Category Archives: Obituaries

Mary Elizabeth "Bette" Eskew, 89, of Centralia passed away Friday, July 14, 2023, at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon. She was born on December 22, 1933, the daughter of Erie Marler an...

Robert "Bob" Maltman, 70, of Centralia, passed away Friday, August 4, 2023, in his home surrounded by his family. Bob was born September 12, 1952, in Mobile, Alabama, the son of William Maltman and Ma...

Kenton "Wyett" Cook, 50, of Opdyke, Illinois, passed away at 2:25 pm on August 4, 2023, in Evansville, Indiana. He was born July 9, 1973, to Melvin and Marlene (White) Cook, who reside in Kinmundy, Il...

Dena A. Hoffmann, age 61 of Kinmundy, passed away on Thursday, August 3, 2023, at Salem Township Hospital. Dena was born on June 2, 1962, in Centralia the daughter of Otis and Betty (Schirr) Brown. Sh...

Paula "Joyce" Smart, 82, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 6, 2023. Arrangements are pending and will be announced later, by the Osborn Funeral Home in Dix, Illinois.

Joseph V. Morgan, 96 years and five months, of Boyd, passed away at 12:45 a.m., August 3, 2023, at Nature Trail Health and Rehabilitation Center, in Mt. Vernon. He was born March 2, 1927, in Clay Coun...

Carolyn Sue Hayes, 77, of Belle Rive, Illinois, passed away at 10:45 am on August 2, 2023, at home with her family by her side. She was born June 28, 1946, in Jefferson County, Illinois to the late Is...

Connie Sue Lister, 58, of Bluford, Illinois, passed away at 11:16 pm on August 3, 2023, at Saint Louis University Hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri. She was born January 20, 1965, in Mount Gilead, Ohi...

Marvin P. Wilkinson, age 81 of Salem, passed away on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, at Twin Willows Nursing Center in Salem. Marvin was born on October 1, 1941, in Vandalia, the son of Paul and Elva (Butts)...

Evelyn Louise Nordin, 96, a long-time resident of Mt. Vernon, died Wednesday, August 2 at Ranson Ridge Assisted Living & Memory Care, in Charlotte, NC. She was born, on September 16, 1926, in Walt...