helen Davis, 58, of Cutler, Illinois, passed away at 1:25 pm, Saturday, November 23, 2013 at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Deborah was born in El Paso, Texas, on March 23, 1955, the daughter of Robert and Diana Billings Sandy. She married Richard L. Davis on September 11, 2004 in Cutler, Illinois. She was a...
Carl W. Salger
Nov 23, 2013
STEELEVILLE - Carl W. Salger, 86, of Steeleville, passed away at 1:35 pm, Saturday, November 23, 2013 at the Coulterville Care Center in Coulterville, Illinois. Carl was born in Chester, Illinois on August 18, 1927, the son of Ernest and Vesta Jones Salger. He married Grace M. Studt on September 10, 1949 at Evansville, Illinois. She preceded him in death...
Charles Edward Phelps
Nov 19, 2013
AVA, Charles Edward Phelps, 80, of Ava, passed away at 9:31 PM Tuesday, November 19, 2013, at Chester Rehab and Nursing Center in Chester, Illinois. He was born August 4, 1933 in Jackson County, Illinois the son of William Benjamin and Minnie E. (Saul) Phelps. Charles was married to Doris A. Beshears and Glenda Lemmerman. Both preceded him in death....
Beulah Clover
Nov 17, 2013
AVA - Beulah Ann Clover, 72, of Ava, passed away peacefully at 5:10 am, Sunday, November 17, 2013 at the Carbondale Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Carbondale, IL. She had been a resident of the facility for two years following complications from a stroke. Beulah was the eldest of three children born to Everett and Eunice (Davis) Gray on May 15,...
Betty A. Reid
Nov 13, 2013
SPARTA - Betty A. Reid, 82, of Sparta, passed away at 7:32 pm, Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at the Randolph County Care Center in Sparta. Betty was born in Shelbyvile, Illinois, on August 11, 1931, the daughter of Lawrence and Bess Simmons Lovins. She married Vernon "Doe" Reid on May 4, 1950 in Steeleville, IL. He preceded her in death...
Robert Edward Vogel
Oct 30, 2013
JACOB - Robert Edward Vogel, 91, of Jacob, passed away at 12:34 pm, Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at his home. Robert was born in Jackson County, IL on September 6, 1922, the son of Arthur T. and Clara M. Oetjen Vogel. Robert married Evelyn Biermann Kranawetter of August 2, 1968 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Steeleville. He was a veteran...
Dorothy L. Thompson
Oct 23, 2013
JACOB - Dorothy L. Thompson, 93, of Jacob, passed away at 3:00 pm, Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at the Memorial Hospital in Chester. Dorothy was born in Gale, Illinois on October 30, 1919, the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Emma Ann Foutch McNelly. She married Rollen Thompson, he preceded her in death on October 21, 1971. She was a retired...
Zumma Wilson
Oct 23, 2013
AVA - Zumma Wilson, 93, of Ava, passed away at 8:08 am, Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at the Rehab and Care Center in Murphysboro. Zumma was born in Kinkaid Township, IL on July 8, 1920, the daughter of George and Maude McBride Barringer. She married Glenn G. Wilson on December 2, 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan. He preceded her in...
Aimee Lorraine Bodendieck
Oct 23, 2013
PERCY - Aimee Lorraine Bodendieck, 1 hour, 22 minutes, of San Jose, IL passed away at 7:25 am, Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln, IL. Aimee was born on October 23, 2013, the daughter of Brian K. Bodendieck and Megan M. Inselmann. Aimee is survived by her father, Brian K. Bodendieck of San Jose,...
