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Jim P Zeiger

Jim P Zeiger

Jun 16, 2014

JAMES "JIM" P. ZEIGER, 76, of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, passed away at 6:30 am, Monday, June 16, 2014 at Oak Hill in Waterloo, Illinois. He was born to the late Herman and Bernice (nee Hergenroeder) Zeiger on September 30, 1937 in Fults, Illinois. He married Mary Ellen Heinen on June 2, 1962 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Evansville,...

Mildred J. Fink

Mildred J. Fink

Jun 16, 2014

MILDRED J. FINK, 89, of Ellis Grove, Illinois, passed away at 2:22 pm Monday, June 16, 2014 at Red Bud Regional Care in Red Bud, Illinois. She was born to Roman B. and Ella M. (nee: Steinkamp) Bleem on March 8, 1925 in Evansville, Illinois. She married John Junior Fink on May 7, 1947, in Evansville, Illinois. He preceded her...

Elvie A Blow

Elvie A Blow

Jun 14, 2014

ELVIE A. BLOW, 95, of Red Bud, Illinois, passed away at 4:20 pm, Saturday, June 14, 2014 at Red Bud Regional Care, Red Bud, Illinois. She was born to the late Benjamin and Bertha (nee Wagner) Hentis on August 21, 1918 in Red Bud, Illinois. She married Elmer Blow in 1937 in Red Bud, Illinois; he preceded her in death...

Martha Ann Chandler

Martha Ann Chandler

Jun 12, 2014

MARTHA ANN CHANDLER, 60, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 4:00 pm, Thursday, June 12, 2014 at Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. She was born to the late Gerald J. "Bub" and Bernadine (nee Lynch) Paulus on November 4, 1953 in Chester, Illinois. She had been a Lab Tech for the Gilster Mary-Lee Corporation in Chester, Illinois...

Norma B. Moake-Downen

Norma B. Moake-Downen

Jun 12, 2014

NORMA B. MOAKE-DOWNEN, 89, Potosi, Missouri, formerly of Perryville, Missouri, Chester, Illinois and Rockwood, Illinois, passed away at 3:50 am on Thursday June 12, 2014, at Potosi Manor in Potosi, Missouri. She was born to the late Harry B. and Clara (nee: Husband) Clendenin on March 29, 1925 in Randolph County, IL. She grew up in Rockwood and taught school...

Thomas B. Venable

Thomas B. Venable

Jun 11, 2014

THOMAS B. VENABLE, 83, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 6:16 am, Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at The Manor at Craig Farms. He was born to the late Edward Joseph and Mary Wilhelmina (nee VanVooren) Venable on February 8, 1931 in Flora, Illinois. During his childhood, Thomas was raised by Amelia and James Kerkhover in Rockwood, Illinois. He had worked...

Dorothy Pauline Marie Kaempfe

Dorothy Pauline Marie Kaempfe

Jun 9, 2014

DOROTHY PAULINE MARIE KAEMPFE, 85, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 4:35 am on Monday, June 9, 2014 at Three Springs Lodge Nursing Home in Chester, IL. She was born to the late Oscar E. and Norma Anna (nee: Isenberg) Bodenschatz on October 13, 1928 in McBride, Missouri. She married Erwin Kaempfe on April 11, 1953 in Crosstown, Missouri. He...

Emogene M Cushman

Emogene M Cushman

Jun 9, 2014

EMOGENE M. CUSHMAN, 85, of Chester, Illinois passed away at 9:00 pm, Monday, June 9, 2014 at Memorial Hospital in Chester, Illinois. She was born to the late Stephen V. and Lena E. (nee: Bessen) Grott on October 19, 1928 in Chester, IL. Emogene was married to Elroy E. Cushman on February 14, 1953. He preceded her in death on...

Leon W Kelley

Leon W Kelley

Jun 7, 2014

LEON W. KELLEY, 88, of Red Bud, Illinois, passed away at 4:42 pm, Saturday, June 7, 2014 at his residence. He was born to the late Moy and Cloa (nee Triplett) Kelley on October 10, 1925 in Essex, Missouri. He married Iva Bea Hubbard on March 22, 1946 in Charleston, Missouri; she survives. He had been a Carpenter for Local...

Audrey Marie Ragland

Audrey Marie Ragland

Jun 3, 2014

AUDREY MARIE RAGLAND, 92, of Steeleville, Illinois, formerly of Ellis Grove, Illinois passed away at 8:35 am on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at her home in Steeleville, Illinois. She was born to the late Vernon "Pat" and Elva Mae (nee Sassenger) Kempfer on October 24, 1921 in Riley Lake, Illinois. She married Roy Kenneth Ragland on September 9, 1942 in...

