Category Archives: Obituaries

Nancy M. Kleiboeker, age 76 of Carlyle, passed away on Friday, February 7, 2025, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Mrs. Kleiboeker was born on September 21, 1948, in Breese, IL, the daughter...

Dorothy Mae Scott, 88, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 7:20 pm on February 8, 2025, at Mount Vernon Countryside Manor in Mount Vernon. She was born October 31, 193,6 in Karnak, Illinois to t...

Hank Alsept, age 71 of Salem, passed away on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at Salem Township Hospital. Hank was born on January 24, 1954, in Lima, Ohio the son of Noble and Katherine (Alsept) Wisecup. ...

Suzanne Jane Pollard, 87, of Salem, passed away peacefully with her family by her side, on February 4th, 2025, at Odin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was born August 30th, 1937, to Melvin a...

Rickey Allen Leek, 51, of Centralia passed away Tuesday, February 4, 2025. He was born on April 26, 1973, the son of Ronald and Judith (Hart) Leek in Centralia. He married Heather N. Budds in 1994 and...

It is with great sadness the family of Janet Lynne (Anderson) Grasher announces her passing on January 7, 2025, at the age of 76. Janet was born in Salem, Illinois, raised in Centralia, Illinois, and ...

Norman Huff, 88, of Bluford, Illinois sat aside his toolbelt and joined his loved ones in Heaven on February 1, 2025. Norman was born on the 9th of June 1936 to Ralph and Opal (Bruce) Huff in Bluford,...

Russell John Singler, age 80, peacefully passed away at his home in Huey, Illinois, on January 28, 2025. Born on October 6, 1944, in New Baden, Illinois, he was the son of the late Clarence and Joseph...

William Charles "Bill" Fletcher, 79, of Vandalia, formerly of Centralia, passed away at 9:45 a.m. Mon., Jan. 27, 2025, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, IL. He was born Sun., Dec. 9, 1945, in Cen...

Elizabeth Louella Blackwell Cowan, who spent 32 years as a Chicago Public School teacher and administrator, where she instilled a love of reading, math, and music to generations of elementary schooler...