Louis Enke, 94, of Bunker Hill, IL died Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 6:25 pm at Eunice Smith Nursing Home in Alton, IL. He was born on April 12, 1919 in Bunker Hill, IL to Louis G. Enke and Rose (Strecker). Louis married Pauline (Bertels) Enke on November 16, 1947 at Emmaus Lutheran Church in […]
Leo G. Hammann, 48, of Litchfield, IL died Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 4:55 pm at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. He was born on July 15, 1965 in Litchfield, IL to Clayton A. Hammann and Alice (Perrine) Anspaugh. He was employed with Stoecker Farms where he was a truck driver. Leo enjoyed John […]
Carole (Cavitt) Satterlee, 71, of Gillespie, IL died Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 9:33 am at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, IL. She was born on February 10, 1943 in Kenosha, WI to Russell Cavitt and Gertrude Jane (Leonard) Cavitt. She married Dennis R. Satterlee on September 28, 1974 in Gillespie, IL. Carole retired from […]
Robert W. Dunaway Jr., 24, of Staunton, IL died Sunday, February 16, 2014 at Community Memorial Hospital in Staunton. He was born on June 1, 1989 in Maryville, IL. He leaves behind his father, Robert Dunaway Sr., of Staunton, Ill.; mother, Jill Cartier; mother, Kelli Dunaway of Staunton, Ill.; sisters and brothers: Isabella Dunaway of […]
Freda L. Eddington, 90, of Shipman, IL died on Sunday, February 16, 2014. She was born on April 17, 1923 to George and Lydia Eddington. She retired from Citizens State Bank where she was a book keeper. Freda is survived by her son, George (Carla) Eddington, and was preceded in death by her parents. Visitation […]
Leone P. “Lucy” Emerson, 87, of Gillespie, IL died Sunday, February 16, 2014 at 6:50 p.m. at Carlinville Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. She was born on July 29, 1926 in Litchfield, Minnesota to Carl Jensen and Emma (Martans) Jensen. She married Robert M. Emerson and retired as a key punch operator from Singer Company. […]
Mary Lucile Vaughn, 70, of Bunker Hill, IL died at Eunice Smith Nursing Home in Alton, IL on Friday, February 14, 2014 at 6:55 pm. She was born August 25, 1943, in Alton, IL to Dr. George Hess and H. Lucile (Gehring). She married William E. Vaughn on September 26, 1964 at the Berean Baptist […]
James “Jim” Garner, 57, of Carlinville passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, IL. He was born on October 15, 1956, in Carlinville, IL, a son of Norman I. and Alta P. (Corder) Garner. Jim married Karie Boatman on July 1991, and they later divorced. He graduated from Carlinville High School […]
Adelaide Fon (Johnson) Webb, 78, of Mount Olive, IL, formerly of Bunker Hill, IL, died Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, IL. She was born on April 29, 1935 in Bunker Hill, IL to Mildred Johnson and Margaret Johnson. She married Harold Webb on April 29, 1955, Bunker Hill, IL. He […]
John R. Haley Jr., 79, of Carlinville passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield. John was born March 8, 1934 in Donnellson, IL to John R. and Hazel Irene (Harris) Haley. John married Carolyn (Boston) October 25, 1956 in Mississippi and worked as a mechanic at Olin Brass in Alton, IL, […]
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