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Donald L Robert
Dec 5, 2014
DONALD L. ROBERT, 81, of Red Bud, Illinois, passed away at 11:35 pm, Friday, December 5, 2014 at Randolph County Care Center, Sparta, Illinois. He was born to the late Henry G. and Ethel K. (nee Johnson) Robert on January 11, 1933 in Modoc, Illinois. He married Beulah Simpson on April 25, 1953 at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Ruma,...
Ruby Goedecke
Dec 5, 2014
RUBY C. GOEDECKE, 94, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 8:25 pm on Friday, December 5, 2014 at Chester Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Chester, IL. She was born to the late John and Flora (nee: Price) Stickland on November 7, 1920 in Seventy Six, MO. She married Ferd Godecker, Jr. on October 1, 1940 in Perryville, MO. He preceded...
Walter E Decker
Dec 4, 2014
WALTER E. DECKER, 79, of Chester, Illinois, passed away on at 3:25 pm, Thursday, December 4, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born to the late Walter H. and Elfrieda (nee Mueller) Decker on June 1, 1935 in Chester, Illinois. He married Doris R. Moeller on October 27, 1961 at St. John Lutheran Church in...
Betty Jean Wheatley
Dec 3, 2014
BETTY JEAN WHEATLEY, 78, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 8:47 am on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at Three Springs Lodge Nursing Home in Chester, IL. She was born to the late Arnold and Irma (nee: Welge) Schweizer on May 19, 1936 in Red Bud, IL. She married Judge James F. Wheatley on March 11, 1970 in Wayne County, MO....
Philip W. Hermes
Dec 2, 2014
PHILIP W. HERMES, 70, of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, passed away at 11:04 am, Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at his home in Prairie du Rocher, IL. He was born to the late William Henry and Myrtle Irene (nee: Young) Hermes on April 26, 1944 in Chester, IL. He was an Owner and Operator of his own business for many years...
Barbara Sue Gross
Dec 1, 2014
BARBARA SUE GROSS, 73, of Chester, IL, passed away at 6:22 am on Monday, December 1, 2014 at Three Springs Lodge Nursing Home in Chester, IL. She was born to Harry O. and Arneda (nee: Utley) Blockley on May 8, 1941 in Caseyville, IL. Barbara married Vernon "Pete" Gross on September 2, 1970 in Chester, IL. He preceded her in...
Marvin "Tinker" L. Koester
Nov 29, 2014
MARVIN "Tinker" L. KOESTER, 70, of Ruma, Illinois, passed away at 7:17 pm, Saturday, November 29, 2014 at his residence. He was born to the late Arnold and Melinda (nee Goedelmann) Koester on August 2, 1944 in Evansville, Illinois. He married Ruth Ann Epplin on January 17, 1970; she preceded him in death on April 25, 2013. He had been...
James D. Herschbach
Nov 26, 2014
JAMES D. "Jim" HERSCHBACH, 74, of Perryville, Missouri, formerly of Palestine, Illinois, passed away at 11:05 pm, Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at Perry Oaks Nursing Home Perryville, Missouri. He was born to the late James V. and Doris (nee Roche) Herschbach on June 25, 1940 at Walsh, Illinois Jim married Karen S. Gasper on June 25, 1960 at Marion, Indiana;...
Allene T Frees
Nov 23, 2014
ALLENE THERESA FREES, 85, of Red Bud, Illinois, passed away at 8:17 am, Sunday, November 23, 2014 at her residence. She was born to the late Albert C. and Frances O. (nee Moses) Eschmann on December 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. She married Elmer E. Frees, Jr on September 23, 1946 in Brooksville, Mississippi; he preceded her in death...
Sheridan "Duke" Snider
Nov 21, 2014
SHERIDAN KEITH "DUKE" SNIDER, 78, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 5:00 am, Friday, November 21, 2014 at Three Springs Lodge Nursing Home in Chester, Illinois. He was born to the late Willis Sheridan and Rose (nee: Danis) Snider on October 9, 1936 in Riley Lake, IL. He married Joyce Ann Miller on May 5, 1959 in St. Louis, MO....
