Obituaries
Walter Lukas Skeate
Nov 28, 2009
Walter Lukas Skeate MARION-Walter Lukas Skeate infant son of Walter and Lisa Skeate, of Marion passed away at 5:02 PM, Saturday, November 28, 2009 at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. Funeral services will be private. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery in Marion. Blue Funeral Home in Marion is assisting the family with the arrangements. Memorials may be made to...
Elmer Dailey
Nov 27, 2009
Elmer Dailey MARION-Elmer Dailey, 87, passed away at 3:45 AM, Friday, November 27, 2009 at Parkway Manor nursing home in Marion. Funeral services will be at held at 11:00 AM, Monday, November 30, 2009 at the Community of Faith Church just west of Marion, with Reverend Todd Greiner officiating. Visitation will be from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Sunday,...
Donna Rae Turner
Nov 24, 2009
Marion- DONNA RAE TURNER, age 65, of Marion, passed away at 7:45pm on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at her home in Marion. Donna was born in Herrin on June 3, 1944, the daughter of Rev. Marion R. and Margaret Nell (Stone) Farmer. She married Jim Turner in Mount Vernon on August 19, 1967. They shared forty-two years of marriage. He...
Christopher Lee Sullins
Nov 23, 2009
Christopher Lee Sullins MARION-Christopher Lee Sullins, 47, of Marion passed away at 9:20 AM, Monday, November 23, 2009 at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, November 27, 2009 at the Blue Funeral Home in Marion with Reverend Jim Cockburn, Reverend Roger Odom, Reverend Richard Sullins and Reverend Corey Tincher officiating. Visitation...
Orla Henshaw
Nov 20, 2009
Mr. Orla Henshaw, age 93, passed quietly after a brief illness at 12:15 a.m. on Thursday, November 19, 2009, in Herrin, Illinois. He was born on September 14, 1916 to Freeman and Nancy (Howerton) Henshaw near Stonefort, Illinois. He married Mildred Louise (Hankins) Henshaw on September 14, 1945, and resided in Marion. Together they shared over 62 years of a...
Rev. George E. Ritter
Nov 18, 2009
Marion The Reverend George E. Ritter, 86, went to his eternal heavenly home on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 12:43 A.M. at Heartland Regional Medical Center. Rev. Ritter who was known to some as Uncle Red was born July 21, 1923 in Johnston City the son of George E. & Alice A. (Shelton) Ritter. He married Reba Horton on June...
Robert "Bob" Boozer
Nov 16, 2009
Robert Charles Boozer, of Dade City, Florida formerly of Marion passed away on Saturday November 14, 2009 at 7:04 P.M. at the Hospice Care Center surrounded by his loving wife and family. Bob was born January 28, 1944 in Marion the son of Charles and Wilda (Wilkins) Boozer. He married Marilyn Chamness on October 23, 1965 and together they have...
June Esther Brown
Nov 15, 2009
Herrin- June Esther Brown, 86, of Vandalia, formerly of Herrin, passed away at 3:15 p.m., Saturday, November 14, 2009 at Fayette County Hospital in Vandalia. June was born on June 24, 1923 in Elkville to John & Anna (Walters) Romines. She married Kenneth O. Brown on March 31, 1946 in St. Louis, MO. He survives of Vandalia. Mrs. Brown was...
William J. Neuman
Nov 12, 2009
Marion- WILLIAM JOSEPH NEUMAN, age 75, of Marion, passed away at 12:15pm on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at Carbondale Memorial Hospital. William was born in Quincy on June 17, 1934, the son of John A. and Florence (Holtschlag) Neuman. He married Catherine Elizabeth Howe in Quincy on October 12, 1957. She survives in Marion. Mr. Neuman was a member of...
Linda Norman
Nov 12, 2009
Linda R. Norman MARION-Linda R. Norman, 72, of Marion passed away at 10:55 PM, Thursday, November 12, 2009 at Shawnee Christian Nursing Home in Herrin. Funeral services will be at 2:00 PM, Sunday, November 15, 2009 at Blue Funeral Home in Marion with Dr. John Simpson officiating. Visitation will be from 1:00 PM until the time of the service on...
