Local Obituaries for Families in Shawneetown, Equality, and Ridgway IL.
Bernard R. Fuhr
Apr 27, 2009
Bernard "Bernie" Fuhr, 81, of Ledford St., Harrisburg, Ill., passed away Monday afternoon, April 27, 2009, 3:30 p.m., at the VA Hospital in Marion. Born June 13, 1927, in Leamington, Ill. To Anthony and Laura (Black) Fuhr. Bernie served in the Navy during WWII as a Seabee and graduated from West Chicago High School after the war. Bernie was...
Robert J. Poshard
Apr 16, 2009
Robert J. Poshard, Colonel, United States Army (Retired) died at his home in Springfield, on April 16th, 2009. He was born 27 September, 1933 in New Haven, Illinois son of the late Robert Steward and Lorene Cathy Poshard. He married Kay Rider in New Haven, IL August 3, 1958. Robert began his military career as an enlisted man, serving...
Daniel Arthur Duff
Apr 15, 2009
Daniel Arthur Duff, 72, of Harrisburg, formerly of Shawneetown, Ill., passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2009 , 2:46 a.m., at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion, Ill. He was born December 21, 1936 in Shawneetown to Ray O. and Mary E. (Rider) Duff. Dan was formerly a electronics radar technician at McDonald Douglas Corp. He was a member of...
Roland Allen
Apr 8, 2009
Roland Allen, 57, of 8555 Smokey Rd., Shawneetown, Ill., passed away at his home on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 8:15 a.m. He was born September 23, 1951 in Harlan, Ky. to Frank and Maxine (Harris) Allen. Roland married Deborah Bradley on November 15, 1969. He was a coal miner. Roland is survived by his wife, Deborah Allen; his...
Charles Reed
Mar 17, 2009
Charles Reed, 100, of Ridgway Manor Nursing Home in Ridgway, Ill., passed away at his residence on Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at 4:10 p.m. He was born May 29, 1908 in Oak Park, Ill., to Frank and Gertrude (Thorp) Reed. Charlie was a long time resident of Ridgway Manor and is survived by his friends and caregivers. Visitation for...
Doyle Gene Rister
Mar 15, 2009
Doyle Gene Rister, 80, of 6905 Crunk Road, Omaha, Ill., passed away on Sunday, March 15, 2009, 10:30 p.m., at Select Hospital in Evansville, Ind. He was born on October 10, 1928 in Omaha to Herman Doyle and Mabel (Carney) Rister. Gene married Clyda Gertrude Speer on November 19, 1948 and she preceded him in death on August 14,...
Joyce Sturgill
Mar 10, 2009
Joyce Sturgill, 69, of 238 W. Roosevelt Ave., Shawneetown, Ill., passed away at her home on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at 3:15 a.m. She was born October 5, 1939 in Shawneetown to Joe Gilbert and Myrtle (Rider) Stubbs. Joyce married Clarence Sturgill on July 6, 1963. She is survived by her husband; her daughter, Kim and Tom Benedict of...
Earl J. Wilson
Mar 8, 2009
Earl J. Wilson, 74, of 209 W. McClernand Ave., Shawneetown, Ill., passed away at his home on Sunday, March 8, 2009, 2:25 p.m. He was born August 16, 1934 to Adrian C. and Lola (Proffer) Wilson in Alton, Ill. Earl was married to the former Elva Cowsert of Eichorn who survives. They have two daughters, Cheryl Wilson and her...
Mildred Harrington
Mar 7, 2009
Mildred Collier Harrington, 88, of Marion, Ill. formerly of Ridgway, Ill., passed away Saturday, March 7, 2009, 8:50 a.m., at Herrin Hospital in Herrin. She was born June 14, 1920 in Golconda to Edward and Cora (McClusky) Shelby. Mildred was employed at the Chicago Rawhide Company of Elgin and Ridgway Golden Circle as a cook for many years and...
Billie Elaine Overton
Feb 16, 2009
Billie Elaine Overton, 77, of Galatia formerly of Ridgway, passed away on Monday, February 16, 2009, 10:54 a.m. at Harrisburg Medical Center in Harrisburg. She was born in Ridgway on July 7, 1931 to John and Allie Pearl (Moye) Rister. Billie was married to William Andrew Overton on January 18, 1947. She worked for Grundy Nursing Home as a...
