Category Archives: Obituaries

Carolyn June (Copple) Chambers, age 86, of Centralia, Illinois, passed away peacefully at 7:23 P.M. on January 3rd, 2023, at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon, Illinois. Funeral arran...

Colleen Nollman, 88, of Centralia, passed away Sunday, January 1, 2023. She was born November 11, 1934, in Centralia, the daughter of Clarence Alfred Potter and Grace Edna (Griffith) Potter. She marri...

Joyce D. Lowery, 83, of Bluford, Illinois, passed away at 8:14 pm on January 3, 2023, in Mount Vernon, Illinois. She was born May 17, 1939, in Dahlgren, Illinois to the late Paul and Irene (Witters) S...

Nancy Lee Speidel, 86, of Mount Vernon, Illinois passed away on January 2, 2023. Nancy was born May 28, 1936, in Flora, Illinois, the daughter of Ralph and Martha Neff. She was preceded in death by he...

Anthony "Tony" W. Rinne, 55, of Salem, Illinois passed away on January 2, 2023, at St. Louis University Hospital.Tony was born July 12, 1967, in Nashville, IL, the son of Wayne W. and Jean (Hartwell) ...

John Seward Wills, 92, of Mt. Vernon, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2022, at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon with his family by his side. He was born May 31, 1930, in Morristown,...

Henry Earl Parks Jr., 95 of Irvington, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2022. He was born on the same day in 1927, the son of Henry Earl Sr. and Blanche (Batson) Parks in St. Catherine, MO. He marri...

Ronald G. Herman, 77, of Centralia, passed away Saturday, December 31, 2022, at his home. Ronald was born in Quincy, IL., the son of Alfred W. Herman and Helen L. (Libbie) Herman. Ronald is survived b...

Verdell Hermsmeyer, age 88, passed away at St. Joseph's Hospital in Breese, Illinois on Sunday, January 1, 2023. Mrs. Hermsmeyer was born at her home in Hoyleton, Illinois on August 12, 1934, the daug...

Katherine M. Toney, 95, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 3:56 pm on January 2, 2023, at Mt. Vernon Countryside Manor in Mount Vernon, Illinois. She was born February 23, 1927, in Boyd, Illino...