Leon Carl Penford

Leon Carl Penford

May 30, 2014

LEON CARL PENFORD, 70, of Evansville, Illinois, passed away at 9:29 pm, Friday, May 30, 2014 at Red Bud Regional Hospital in Red Bud, Illinois. He was born to Leo B. and Violet (nee: Kempfer) Penford on May 20, 1944 in Riley Lake, Illinois. He married Ellen J Mallow on November 13, 1965 in Milwaukee, WI. She survives. He was...

Alice L. Korando

Alice L. Korando

May 29, 2014

ALICE L. KORANDO, 88, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 2:30 am on Thursday, May 29, 2014 at Three Springs Lodge Nursing Home in Chester, IL. She was born to the late Bert Stephen and Marie (nee: Short) Rodely on March 13, 1926 in North City, IL. She married Michael T. Korando, Sr. on November 6, 1943 in Chester, IL....

Patrice "Patter" Nee Lowry Simmons

Patrice "Patter" Nee Lowry Simmons

May 28, 2014

PATRICE "PATTER" nee LOWRY SIMMONS, 59, of Belleville, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. She was born to the late Owen W. and Lillian C. (nee Vogen) Lowry on January 23, 1955 in Chester, Illinois. She had been a bookkeeper for many years at Nordmeyer IGA in Chester and Main Street Market in...

Ella May Gross

Ella May Gross

May 24, 2014

ELLA MAY GROSS, 104, of Evansville, Illinois, passed away at 4:15 am Saturday, May 24, 2014 at Red Bud Regional Care in Red Bud, Illinois. Ella May was born to George and Mary (nee: Pautler) Ohms on May 5, 1910 in Walsh, Illinois. She married Albert P. Gross on May 14, 1936, at St. Pius Catholic Church in Walsh, Illinois....

Gerald D. Decker

Gerald D. Decker

May 23, 2014

GERALD D. DECKER, 76, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 8:45 am on Friday, May 23, 2014, at Memorial Hospital in Chester, IL. He was born to the late William and Sarah (nee: Herschbach) Decker on June 20, 1937 in Chester, Illinois. He married Nancy Gray on December 14, 1980 at St. John Lutheran Church in Chester, IL. She survives....

Lee John Otten

Lee John Otten

May 21, 2014

Lee John Otten September 1, 1936 - May 21, 2014

LEE JOHN OTTEN, 77, of Evansville, Illinois, passed away at 10:15 am, Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at Three Springs Lodge Nursing Home, Chester, Illinois. He was born to the late Leo N. and Eleanor (nee Sahrhage) Otten on September 1, 1936 in Chester, Illinois. He married Evangeline H. Louveau...

Robert Louis Melching, Sr.

Robert Louis Melching, Sr.

May 15, 2014

ROBERT L. "LOUIE" MELCHING, SR., 80, of Red Bud, Illinois, passed away at 10:05 am, Thursday, May 15, 2014 at Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inverness, Florida. He was born to the late William and Amanda (nee Lang) Melching on April 27, 1934 in Burksville, Illinois. He married Irene Katherine Farago on February 16, 1955 in Waterloo, Illinois; she survives. He had...

Edward J. Surman

Edward J. Surman

May 11, 2014

EDWARD J. SURMAN, 98, of Perryville, Missouri, formerly of Chester, Illinois passed away at 6:21 pm, Sunday, May 11, 2014 at the Independence Care Center in Perryville, Missouri. He was born to the late John and Mary (nee Novack) Surman on October 14, 1915 in Chester, Illinois. Edward was married to Marion Montroy on October 26, 1938 at St. Mary...

Dorothy Lilly Korando

Dorothy Lilly Korando

May 9, 2014

DOROTHY LILLY KORANDO, 93, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 6:05 pm on Friday, May 9, 2014 at Three Springs Lodge Nursing Home in Chester, IL. She was born to Rudolph and Lilly Meyer on December 22, 1920, on a farm southeast of Chester. When she was six, the family moved to a farm south of Steeleville near Rock Castle....

Mary E. White

Mary E. White

Apr 30, 2014

MARY E. WHITE, 76, of Red Bud, Illinois, passed away at 8:15 pm, Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at her daughter's home. She was born to the late Leonard and Nina (nee Rich) Blaylock on January 2, 1938 in Collinsville, Illinois. She married Roy E. White on January 7, 1956 in Edwardsville, Illinois; he preceded her in death on September 14,...