Local Obituaries for Families in Shawneetown, Equality, and Ridgway IL.
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....
Mead White Pritchett
Dec 4, 2008
Mead White Pritchett, 87, of 21301 Mead Road, Omaha, passed away from this life at 4:45 p.m., Thursday, December 4, 2008 at Fountain View Nursing Home in Eldorado, after a month long struggle with heart and kidney disease. He was a retired farmer and rural mail carrier for thirty-six years carrying the Omaha Routes 1 and 2. Mead was...
Wawneeda D. Frye
Nov 27, 2008
Wawneeda D. Williams Frye, 83, of Johnson City, formerly of Shawneetown, passed away Thursday, November 27, 2008, 2:05 a.m., in Fountains Nursing Home in Marion. She was born March 26, 1925 near Elizabethtown to Robert and Nellie (Simmons) Lampert. Wawneeda married Walter Eugene Williams on June 15, 1942 who preceded her in death on May 5, 1981. She later...
Osie King
Nov 21, 2008
Osie King, 82, 339 N. McHenry St., Equality, passed away at her residence, on Friday, November 21, 2008 at 9:48 a.m. She was born February 8, 1926 in Maxie, Virginia to Jonah and Phoebe Margaret O'Quinn. Osie married Charles E. King on April 24, 1948 and he preceded her in death on May 26, 2003. She was a registered...
Rita Bradley
Oct 20, 2008
Rita Casey Bradley, 86, of 695 N. McLean Ave., Shawneetown, passed away, Monday, October 20, 2008, 3:42 p.m. at Harrisburg Medical Center in Harrisburg. She was born September 20, 1922 in Eagle Creek, Ill. to Will and Emma Mae (Goodson) Casey. Rita married Robert Edward Bradley on July 26, 1939 in Morganfield, Ky. She was a member of Emmanuel...
Margaret Maxine Vickers
Oct 16, 2008
Margaret Maxine Vickers, 84, of 519 Second St., Omaha, Ill., passed away, Thursday, October 16, 2008, 6:15 a.m.; at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado, Ill. She was born in Omaha on December 3, 1923 to Charles and Wilma (Keasler) Patton. Maxine married Cecil L. Vickers on May 11, 1942 in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Cecil preceded her in death on July...
John Hubert Drone
Oct 10, 2008
John Hubert "Herb" Drone, 66, of 146 S. Van Buren St., Equality, passed away at his residence on Friday morning, October 10, 2008 at 6:08 a.m. Herb was named after his dad, John and his uncle, Hubert Muenstermann who was killed in WWII. He was born in Equality to John and Lucy (Muenstermann) Drone on March 25, 1942. Herb...
James Willard Reiner
Sep 27, 2008
James Willard "Bunk" Reiner, 73, of Elizabethtown, passed away on Saturday, September 27, 2008, 3:55 p.m., at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. He was born on February 5, 1935 in Rosiclare to Bluford and Eva Jewell (Watters) Reiner. Bunk married Virgie Marie Baldwin on April 15, 1974, who survives. He was a farmer and attended Keeling Hill General Baptist Church....
Lucille Vickery Proctor
Sep 19, 2008
Lucille Vickery Proctor, 92, of Equality, passed away, Friday, September 19, 2008 at 7:35 p.m. at Ketcham Memorial Nursing Home in Odon, Ind. She was born in Equality to John and Augusta (Williams) Vickery on May 10, 1916. Lucille married Charles Proctor in August 1959 and he preceded her in death on February 22, 2002. She is survived by...
