Obituaries
Elmer Eugene Atkins Jr.
Sep 8, 2023
Elmer Eugene Atkins Jr., age 59, of Marion, Illinois, passed away Friday, September 8, 2023 at his home in Marion, Illinois.
Elmer was born November 01, 1963 in Herrin, Illinois, a son of Elmer and Edna L. (Leeper) Atkins. He married Tina D. Murphy and she passed away March 14, 2007. He remarried Catherine L. Heath on October 16, 2022 in...
Charles Edward Daum
Sep 2, 2023
Charles Edward Daum, age 74, of Marion, Illinois, passed away suddenly on Saturday, September 2, 2023 at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion, Illinois.
Charles was born March 25, 1949 in DuQuoin, Illinois, a son of Edward and Arvilla (Sharp) Daum. Charles grew up in Marion and was a Marion High School graduate in 1967. He attended SIU with an Associates...
David Allen Cobb
Aug 30, 2023
David Allen Cobb, age 91, of Marion, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, August 30, 2023 at Helia Healthcare of Energy.
Allen was born January 29, 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri, a son of Theodore and Jewell (Morse) Cobb. Allen's family moved to Marion, IL when he was 6 years old. He grew up in Marion and graduated Marion High School in 1950....
Lovean Christine Klein-Barnich
Aug 27, 2023
Lovean C. (Ferrari) Klein-Barnich, 96, Herrin, formerly of Fort Myers, Florida, passed away Sunday, August 27, 2023, at Memorial Hospital, Carbondale, Illinois. Lovean, daughter of Joseph and Anna (Chrostowski) Roszkowski, was born August 4, 1927 in Royalton, Illinois.
Survivors include her daughter, Gayle (Wolff) Brandon and husband Dennis, son, Keith Ferrari and wife Kim, daughter, Carol Ferrari, daughter, Patricia...
William "Bill" Sylvester Taylor
Aug 26, 2023
William S. "Bill" Taylor, age 75, of Marion, passed away at 7:35am on Saturday, August 26, 2023, at the Carrier Mills Nursing Home with his loving family at his side.
Bill was born December 16, 1947, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He married Jacqueline "Jackie" Nicholson on March 23, 1970, and together they shared over 44 years of marriage until her...
Phillip Joseph Helderman
Aug 19, 2023
Phillip Joseph Helderman, age 93, of Herrin, Illinois, passed away Saturday, August 19, 2023 at his niece's home in Christopher, surrounded by family.
Phillip was born July 21, 1930 in Vincennes, Indiana, a son of Joseph and Captola Evelyn (Helderman) Helderman. He married the love of his life, Geneva Norma Jean (Cornwell) on July 24, 1954 in Vincennes, Indiana. She preceded...
Clarence Eugene Wiley
Aug 9, 2023
Clarence Eugene Wiley, age 83, of Carterville, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at his home in Carterville, Illinois.
Clarence was born March 23, 1940 in Cobden, Illinois, a son of Clarence and Dorothy Ella (Toler) Wiley. He married the love of his life, Edith Bellvora Semon on September 6, 1977 in Marion. She preceded him in death on April...
Joshua Warren Martinez
Jul 28, 2023
Joshua Warren Martinez, age 21, passed away suddenly on Friday, July 28, 2023 at his home in Marion, Illinois.
Joshua was born November 29, 2001 in St. Louis, Missouri, a son of Toby D. and Tanya Jo (Holmes) Martinez. Joshua grew up in Marion and was a 2020 graduate of Marion High School. While in school, Josh took welding and fabrication...
Donna Jean Sims
Jul 28, 2023
Donna Jean Sims, age 84, passed away Friday, July 28, 2023 at her home in Marion, Illinois.
Donna was born August 11, 1938 in Marion, a daughter of Carol and Maxine (Pemberton) Kelly. She grew up in Marion and graduated Marion High School in 1956. She married the love of her life, Johnnie Ray Sims on December 07, 1957 in Mississippi....
Lisa Goodwin
Jul 15, 2023
Perneica Ann "Lisa" Goodwin, age 59, of Herrin, Illinois, passed away Saturday, July 15, 2023 at Herrin Hospital.
