Category Archives: Obituaries

Mary Metzger, 59, of Centralia passed away Wednesday, January 1, 2025, at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon. She was born on September 21, 1965, the daughter of Eugene and Joan (Rhynes)...

Don L. Wurm, a cherished husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away at his home in Carlyle on January 4, 2025, at the age of 82. Born on June 25, 1942, in Carlyle, the son of Joh...

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Lana Jo Klomps, 78, of Breese on December 29th, 2024. She was born on September 7th, 1946, in Peoria to Elton Carter and Helen (Hughes) Kloster...

Betty Jane (Doetch) Reed, 88, of Iuka passed away on December 29th, 2024. She was born to John and Agnes (Dietz) Doetch on March 26, 1936, in Ava, IL. While working at McDonald's in Salem a mutual fri...

Patricia "Pat" Bauer, passed away on Christmas Day due to complications from interstitial lung disease. Thank you to the staff of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital and T. Boone Pickens Hospice and Pa...

Carlos Dean Woody, age 83 of Germantown, passed away at home on Saturday, January 4, 2025. Mr. Woody was born in Buckhart, IL on November 27, 1941, a son of Russell and Thelma (Parks) Woody. He marrie...

Irvin Eugene Stanford, 96, of Iuka passed away on January 2nd, 2025. Irvin was the middle child of nine born to Walter and Versie (Meador) Stanford on August 18, 1928. He married Betty B. Smith on Sep...

Alive in God's eternal presence, Peggy Joyce Edmonson, 89, formerly of Centralia, passed away from the complications of Alzheimer's disease on Monday, December 30, 2024, in the loving home of her grea...

Kolby Dewayne Yanez, 22, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 8:00 pm December 26, 2024. He was born January 9, 2002, to Nicole Schimp and Troy Yanez and his wife, Candace. Kolby is survived by h...

Merilee Anne Anderson, 84, of Johnston City, formerly of Salem, passed away on Tuesday, December 24th at 10:35 am at Aspen Valley Senior Home in Washington, MO. Merilee was born on June 15, 1940, in A...