Category Archives: Obituaries

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...

William Gene Hester (known as "Bill"), 88, passed away peacefully on July 31, 2023, after being released for hospice care to his home in Bandon, Oregon. Bill was born Aug. 31, 1934, in Alma, Illinois ...

Jeanette "Lucy" Molenhour, age 85 of Salem, passed away on Saturday, July 29, 2023, at Twin Willows Nursing Center in Salem. Lucy was born on August 7, 1937, in Hammond, Indiana, the daughter of Harol...

Denise Marie Hempen, age 68, of Pleasant Mound, IL, passed away on Friday, July 28, 2023, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on January 5, 1955, in Breese, Illinois, the daughte...

Phillip J. Potter, 61, of Odin, passed away Saturday, July 29, 2023 at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia.He was born February 9, 1962 in Centralia, the son of Clarence Potter and Helen (Blas...