Category Archives: Obituaries

On Friday, October 11, 2024, Flozell C. Bates answered the Heavenly call and passed away peacefully at home at the age of 99 years, 7 months, and 8 days. Fondly known to family and friends as PAPA, F....

Gail Barbara Simer, 74, of Centralia, passed away Friday, October 11, 2024 at her home with her family by her side. She was born August 16, 1950, in Clay City, IL, the daughter of Robert and Lois (Has...

Rebecca Gail Davis, 64, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 11:55 pm on October 15, 2024, at White Oak Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Mount Vernon. She was born June 3, 1960, in Mount ...

Bradley Allen Berning, age 69, passed away Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at Christian Northeast Hospital in St. Louis. Brad was born on January 21, 1955, in Salem, Illinois, a son of Otto and Flossie (Vo...

Donald Eugene McClelland, age 78, of Centralia, passed away at 8:35 pm on Monday, October 14, 2024, at his home in Centralia, surrounded by his loving family. Donald was born October 8, 1946, in Centr...

Frederic N. Hilger, age 72 of Salem, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, October 14, 2024, after out fishing his brothers at their annual Minnesota fishing trip while he was battling stage 4...

Katherine Louise Coulter, 64, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 10:16 pm on October 9, 2024, at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon. She was born July 7, 1960, in West Virginia ...

Larry Gene Brown, age 66 of Salem, passed away on Monday, October 14, 2024, at Twin Willows Nursing Center in Salem. Gene was born on August 16, 1958, in Centralia, the son of Norman Leroy "Dick" and ...

Joseph M. "Joe" Veal, age 89 of Salem, passed away at Centralia Manor on Wednesday, October 9, 2024. Joe was born on October 8, 1935, in Vernon, the son of Leroy and Sarah (Watkins) Veal. He married P...

Marilyn Clara Berger, 84, of Breese, IL passed away Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at St. Lukes Hospital in Chesterfield, MO. She was born on February 20, 1940, the daughter of Ralph and Eleanor (Tyberend...