Category Archives: Obituaries

Kenneth R. Helm, (Hummer), 74 of Iuka passed away January 5, 2022, at Carlyle Health Care Center. Kenny was a lifetime resident of Iuka, Illinois. He was retired from the Operating Engineers Local 520...

Jon D. Kline, age 72 of Kinmundy, passed away at his home on Wednesday, January 5, 2022. Jon was a United Methodist Pastor for over 20 years and attended the Kinmundy United Methodist Church. After hi...

Betty Ruth Rosenburgh, 90, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, formerly of Wayne City, Illinois, passed away peacefully at 7:35 am January 3, 2022 at Lavender Ridge. Betty was a graduate of Alton School of Nur...

Danee Melody Wiggins passed away at her home in Salem, IL on Thanksgiving Day morning, November 25, 2021, at the age of 47 with her sister at her bedside. Danee was a long-time member of First Christi...

Constance Lynn Oberholtzer, 75, of Kell, passed away Monday morning, January 3, 2022, at Salem Township Hospital. Lynn was a Kindergarten teacher at Summersville Grade School, where she was affectiona...

Georgetta Marie "Stormy" Stedman, 76, of Chesterfield, Missouri, passed away December 11, 2021 at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in Saint Louis, Missouri. Stormy was the owner and operator of Stormy'...

Charles Edward Wagoner, age 77, of Des Plaines, IL. He was born and raised in Salem, was a graduate of the SCHS class of 1962. Charles received his bachelor's degree from Eastern Illinois University a...

John Max Kirk, beloved husband, father, and granddad, 83, of St. Louis, Missouri, died suddenly on January 1, 2022. An intelligent, athletic, and well-liked boy, John graduated from Mt. Vernon Townshi...

Mary Ruth Murphy, 77, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away on January 3, 2022, at her residence in Mount Vernon, Illinois. She was born February 29, 1944, in Fairfield, Illinois to the late Jessie a...

Carolyn Sue Martin, 71, of Centralia, passed away Sunday, December 26, 2021, at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia. She was born April 13, 1950, in Centralia, the daughter of Kenneth Lambert ...