Category Archives: Obituaries

Melissa Kay Sturgeon, of St. Rose, beloved wife, mother, Mawmaw, sister, aunt, and friend, passed away on January 8, 2024. Melissa passed away peacefully at her home in St. Rose, Illinois after battli...

John 'Ed' Brookman, 84, of Irvington, passed away Saturday, January 13, 2024, at Fireside House Nursing Home in Centralia. Ed was born September 1, 1939, in Mt. Vernon, IL, the son of John Everett Bro...

Loretta Jane (Goss) Aaron, 86, of Centralia, passed away Saturday, January 13, 2024, at Fireside House Nursing Home in Centralia. Jane was born July 24, 1937, the daughter of Roy Thomas Self and Dorot...

Betty Louise Behnke, 92, of Iuka, passed away Wednesday, January 10, 2024, at the Salem Township Hospital. She was born May 30, 1931, in Webster, Wisconsin, the daughter of Raymond Franklin Pease and ...

Sherri Irene (Williams) Feazel, 66, of Centralia, passed away Monday, January 8, 2024, at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon.She was born December 27, 1957, in Centralia, the daughter of...

Thomas Jefferson Gibson, 87, born October 14, 1936, in Kansas City, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2024, at Mercy Rehab and Care Center in Swansea, Illinois. He was the son of Henry Thomas an...

Gene Paul Moore, age 91 of Salem, passed away on Saturday, January 13, 2024, at Salem Township Hospital. Paul was born on May 2, 1932, in Jackson, Tennessee the son of Lamire Holden "L.H." and Neoma (...

Harold Ray Buchele passed away peacefully at home surrounded by the love of his family on Saturday, January 13, 2024. He was 83 years of age. Born on July 22, 1940, in Boulder, Illinois, Ray lived a l...

Mary Ethel Carter, 72, of Sandoval passed away peacefully, surrounded by the love of her family, Thursday, January 11, 2024, at her home. She was born on November 4, 1951, the oldest child of five, da...

John Cole McDermott, 73, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away Thursday, January 11, 2024, at his home. He was born February 24, 1950, in Mount Vernon, Illinois to the late James McDermott and Wanita...