Obituaries

Nov 27, 2015

BYRON R. “BARNEY” PRESTON, 84, of Chester, Illinois, passed away Friday, November 27, 2015 at his home in Chester, Illinois. He was born to the late Loran and Anna Mae (nee: Bicket) Preston on April 12, 1931 in Belleville, Illinois. He married Priscilla Griffin on June 1, 1985 at the First Baptist Church in Chester, IL.  She survives....

Nov 17, 2015

SISTER MARY JEROME GOECKNER, ASC, 102 , of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, Ruma Center, Ruma, Illinois, passed away at 8:35 am, Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at the Ruma Center. She was born to the late William and Rosa (nee Probst) Goeckner on December 3, 1912.   She made her first vows as an Adorer of the...

Nov 16, 2015

TERRY GENE MIDDENDORF, 57, of Red Bud, Illinois, went to be with the Lord on Monday, November 16, 2015 at Des Peres Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. He was born to the late William Gene and Carol Jean (nee Tindall) Middendorf on April 19, 1958 in Red Bud, Illinois. He married Greta (nee Stindham) Soublo on January 17, 2009 in Bristol,...

Nov 15, 2015

EUGENE T. "GENE" MINER, 77, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 2:30 am, Sunday, November 15, 2015 at Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. He was born to the late Raymond and Susie (nee Chandler) Miner on March 19, 1938 in Goodland, Missouri. He owned and operated S.O.S. Sanitation that served the communities of Chester, Prairie du Rocher,...

Nov 15, 2015

MARCELLA A. TRESSLER, 95, of Chester, Illinois, formerly of Rockwood, Illinois, passed away at 9:03 pm, Sunday, November 15, 2015 at her son's home in Chester, Illinois. She was born to the late Charles G. and Louisa B. (nee Felter) Diebold on January 9, 1920 in Oran, Missouri. She married Donald "Doc" W. Tressler; he preceded her in death on...

Nov 15, 2015

JACK C. HENDRICKSON, 68, of Evansville, IL, passed away at 11:30 pm, Sunday, November 15, 2015 at his home in Evansville, IL. He was born to the late Clyde B. and Martha B. (nee: White) Hendrickson on January 3, 1947 in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Jack married Charlotte Becker on September 10, 1966 in Waynetown, Indiana. She survives. He was union...

Nov 14, 2015

SISTER ROSE (MARGARET ROSE) SCHRAGE, ASC, 86, of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, Ruma Center, Ruma, Illinois, passed away at 11:50 am, Saturday, November 14, 2015 at the Ruma Convent. She was born to the late Bernard and Mary (nee Goestenkors) Schrage in St. Rose, Illinois on December 31, 1928. She made her first vows as an Adorer...

Nov 12, 2015

KAREN S HERSCHBACH, 73, of Chester, IL, formerly of Perryville, MO, passed away at 5:45 am, Thursday, November 12, 2014 at her home in Chester, IL. She was born to the late Steve and Dorothy (nee: Weddle) Gasper on August 16, 1942 in Marion, Indiana. Karen married James D. "Jim" Herschbach on June 25, 1960 in Marion, Indiana. He preceded...

Nov 11, 2015

RONALD LEE ZANG, 80, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 7:17 am, Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at Memorial in Chester, IL. He was born to the late Perry and Adele (nee: Becker) Zang on August 16, 1935 in Chester, Illinois. He married Peggy Jewel Saddler on December 19, 1959 in Chester, Illinois. She survives Ronald worked as a maintenance worker...

Nov 10, 2015

MILDRED ROSE DIAL, 93, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 5:30 pm, Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at Sparta Community Hospital in Sparta, Illinois. She was born to the late Louie and Rose (nee Bredthauer) Fuss on June 21, 1922, in Valley County, NE. Mildred married Billie M. Dial on August 4, 1946 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Ord, Nebraska....

