Obituaries

Connie A. Maxey

Connie A. Maxey

Aug 12, 2011

Herrin- Connie A. Maxey, 47, of Herrin, passed away at 10:40 AM, Thursday, August 11, 2011 at St. Louis University Hospital. Connie was born on December 1, 1963 in Herrin to Don and Barbara (Murray) Nickens. She married John Maxey on September 24, 1983 at Hurricane Memorial Baptist Church in Herrin. He survives of Herrin. Connie was a homemaker and...

Jo Ann Young

Jo Ann Young

Aug 12, 2011

Carterville- JO ANN (CLENDENIN) YOUNG, age 63, of Carterville, passed away at 9:52pm on Friday, August 12, 2011 at her home in Carterville. Jo Ann was born on February 22, 1948, the daughter of William D. and Helen (Quartermous) Clendenin. She was homemaker. Survivors include her son- Emmett and Jerrie Shepard of Sturgis, KY Son- Jerry Shepard of St. Cloud,...

Letta Mae Hooten

Letta Mae Hooten

Aug 12, 2011

Letta Mae Hooten MARION: Letta Mae Hooten, 83, of Marion passed away on August 12th, 2011 at 7:40am at Heartland Regional Medical Center. A memorial service for Mrs. Hooten will be held Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 2pm at Blue Funeral Home in Marion with Father Richard Mohr officiating. There will be a time of gathering at 1pm until the...

Betty Emmerson

Betty Emmerson

Aug 8, 2011

Betty Emmerson Marion-Betty Emmerson, 87, of Marion, passed away on Monday, August 8, 2011 at Parkway Estates. Visitation for Mrs. Emmerson will be on Thursday, August 11, 2011 from 11am-1pm at Blue Funeral Home in Marion. Funeral services will follow, at the funeral home, at 1pm with Reverend Jim Holderfield officiating. Interment will be in Maplewood Cemetery in Marion. Memorials...

Georgette Louise Verley

Georgette Louise Verley

Aug 8, 2011

Marion Georgette Louise Verley, 87, passed away on Sunday, August 7, 2011 at 2:14 P.M. at her home in Marion. Georgette was born February 10, 1924 in Linton, Indiana the daughter of Arthur and Amelia (Fougnies) Mercier. She married George F. Verley on June 22, 1946 in Princeton, Indiana and together they shared over 42 years of marriage until his...

Reatha Maxine Steinmetz

Reatha Maxine Steinmetz

Aug 7, 2011

Herrin- REATHA MAXINE STEINMETZ, age 90, of Herrin, passed away at 1:05am on Sunday, August 7, 2011 at Herrin Hospital. Reatha was born in Ferges on September 12, 1920, the daughter of Cairl Jake and Edna (McPheron) Smith. She married John L. Steinmetz in Herrin. He preceded her in death. Mrs. Steinmetz was a practical nurse at Herrin Hospital. Survivors...

Edith May Colp

Edith May Colp

Aug 5, 2011

Herrin- EDITH MAY COLP, age 97, of Herrin, passed away at 6:35pm on Friday, August 5, 2011 at Herrin Hospital. Edith was born in Dekoven, Kentucky, the daughter of Robert Marian and Betty (Jacobs) Chandler. She married John Henry Colp in Carbondale on April 2, 1931. He preceded her in death on April 17, 1995. They shared sixty-four years of...

Riley L Chamness

Riley L Chamness

Aug 3, 2011

Riley Chamness Creal Springs-Riley L. Chamness, 87, of Creal Springs passed away on Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at 7:36 AM in Heartland Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be held on Saturday, August 6, 2011 from 9-11 AM at Blue Funeral Home in Marion. Funeral services will be at 11 AM on Saturday at the funeral home with Reverend Shorty Alsip...

Mary Wanda Deere

Mary Wanda Deere

Aug 3, 2011

Wanda Deere Murphysboro-Mary Wanda Deere, 76, of Murphysboro, passed away on Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at 7:05 PM at her home surrounded by her family, after a 3 year long battle with cancer. A visitation will be held on Friday, August 5, 2011, from 5-8 PM at the First Assembly of God Church in Murphysboro; 445 N. 16th Street. A...

Margaret I. Mitchell

Margaret I. Mitchell

Aug 2, 2011

Marion- MARGARET ISABELLE MITCHELL, age 73, of Marion, passed away at 5:30am on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at the home of her caregiver, Lana Emery. Margaret was born in Marion on September 5, 1937, the daughter of Vincent and Isabelle (Sands) Plauskey. She married Richard Mitchell in Harrisburg on February 1, 1954. He preceded her in death on February 6,...

