Category Archives: Obituaries
2023 05/10 -Dick Purdue
Dick Purdue of rural Kell died on May 6, 2023. He was born on September 25, 1928, near Kell. He was the son of Earl and Jessie (Vursell) Purdue. In 1963 in Springfield, IL he was married to Doris Smit...
May 10, 2022
2023 05/10 - Donald Jackson
Donald Jackson, 62, of Centralia passed away Friday, May 5, 2023, in his home surrounded by his loved ones. Donald was born November 26, 1960, in Greenville, Illinois, the son of Hubert Jackson and Be...
May 10, 2022
2023 05/10 - Michael Anderson
Michael Anderson, age 78 of Kell passed away at his home Saturday, May 6th. Michael was born on March 21, 1945, in Massachusetts, the son of Paul and Virginia (Muler) Anderson on February 14, 1987. He...
May 10, 2022
2023 05/10 - Donald 'Gale' Courson
Donald "Gale" Courson, 85, of Farina, passed away Saturday, May 6, 2023. Gale was born on August 12, 1937, in Centralia, IL, the son of Gerald and Lenora (VonBehren) Courson. He married Charlene E. Sc...
May 10, 2022
2023 05/09 - Terry Lynn Weinberger
Terry Lynn Weinberger went to Heaven on May 4, 2023. She was 59, born on November 23, 1963. She is survived by her mother, Emma Knipping, and her father, Richard Knipping; her brother, Joe Weinberger;...
May 09, 2022
2023 05/09 - Ira Brent McGowen, Jr.
Ira Brent McGowen Jr., 53, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away on April 27, 2023, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He was born June 3, 1969, in Mount Vernon to Ira B. McGowen Sr. a...
May 09, 2022
2023 05/09 - George Eldon Kunkle
George Eldon Kunkle, 83, of Beckemeyer, died at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in O'Fallon on Wednesday, May 3, surrounded by his loving family. George was born June 27, 1939, in Murphysboro, to Alice and G...
May 09, 2022
2023 05/08 - Richard D. McCleary
Richard D. McCleary, age 83 of Mt. Vernon, formerly of Salem, passed away at his home on Wednesday, May 3, 2023.Richard was born on January 13, 1940, in Fairfield, Illinois, the son of David Alexander...
May 08, 2022
2023 05/08 - Doris Leonard
Doris Leonard, age 96, entered heaven on April 25. Her family rejoices in this passage. Doris is survived by her daughter Janice Plemon (Joe), grandchildren Josh Plemon (Becky), Jaime Markovic (Zika),...
May 08, 2022
2023 05/08 - Eliza Winter
Eliza Winter, age 90 passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her children on Monday evening, May 1, 2023. She was the daughter of Charles and Dovie Swofford who proceeded her in death. Belove...
May 08, 2022