Lt. Col. James C. Springs
Nov 12, 2009
Marion- LT. COL. JAMES CARLYNN SPRINGS, age 88, of Marion, passed away at 6:30pm on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion. James was born in Williamson County on September 10, 1921, the son of Charles Orval and Ina (Sims) Springs. He married Wilma Dell Peyton on August 18, 1942 in Mt Vernon. She survives in...
Billie Gene Dunn
Nov 11, 2009
Billie Gene Dunn GOREVILLE-Billie Gene Dunn, 81, of Goreville passed away at 7:30 PM, Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at his home surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, November 14, 2009 at the Blue Funeral Home in Goreville with Pastor Dale Billingsley officiating. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 PM on Friday, November...
Ernest E. Kuhnke
Nov 10, 2009
Herrin- ERNEST EDWARD KUHNKE, age 60, of Herrin, passed away at 1:30pm on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at Hillside Manor Nursing Home in St. Louis, Missouri. Funeral services will be held at 11am on Friday, November 13, 2009 at Johnson-Hughes Funeral Home in Herrin with Rev. Don Colson officiating. Burial will follow at Denning Cemetery in West Frankfort. Visitation will...
Edna Ann Webb
Nov 8, 2009
Edna Ann Webb GOREVILLE-Edna Ann Webb, 70, of Goreville passed away at 11:45 PM, Sunday, November 8, 2009 at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at the Community of Christ (Webb) Church in Tunnel Hill with High Priest Glenn Webb officiating. Visitation will be...
Edward James Kinney, Jr.
Nov 7, 2009
Edward James Kinney, Jr. MARION- Edward James Kinney, Jr., 62, of Marion passed away at 11:45 PM, Saturday, November 7, 2009 at the V. A. Medical Center in Marion. Services will be at Jefferson Barracks Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri. Blue Funeral Home in Marion is assisting the family with the arrangements. Edward was born July 13, 1947 in Chicago...
Gilbert "Gib" Parks
Nov 6, 2009
Crab Orchard Gilbert E. Gib Parks, 90, passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 12:50 P.M. at his home. Gib was born August 15, 1919 the son of Robert Lee & Opal (Newton) Parks in Stonefort. He married Anna M. Powell on August 17, 1940 in Charleston, Missouri and together they shared over 65 years of marriage. She preceded...
Charles Michael Tobin
Nov 5, 2009
Charles Michael Tobin MARION-Charles Michael Tobin, 72, of Marion passed away at 9:22 PM, Thursday, November 5, 2009 at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 PM, Sunday, November 8, 2009 at the Blue Funeral Home in Marion with Family Members officiating. Visitation will be from 2:00 PM until the time of the service...
Shelby Atkins
Nov 3, 2009
Marion Shelby Jean Atkins, 73, passed away on Monday, November 2, 2009 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Shelby was born September 21, 1936 in Toler, Kentucky the daughter of Leslie & Maude (Hamilton) Hunley. She married Paul D. Atkins on April 16, 1954 in Turkey Creek, Kentucky and together they shared over 53 years of marriage until...
Robert Doug Goddard
Nov 3, 2009
Marion Robert Doug Goddard, 88, passed away on Tuesday, November 03, 2009 at 4:15 A.M. at Heartland Regional Medical Center. Doug was born June 8, 1921 in Marion the son of Glen Spiller & Una Olive (Caplinger) Goddard. He married Juanita Woodford in 1947 in Marion and together they shared over 38 years of marriage until her death on January...
Lana Jean (Lane) Sparks
Nov 2, 2009
Herrin- LANA JEAN (LANE) SPARKS, age 61, of Herrin, passed away at 6:40am on Monday, November 2, 2009 at her home. Lana was born in Herrin on May 11, 1948, the daughter of Leon Merle and Ruby Evalyn (Dagnan) Lane. Lana is survived by her mother, Ruby Lane, of Parkway Manor in Marion; her fianc and love of her life,...
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