Author Archives: WJBD Staff
2021 11/27 - Thomas "Tom" L. Wade
Thomas L. "Tom" Wade passed away at his home on November 22, 2021, age 79, surrounded by family. Tom was a proud union member of the Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 653 in Centralia for 55 years. Tom S...
Nov 27, 2020
2021 11/27 - Ellerea Faith Koenegstein
Ellerea Faith Koenegstein, age 6, ran into the arms of Christ on Monday, November 22, 2021, at 10:18 PM at St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO. Before that moment, she spent the day being hug...
Nov 27, 2020
2021 11/27 - Margaret Alise McClain
Margaret Alise McClain of Indianapolis, IN passed away on November 15, 2021, after a battle with kidney disease. She attended Centralia High and joined the healthcare field as a Certified Nursing Assi...
Nov 27, 2020
2021 11/26 - Edith Eileen Swain
Edith Eileen Swain, 105, of Centralia passed away Sunday, November 21, 2021. Eileen was proud of her hometown of Centralia, where she resided in the home she was born in until she was 98 years old. Sh...
Nov 26, 2020
2021 11/26 - Jack Wayne Clark Jr.
Jack Wayne Clark Jr., age 80, of Mt. Vernon passed away in his home Saturday, November 20th 2021 at 2:45pm with family by his side. Born in Noble Illinois, Jack graduated in 1959 from Noble High Schoo...
Nov 26, 2020
2021 11/24 - Dawn Mobley
Dawn Mobley, 57, of Centralia, passed away Friday, November 19, 2021, at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon. Dawn's greatest joy was loving and caring for her family. Her title MaMaw was...
Nov 24, 2020
2021 11/23 - Steven B. Schaubert
Steven Bruce Schaubert, carpentry artisan and professional angler and creative prophet came into the world in 1956 among many baby boomers in the post war period. Centralia hospital delivered him, Sal...
Nov 23, 2020
2021 11/22 - Sharon Rose Bradford
Sharon Rose Bradford, 81, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 12:45 pm November 18, 2021 at her residence in Mount Vernon, Illinois. Mrs. Bradford was the Last West Salem PTA President from 1969...
Nov 22, 2020
2021 11/22 - Delores Taylor
Delores M. Taylor, 91, of Centralia, passed away November 16, 2021, at her home, surrounded by her family. Delores worked at Warren G. Murray Center in Centralia for many years as a Mental Health Tech...
Nov 22, 2020
2021 11/22 - Harold Wesley "Wes" Cain
Harold Wesley "Wes" Cain, 87, of Patoka passed away Tuesday, November 16, 2021, at Fireside House of Centralia. A celebration of life service will be held at 12:00 p.m. Monday, November 22, 2021, at t...
Nov 22, 2020
