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2021 03/20 - Ruth Holloway
Ruth Holloway, 73, of Centralia, passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia. Ruth was a graduate of the Centralia High School Class of 1965 and she always looke...
Mar 18, 2020
2021 03/20 - Richard Lee "Deadeye" Braddy
Richard Lee "Deadeye" Braddy, 79, of Walnut Hill, passed away at 9:50 a.m. Thursday, March 18, 2021, at his home, surrounded by his family. He went to Bluford Grade School and graduated from Centralia...
Mar 18, 2020
2021 03/20 - Rosalie Jackson
Rosalie (Gillis) Jackson, age 82 of Salem, passed away on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, at Doctor's Nursing and Rehab in Salem. She attended a one-room school (Fairview) that was once located in Tonti To...
Mar 18, 2020
2021 03/19 - Lloyd Thomas
Lloyd Thomas, age 89 of Salem, died on Monday, March 15, 2021, at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon. Lloyd graduated from Pleasant Grove High School in 1949 in Oklahoma. He then attende...
Mar 17, 2020
2021 03/21 - Ellis Eugene "Shorty" Boyles
Ellis Eugene "Shorty" Boyles, 95, of Salem, Illinois passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at Twin Willow Nursing Home with his children at his side. Eugene was a faithful member of Old Bethel Church, r...
Mar 17, 2020
2021 03/20 - Isabelle Brockschmidt
Isabelle Brockschmidt, 93, of Sun Lakes, Ariz., formerly of Centralia passed quietly in her sleep on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. Mrs. Brockschmidt graduated from Centralia Township High School in 1937. She...
Mar 17, 2020
2021 03/19 - Lloyd Wilkerson
Lloyd Wilkerson, 79, formerly of Sandoval, passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon. Irvin Macz Funeral Home in Centralia is privileged to be assisting t...
Mar 17, 2020
2021 03/20 - Ruth E. Allen
Ruth E. Allen, 84, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 6:07 pm March 16, 2021 at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon. Ruth worked at the Coast to Coast Hardware store in Mount Ver...
Mar 17, 2020
2021 03/20 - Glenna Jeanne (Brockschmidt) Reeves
Glenna Jeanne (Brockschmidt) Reeves quietly passed away Monday January 18th, 2021. Growing up in the Central Illinois town of Centralia, Glenna had a wonderful childhood surrounding by family and frie...
Mar 17, 2020
2021 03/19 - Jimmie A. Warfield
Jimmie A. Warfield, 94, of Salem, Illinois passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at Twin Willow Nursing home in Salem with his daughter by his side. A very active businessman in Salem, he was President ...
Mar 16, 2020