Robert A. Kerley

Robert A. Kerley

Aug 2, 2011

Marion- ROBERT ALAN KERLEY, age 47, of Terre Haute, IN, formerly of Marion, passed away at 10:00pm on Tuesday August 2, 2011 at the Veteran's Hospital in Danville. Robert was born in Marion on September 10, 1963, the son of Marion J. and Wanda (Sims) Kerley. At the age of fourteen, he moved to Steamboat Springs, CO where he spent...

Anna Louise Long

Anna Louise Long

Jul 30, 2011

Herrin- Anna Louise Long, 60, of Herrin, passed away at 7:00 AM, Saturday, July 30, 2011 at her home in Herrin. Anna was born on December 26, 1950 in Sandwich, IL to Jim Long & Virginia Pinkham. She worked as a mapping coordinator for Williamson County for several years. She was a member of Life Church in Marion. In her...

David Duane Covey

David Duane Covey

Jul 30, 2011

David Duane Covey Marion— David Duane Covey, 35, passed away at 10:22 PM on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at Heartland Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, August 3, 2011 from 4-7 PM at Blue Funeral Home in Marion. A memorial service in David’s honor will be on Thursday, August 4, 2011 starting at 10 AM at the...

Alfred Reiter

Alfred Reiter

Jul 29, 2011

July 29, 2011 Obituary Marion- Alfred William Reiter, 92, of Marion, passed away at 11:35 PM, Thursday, July 28, 2011 at the VA Nursing Center in Marion. Alfred was born on January 8, 1919 in Chicago to Alfred Stephen & Olga (Werner) Reiter. He married Gladys Madsen on October 13, 1945 in Chicago. She survives of Lake of Egypt. Alfred...

Kenneth Milton Hoercher

Kenneth Milton Hoercher

Jul 24, 2011

MARION – Kenneth Milton Hoercher, 71, of Marion, passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2011 at 1:55 AM at the VA Medical Center. It was Mr. Hoercher’s wishes to be cremated. A visitation to be with friends and family will be held on Friday, July 29, 2011 from 10-11 AM at Blue Funeral Home in Marion. A memorial service will...

Charles "Tom" Bird

Charles "Tom" Bird

Jul 23, 2011

Herrin- CHARLES T. TOM BIRD, age 70, of Herrin, passed away at 9:40pm on Saturday, July 23, 2011 at his home in Herrin. Charles was born in West Frankfort on August 29, 1940, the son of Wylie and Jean (Robinson) Bird. He married Ernestine McNeal on August 20, 1959 at the First Baptist Church in Marion. She survives in Herrin....

Carmen Dohanich

Carmen Dohanich

Jul 21, 2011

Carrier Mills- Carmen Dohanich, 95, of Carrier Mills, died at 12:30 AM, Thursday, July 21, 2011 at Carrier Mills Nursing and Rehab in Carrier Mills, Illinois. She was born March 2, 1916 in Herrin to William G. and Sarah (Sanders) Davis. She married George Dohanich October 4, 1941, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He died September 18, 1992. Mrs. Dohanich was...

Earl Boyd Watkins

Earl Boyd Watkins

Jul 18, 2011

"A father loves with his heart, Provides with his hands, and leaves A legacy with His Life" Holley Gerth On Friday, July 15, 2011 our father Earl Boyd Watkins went home to be with the Lord and the love of his life, his wife Tempa. He was born May 9, 1927, the son of Aurthur and Flossie (Sanders) Watkins. He...

Pauline Stone

Pauline Stone

Jul 16, 2011

Herrin- PAULINE BERNICE STONE, age 96, of Herrin, passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2011 at Parkview Nursing and Rehab Center in Paducah. Pauline was born in Herrin on November 17, 1914, the daughter of Charles and Antoinette (Gualdoni) Calcaterra. She married Orval Stone in Herrin on June 9, 1937. They shared thirty-four years of marriage. He preceded her in...

Elizabeth A. Poole-Maynard

Elizabeth A. Poole-Maynard

Jul 16, 2011

Marion- Elizabeth A. Poole-Maynard, age 49, of Marion, passed away at her home in Marion at 5:50pm on Friday, July 15, 2011. Elizabeth was born on July 13, 1962 in Marion to Robert Dean & Nancy (Wyatt) Poole. She married Doug Maynard on July 27, 2009 in Marion. He survives of Marion. Her background in nursing at an early age...

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