Emma Louise Littlejohn
Nov 20, 2014
EMMA LOUISE LITTLEJOHN, 77, of Red Bud, Illinois, passed away at 2:50 am, Thursday, November 20, 2014 at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, Illinois. She was born to the late Lawrence and Emma (nee Simko) Sheppard on March 9, 1937 in St. Louis, Missouri. She was a bookkeeper and co-owner of an accounting business. She was a member of St. Augustine of...
Cletus J Donjon Iii
Nov 19, 2014
CLETUS J. DONJON, III, 31, of Evansville, Illinois, passed away at 5:35 am, Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at his residence. He was born to Cletus and Leah (nee Rogers) Donjon, Jr. on December 31, 1982 in Red Bud, Illinois. He was of the Baptist Faith. He was a graduate of Red Bud High School - Class of 2002. Survivors: Parents...
Grace Agnes Buatte
Nov 16, 2014
GRACE AGNES BUATTE, 92, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 7:27 pm, Sunday, November 16, 2014 at Memorial Hospital, Chester, Illinois. She was born to the late John H. and Sylvia (nee Medcalf) Jungewaelter on January 19, 1922 in Warrenton, Missouri. She married Charles Louis Buatte on June 12, 1943 in Sioux Falls, SD; he preceded her in death on...
Jane Richards
Nov 12, 2014
JANE RICHARDS, 60, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 11:08 pm on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at her home in Chester, IL. She was born on July 6, 1954 in Memphis, TN, the daughter of Finley P. and Millie Nell (nee: Stewart) Medford. She married Charles Richards on November 21, 1986 in Perryville, MO. He survives. Jane was a sales...
Bessie M. Canady
Nov 7, 2014
BESSIE M. CANADY, 86, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 4:05 pm on Friday, November 7, 2014 at Chester Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Chester, IL. She was born to the late Andrew and Ada (nee: Patterson) Faulkner on April 3, 1928 in Iron County, MO. She married Jessie Leonard Canady on March 19, 1949 in Sparta, IL. He preceded...
Sr. Mary Audrey Wood
Nov 5, 2014
SISTER MARY AUDREY WOOD, ASC, of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, Ruma Center, Ruma, Illinois, died at 3:15 am, Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at the Ruma Center, Ruma, Illinois. She was 90 years old and had been professed for 74 years. She was born to the late Raymond and Loretta (nee Plappert) Wood in East St. Louis, Illinois...
Mary E Mattingly
Nov 4, 2014
MARY E. MATTINGLY, 77, of Red Bud, Illinois, passed away at 8:31 am, Tuesday, November 04, 2014 at her residence. She was born to the late Luther and Alice (nee Adams) Rea on July 26, 1937 in Grassy, Missouri. She married William "Bill" Mattingly on April 9, 1955 in Lutesville, Missouri; he preceded her in death on November 29, 2013....
Kelly A Chambers
Nov 3, 2014
KELLY A. CHAMBERS, 42, of Red Bud, Illinois, passed away at 1:04 pm, Monday, November 3, 2014 at Red Bud Regional Hospital, Red Bud, Illinois. She was born Harold and Cynthia (nee Lueddecke) Keller on July 17, 1972 in Heidelberg, Germany She married Scott Chambers on May 19, 2001 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, in Red Bud, Illinois....
Wilbert "Wib" H. Hillerman
Nov 2, 2014
WILBERT "WIB" H. HILLERMAN, 89, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 10:40 am on Sunday, November 2, 2014, at Three Springs Lodge Nursing Home in Chester, IL. He was born to the late Elmer and Ethel (nee: Montroy) Hillerman on July 5, 1925 in Chester, Illinois. He married Delores Lorenz on April 23, 1949 in Chester, IL. She survives. Wib...
Deborah Berry Goldberg
Nov 1, 2014
DEBORAH BERRY GOLDBERG, 68, of Lake City, FL, formerly of Chester, IL, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Saturday, November 1, 2014 at her home in Lake City, FL. She was born to Robert and Jeffery Jeane (nee: Ward) Berry on June 21, 1946 in Murphysboro, IL. Deborah was a culinary worker at a grocery store. Survivors: Father:...
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