Paul E. Alexander
Feb 11, 2009
Paul E. Alexander, 77, of Cave-in- Rock, Ill., passed away at his home on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 5:05 a.m. He was born on September 17, 1931 in St. Charles, Ky. to Paul E. Alexander and Ressie Marie Knight Sharp. Paul married Ruby McCollum on April 30, 1955. He was a retired U.S. Steelworker in Gary, Ind. An...
Beulah Bourland
Jan 26, 2009
Beulah "Mina" Bourland, 85, of Equality, Ill.; passed away at 7:50 p.m. on Monday, January 26, 2009 at Fountain View Nursing in Eldorado surrounded by her family. She was born May 12, 1923 in Warden, Ill. to Elmer and Rose (Weeks) McCann. Mina married James Laverne "Squeak" Bourland on October 18, 1946 in Woodriver, Ill. He preceded her in...
Molly Ann Scates
Jan 13, 2009
Molly Ann Scates, 18, of Duncan Lane Shawneetown, Illinois; passed away at her residence on January 13, 2009 at 9:36 a.m. She was a student at Gallatin County School and a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Molly was born in Evansville, Ind., on December 8, 1990 to Charles Anthony "Tony" and Marzel (Mitchell) Scates. She is survived by...
Wilma Lee Wathen
Jan 9, 2009
Wilma Lee Foster Wathen, 78, of Equality, Ill., passed away at 1:00 a.m., Friday, January 9, 2009 at her home after a long battle with breast cancer. Wilma was born November 4, 1930 in Ridgway to the late Joseph and Lottie (Baker) Foster. She was married to Eugene Arthur "Blackie" Wathen on June 6, 1951 in Ridgway. He preceded...
Mabel S. Burroughs
Jan 6, 2009
Mabel S. Burroughs, 96 , of Junction, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at Fountain View Nursing Home in Eldorado. She was born in Junction on September 6, 1912 to Alex R. and Joannah A. (Black) Burroughs. Mabel was a homemaker and a secretary at B & W Coal Mine in Junction and a member of...
Marie Dora Languay
Jan 4, 2009
Marie Dora Languay, 94, of Ridgway; passed away, Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 8:05 a.m. at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado. Marie was born in Lowell, Mass. to Joseph and Sinharina (Mello) DeJesus on December 18, 1914. She was a homemaker and a seamstress. Marie is survived by six children; Richard and Cathy Baptista of Gloucester, Mass., Gene and Evelyn...
John Robert Black
Dec 31, 2008
Shawneetown John Robert (Bob) Black of Cedar Run, N.J., passed away at the age of 80 on Wednesday, December 31, 2008. Bob was born June 14, 1928 in Junction, Ill. to James Isaac and Nigel (Frohock) Black. He was raised in the Eagle Creek area in Gallatin Co. and in 1944 his family moved to Alton. He was a...
Olive Jane Davis
Dec 20, 2008
Olive Davis, 96, of Ridgway; passed away on Saturday, December 20, 2008; 1:35 p.m. at Heritage Center in Evansville, Ind. She was the daughter of Henry Lorten Files and Anna Wilson Files, and was born on May 11, 1912 at Mill Shoals, Ill. While she was in High School she moved with her family to Quinter, Kan. She was...
Charles J. Tucker
Dec 10, 2008
Charles J."Red" Tucker, 74, 551 Main St. Junction, passed away at his residence, Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 9:40 a.m. He was born in Shawneetown on October 6, 1934 to Charlie and Opal (Brison) Bowles. Red retired from the U.S. Air Force and was a mine construction worker. He was Vietnam War veteran. He married Ruby Rushing on August...
Robert Wilburn Kingery Sr.
Dec 10, 2008
Robert Wilburn Kingery Sr, 77, of Groveland, Fla., passed away, Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 1:50 p.m., at South Lake Hospital in Clermont, Fla. He was born in Emma, Ill. On April 21, 1931 , the son of Velta Wilburn and Fleda May (Acord) Kingery. On September 5, 1953 he married Dorothy May "Bunny" Boycott. He served in the U.S....