Nov 4, 2015

HAROLD T. CAMPBELL, 94, Nashville, IL, formerly of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 7:30 pm, Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at Friendship Manor Nursing Home in Nashville, IL. He was born to the late William A. and Bertha (nee: Magerkurth) Campbell on August 28, 1921 in Oakdale, Illinois. He married Coletta Clemens on October 19, 1946 in Sparta, Illinois. She survives...

Nov 4, 2015

Jessie Lee Irose November 13, 1935 - November 4, 2015

JESSIE LEE IROSE, 79, of Chester, Illinois, asleep in Jesus at 1:40 am, on Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at Three Springs Lodge Nursing Home in Chester, IL. She was born to the late Hugo and Mary (nee: Howard) Gaebe on November 13, 1935 in St. Louis, Missouri. Jessie married...

Nov 3, 2015

RONALD LEE EICHELBERGER, 69, of Red Bud, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at St. Louis University Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. He was born to the late Edward and Virginia (nee Weir) Eichelberger on December 11, 1945 in East St. Louis, Illinois. He married Sue Johnson on July 30, 1966 in Belleville, Illinois; she survives. He had been a...

Oct 30, 2015

Janelle Louise Dial January 24, 1953 - October 30, 2015

JANELLE LOUISE DIAL, 62, of Valmeyer, Illinois, formerly of Chester, passed away on Friday October 30, 2015, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, MO. She was born to Billie M. and Mildred Rose (nee: Fuss) Dial on January 24, 1953 in Red Bud, IL. She was a...

Oct 29, 2015

EMILY M. GRAMC, 85, of Red Bud, Illinois, passed away at 11:15 am, Thursday, October 29, 2015 at Red Bud Regional Hospital, Red Bud, Illinois. She was born to the late William T. and Ethel Mae (nee Miller) Ott, Sr. on February 22, 1930 in Montgomery, Alabama. She married Clarence Linwood Feagin; he preceded her in death. She then married...

Oct 27, 2015

RAYMOND EARL DOIRON, 80, of Red Bud, Illinois, passed away at 12:25 am, Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at New Athens Home of the Aged, New Athens, Illinois. He was born to the late Earl and Josephine (nee DuClos) Doiron on September 9, 1935 in Modoc, Illinois. He married June M. Rengstorf on April 23, 1955 in Waterloo, Illinois; she preceded...

Oct 26, 2015

JOHANNA A. LING, 101, of Columbia, Illinois, formerly of Ellis Grove, Illinois, passed away at 12:24 pm, Monday, October 26, 2015 at Columbia Rehabilitation & Nursing Home, Columbia, Illinois. She was born to the late Francis and Amelia (nee Schnaare) Labruyere on January 1, 1914 in Modoc, Illinois. She married Urban S. Ling on October 5, 1938 at St. Boniface...

Oct 25, 2015

ALLISON RENEE MEIER, 19, of Chester, IL passed away at 4:30 pm on Sunday, October 25, 2015, at Memorial Hospital in Chester, IL. She was born to John and Brenda (nee: Lyons) Meier on September 27, 1996 in Walnut Creek, CA. Allison was a student at Chester High School. She was of the Christian Faith and her special interests were...

Oct 23, 2015

LOLA J. SCHILLING, 97, of Waterloo, Illinois, formerly of Evansville, Illinois, passed away at 8:24 pm, Friday, October 23, 2015 at Des Peres Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. She was born to the late Fred and Anna (nee Petry) Heuman on January 16, 1918 in Preston, Illinois She married Clarence "Pete" Schilling on August 9, 1945; he preceded her in death...

Oct 22, 2015

FRIEDA A. HARTMAN, 97, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 10:25 am on Thursday, October 22, 2015 at Memorial Hospital in Chester, IL. She was born to the late Theodore and Caroline (nee: Freytag) Westerman on March 18, 1918 in Campbell Hill, IL. She married Rudy W. Hartman on October 5, 1935 in West Point Church, Campbell Hill, IL. He...