Obituaries

Oct 17, 2016

MELVIN “JACK” SCHULTE, 93 , of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 5:26 am, Monday, October 17, 2016 at The Manor at Craig Farms in Chester, Illinois.

He was born to the late Henry and Elsie (nee Schamel) Schulte on December 26, 1922 in McBride, Missouri.

Jack retired from the Federal Barge Line and...

Oct 13, 2016

IRENE D. MEYER, 93 , of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 11:15 pm, Thursday, October 13, 2016 at Three Springs Lodge Nursing Home in Chester, Illinois.

She was born to Edward and Olga (nee Heine) Marquardt on November 9, 1922 in Chester, Illinois.

Irene married Carl E. Meyer on April 23, 1944 at...

Oct 12, 2016

JOEANN ARMON, 81, of Red Bud, Illinois, passed away at 11:18 pm, Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at Red Bud Regional Hospital, Red Bud, Illinois.

She was born to the late Leo and Hilda (nee Oaks) York on September 8, 1935 in Vernal, Utah.

JoeAnn had worked as a CNA for Clarice’s Home Care Service, Inc...

Oct 10, 2016

LOUIS  DALE  FAVERTY, 63 , of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 7:31 am on Monday, October 10, 2016 at his home in Chester .

He was born to Louis Lee and Geraldine (nee: Atchison) Faverty on July 22, 1953 in Chester, Illinois.

Dale was a member of Peace Lutheran Church in Chester, and...

Oct 10, 2016

LOIS J. REUTER, 75 , of Bremen, Illinois, passed away at 12:20 am, Monday, October 10, 2016 at St. John Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

She was born to Walter E. and Grace F. (nee: Brinkmann) Stockwell on February 5, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois.

Lois married Edwin A. Reuter on June...

Oct 6, 2016

CHARLES WALTER MORGAN, SR., 58 , of Walsh, Illinois, passed away at 6:15 pm, Thursday, October 6, 2016 at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.

He was born to Charles Stephen and Elizabeth Anna (nee: Rodewald) Morgan on November 22, 1957 in East St. Louis, Illinois.

He married Brenda Lee...

Sep 30, 2016

MARY HELEN MASTERSON, 87, of Red Bud, Illinois, formerly of Glen Carbon, Illinois, passed away at 9:45 pm, Friday, September 30, 2016 at Red Bud Regional Care, Red Bud, Illinois.

She was born to the late Edgar and Augusta (nee Blow) Nevois on July 4, 1929 in Prairie du Rocher, Illinois.

She married Edward Leo...

Sep 25, 2016

WILLIAM E. “BILL” MARCINKOWSKA, 59, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 4:46 pm, Sunday, September 25, 2016 at Memorial Hospital in Chester, Illinois.

He was born to Robert Peter and Shirley Ann (nee: Roth) Marcinkowska on April 14, 1957 in Chester, Illinois.

He married Cheryll K. Draves on November 29, 1975 in Rockwood,...

Sep 25, 2016

MARY FRAN EGGEMEYER, 83 , of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 4:30 am, Sunday, September 25, 2016 at her home in Chester, Illinois .

She was born to the late Maurice and Jennie (nee: Allison) Brown on December 18, 1932 in Chester, Illinois.

Mary was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in...

Sep 24, 2016

SISTER MARY LINUS (MARTHA EMMA) ERZER, ASC, 90 , of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, Ruma Center, Ruma, Illinois, passed away at 9:12 pm, Saturday, September 24, 2016 at Ruma Center, Ruma, Illinois.

She was the fourth of five daughters born to Otto and Anna (nee Ravo) Erzer on September 16, 1926 in...

Sep 18, 2016

EDWARD E. RUROEDE, SR., 84 , of Ellis Grove, Illinois, passed away at 6:15 pm, Sunday, September 18, 2016 at Randolph County Care Center, Sparta, Illinois..

He was born to the late Martin and Dora (nee: Hartmann) Ruroede on May 11, 1932 in Bremen, Illinois.

Ed married Lola M. Jones on...

Sep 16, 2016

RUBY E. KOESTER, 92, of Red Bud, Illinois, passed away at 9:46 pm, Friday, September 16, 2016 at Four Fountains Convalescent Center, Belleville, Illinois.

She was born to the late John and Wilhelmina (nee Falkenhein) Tillock on March 24, 1924 in Baldwin, Illinois.

She married Wilbert Koester on September 27, 1942 at St. John Lutheran...

Sep 16, 2016

WILMA F. HECHT, 83 , of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 2:10 pm, Friday, September 16, 2016 at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville, MO .

She was born to the late Ernest and Della (nee: Criss) Berndt on August 30, 1933 in Chester, Illinois.

She married Herbert P. “Herb” Hecht on August...

Aug 31, 2016

CLEO SHEMONEY, 85 , of Ruma, Illinois, formerly of Ellis Grove, Illinois, passed away at 11:01 pm, Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at her home in Ruma, Illinois .

She was born to the late Kelley and Vena (nee: Thomas) Bradley on October 10, 1930 in Floyd County, Kentucky.

She married James B. Shemoney...

Aug 27, 2016

PERRY NATHAN LEDBETTER, 56, of Ellis Grove, Illinois, passed away at 7:21 pm , Saturday, August 27, 2016 at Memorial Hospital in Chester , Illinois .

He was born to James Howard and Paulette (nee: Colvis) Ledbetter on November 1, 1959 in Chester , Illinois .

He married Jacqueline Springs on September 20,...

Aug 25, 2016

WARREN PAUL CROWELL, 59, of Red Bud, Illinois, passed away at 8:05 pm, Thursday, August 25, 2016 at his residence.

He was born to the late George Lester and Annie Veronica (nee Connolly) Crowell on February 26, 1957 in Brockton, Massachusetts.

He married Mary Kimberly Whiteside on October 9, 1982, at St. Peter United Church...

Aug 25, 2016

STANLEY G. MUDD, 62, of Ruma, Illinois, passed away at 10:42 am, Thursday, August 25, 2016 at his residence.

He was born to the late Clyde and Lorena (nee Naeger) Mudd on November 12, 1953 in Red Bud, Illinois.

He married Janet Montroy on June 3, 1978 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Evansville, Illinois;...

Aug 24, 2016

PHYLLIS J. MOLLET MOSES, 82, of Belleville, Illinois, formerly of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, passed away at 10:00 pm, Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at Kindred Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri.

She was born to the late Herman O. and Eva (nee Johnson) Wallace on May 19, 1934 in Leeper, Missouri.

She married Gilbert C. Mollet on...

Aug 18, 2016

ROBERT R. “BOB” PARKER, 79 , of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 6:51 pm, Thursday, August 18, 2016 at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, Illinois.

He was born to the late William Carl and Jessie F. (nee Reynolds) Parker on April 4, 1937, at Chester, Illinois

Bob married Donna D. Wehrheim on May 25, 1996...

Aug 17, 2016

PEARL G. REINHOLD, 91, of Waterloo, Illinois, formerly of Evansville, Illinois, passed away at 6:35 am, Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at Magnolia Terrace, Waterloo, Illinois.

She was born to the late Raymond and Genevieve (nee Thierey) Bievenue on November 13, 1924 in Prairie du Rocher, Illinois.

She married Martin Harvey Reinhold on January 4, 1947...