Lisa was born April 19, 1964 in Murray, Kentucky, a daughter of John Higgins and Janice A. Higgins-Morris. She married Jeff R. Goodwin on December 29, 1992 in Marion.
She is survived by her husband- Jeff R. Goodwin of Herrin,...
Keith Lavern Emery
Jul 13, 2023
Keith L. Emery, age 65, formerly of Marion, Illinois, passed away Thursday, July 13, 2023 at his home in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Keith was born December 10, 1957 in Marion, Illinois, a son of Lester and Phyllis Maxine (Gower) Emery. Keith attended Crab Orchard School and graduated Crab Orchard High School in 1975. He married the love of his life, Sharon...
Wanda L. Fietsam
Jul 5, 2023
Wanda L Fietsam, age 90, of Marion, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at her home in Marion, Illinois.
Wanda was born April 23, 1933 in Marion, Illinois, a daughter of Roy and Vivian (Higgens) Sweeney. Wanda grew up in Marion and attended Marion Schools. Early in life she worked at West Side Drug Store, at the soda...
Jean Constance Bornt
Jul 1, 2023
Jean Constance (Bierwirth) Bornt passed through Heaven's Gate on July 1, 2023 at the age of 96 to join her Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, and all her loved ones who had gone on before.
Jean was born September 27, 1926 in the upstate NY village of Petersburg in the Taconic Mountains, the first child of the late Otto and...
Patricia Ann Beai
Jun 28, 2023
Patricia Ann Beai, age 83, of Marion, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion, Illinois.
Pat was born September 18, 1939 in Clinton, Indiana, a daughter of James and Frances (Runyan) Amerman. She was a graduate of Saint Bernice High School in Saint Bernice, Indiana. She worked at Bemis in Terre Haute, IN doing...
Rev. Dr. Jerry J. Ford
Jun 27, 2023
Rev. Dr. Jerry J. Ford, age 86, of Harrisburg, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at Ray & Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center in Paducah, Illinois.
Jerry was born November 05, 1936 in Flat Rock, Illinois, a son of Raymond and Leona "Toni" (Branson) Ford. He married Cora Lota Stevenson on November 11, 1955 in Flat Rock, IL, and together...
Brenda Kay Crofford
Jun 27, 2023
Brenda Kay Crofford, age 64, of West Frankfort, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at Herrin Hospital in Herrin, Illinois.
Brenda was born November 21, 1958 in Detroit, Michigan, a daughter of John H. and Barbara Jean (Buckner) Zappa. Brenda lived in many communities growing up as her father and stepfather were in the military. She moved to Southern Illinois...
Arvilla Daum
Jun 23, 2023
Arvilla Daum, age 95, of Marion, Illinois, passed away at 7:55pm on Friday, June 23, 2023 at Integrity Health Care in Marion, Illinois.
Arvilla was born July 4, 1927 in DuQuoin, Illinois, a daughter of Charles and Francis (Murphy) Sharp. She married the love of her life, Edward L. Daum on May 24, 1947 in DuQuoin. He preceded her...
Bonnie June Johns
Jun 19, 2023
Bonnie June Johns, 92, of the Lake of Egypt, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 19, 2023 at her home.
Bonnie was born June 28, 1930 the daughter of Roy and Hettie (Beasley) Tanner. She married Paul Newell on December 31, 1951 and he preceded her in death on July 31, 1954. She married Robert Earl Johns in Corinth on April...
Betty Loudene Blumenstock
Jun 9, 2023
Crab Orchard - Betty Loudene "Lou" Blumenstock, age 94, of Crab Orchard, passed away peacefully at 10:30am on Friday, June 9, 2023, at Angel Acres.
Loudene was born October 2, 1928, in Marion, the daughter of Carl and Hallie (McDonald) Byrn. She married Robert E. Blumenstock on March 31, 1947, in Marion and together they shared over 62 years of...
Grace Berniece Ayers
Jun 3, 2023
Grace Berniece Ayers, age 94, of Herrin, Illinois, passed away Saturday, June 3, 2023 at her home in Herrin, Illinois.
Grace was born April 23, 1929 in Herrin, Illinois, a daughter of Wilford and Winnie Jane (Bennett) Cox. She married the love of her life, George W. "Bill" Ayers on April 20, 1963 in Mt. Vernon. He preceded her in death...
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