Category Archives: Obituaries

Patricia Ann Kowalski, 72, of McLeansboro, IL, passed away at 2:37 A.M. on August 1, 2024, at Deaconess Midtown in Evansville, Indiana. She was born in DuQuoin, Illinois on March 21, 1952, to the late...

Phyllis (Galbraith) Francois, 78, of Salem, passed away Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Salem, Illinois. She was born October 4, 1945, in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, the daughter of James and Myrtle (Green) Galb...

Diana Rae Waterstradt, 78, of Texico, Illinois, passed away at 1:05 pm on August 5, 2024, at White Oak Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Mount Vernon. She was born November 22, 1945, in East Ch...

William Thomas Hutchins Jr., age 54 of Salem, passed away on Monday, August 5, 2024, at Salem Township Hospital in Salem. William was born on April 17, 1970, in Long Beach, California, the son of Will...

Douglas Gibson, 61, of Centralia passed away Friday, August 2, 2024, at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia. He was born on May 8, 1963, the son of Thomas Henry and Joyce Ann (Leavell) Gibson ...

Sherri Ann "Momma Bear" Lay, age 60 of Centralia, passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, August 2, 2024. Sherri was born on November 22, 1963, in Centralia, the daughter of Arthur Lee Organ and...

Douglas "Doug" White, 71, of Dix, passed away Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at his home. He was born October 26, 1952, in Centralia, Illinois to George S. White and Dorothy Garland White. He married Cynth...

Roger Lee Purcell, age 90, of Bloomington, passed away Wednesday afternoon, July 31, 2024, at the I.U. Health Bloomington Hospice House. Born September 29, 1933, in Salem, Illinois, he was the son of ...

Nellie Hiestand, age 91 of Salem, passed away on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at Salem Township Hospital with her family by her side. Nellie was born on August 15, 1932, in Meacham Township at her grandma ...

Cynthia J. Gray, 73, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away on July 30, 2024, at SSM Health Saint Mary's Hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri. She was born August 5, 1950, in Mount Vernon, Illinois to th...