Category Archives: Obituaries

John "Rusty" Lockwood, 74, of Woodlawn, Illinois, passed away June 27, 2022, at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon, Illinois. He was born November 4, 1947, in Evansville, Indiana to th...

Donna Bryan Anspach, age 82 of Salem, died peacefully Monday, June 27, 2022, at Odin Healthcare Center, in the arms of the Lord and going to Heaven. Donna was born on December 14, 1939, in Devils Lake...

Goldie Pearl Copple, 105 years of age, of Salem, Illinois, and Zephyrhills, Florida passed away June 13, 2022, at Advent Healthcare, Dade City, Florida. Born June 10, 1917, in Iuka, Illinois, she was ...

Jessie P. Scott, 43, of Valier, passed away Thursday, June 23, 2022. He was the son of Curtis E. Scott and Sheery (Harlow) Evilsizer. He married Joyce Evilsizer on December 17, 2005, and she survives ...

Larry Joe Smith, 63, of Boyd, passed away on June 26, 2022, at Nature Trails Nursing Home in Mt. Vernon. He was born in Mt. Vernon on May 26, 1959, the son of William A. Smith and Mary Ann Mathis Smit...

Charles "Butch" W. Wilkey, 74, of Centralia, passed away Saturday, June 25, 2022, at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia. He was born February 19, 1948, in Centralia, the son of William "Bud" ...

Robert Vern Rodgers, born on July 12, 1964, in Gary, Indiana, passed at St. Louis University Hospital on June 19, 2022, at the age of 57. He is survived by his loving mother, Bonnie Rodgers; his two o...

John A. Warren, W9BFO, passed away at 12:30 am June 20, 2022 at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, Illinois. John married Judith Ashbrook on September 10, 1972, in Mount Vernon, where they resided for m...

Charles "Chuck" D. Sullivan of Oxford, Florida (formerly of Salem) passed away on June 24, 2022. He was born in Brubaker, Illinois November 2, 1935, to A.L. Sullivan and Mary (Thompson) Sullivan. He i...

Patsy Jean Thomson, 84, of Iola, passed away at 10:20 pm, Monday, June 20, 2022 at the Lakeland Rehab and Health Care Center in Effingham. Patsy worked as a quality inspector for NAL in Salem, Illinoi...