Category Archives: Obituaries

Paul H. Leonhardt, 79, of Salem, passed away Tuesday, November 21, 2023. He was born August 14, 1944, in Chicago, the son of Paul G. Leonhardt and Elsie (Hersch) Leonhardt. He married Janice Schroeder...

Early in the morning of Nov. 25, 2023, Ethel Mae Lash, 104, was welcomed into her heavenly home. She was living at Copper Trace Nursing Facility in Westfield, Indiana. Ethel was born on July 31, 1919,...

Derick Dwain Potter, age 57, of Farina, Illinois passed away on Wednesday, November 22, 2023at Sarah Bush Lincoln Fayette County Hospital. The funeral service will be at 7.00 p.m. on Friday, December ...

Carolyn J. Youck, 89, of Centralia, passed away, on Wednesday, November 22, 2023, at St. Louis University Hospital. She was born August 16, 1934, in Centralia, the daughter of Harold Langenfeld and Ma...

Mary Jane Dees, 85, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away on November 25, 2023, at Mount Vernon Countryside Manor in Mount Vernon, Illinois. She was born February 27, 1938, in Mount Vernon, Illinois ...

Marvin Lee Elkins, Jr., 72, of Salem, passed away Thursday, November 23, 2023, at his home.He was born December 1, 1950, in Las Cruces, New Mexico, the son of Marvin L. Elkins, Sr. and Violet P. (Dunc...

William A. "Bill" Beckemeyer, age 80 of Carlyle, passed away at St. Joseph's Hospital on Thursday, November 23, 2023. Mr. Beckemeyer was born in Breese on October 31, 1943, a son of the late Arthur C....

Keith H. Wiedemann, age 66 of Salem, passed away on Wednesday, November 22, 2023, at his home in Salem. Keith was born on September 10, 1957, in Eldorado, Illinois, the son of Herman Wiedemann Jr. and...

Angelia Javallea Moore, cherished baby girl of her mother, Jaronda Jeannetta Acres and her father, Dew'illis Javal Moore, was carried Home to Heaven by the angels on November 17, 2023. Along with her ...

Kenneth N. Schuetz, age 89, of Breese passed away on Monday, November 20, 2023. Kenneth was born September 2, 1934, to Gilbert and Thekla (nee Blanken) Schuetz in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in N...