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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1978
Page
21
Multiple death notices and funeral services listed for Paul Poston Clarence Moore Ned Hagler Clara Denette Bill Turner and others from Murphysboro Carbondale Golconda and Herrin with details on dates ages birthplaces spouses and survivors. services set at churches and funeral homes with burial locations and calling hours noted. Local arrangements handled by Jackson Huffman Norris and Son chapels with Masonic rites and church affiliations included.
Funeral services for Helen Norrie Adams 74 of Benton will be at 2 30 p m Friday in Hobbs Johnson Funeral Home Benton Burial will be in Williams Chapel Cemetery in Ewing Friends may call after 6 p m today at the funeral home Adams died at 430 p m Tuesday Aug 1 1978 in American Beauty Nursing Home West Frankfort She was born July 20 1904 in Illinois to Anthony and Thoebe Meyer Survivors include two sons William Charles of Waukegan and Jack of Zion two daughters Mary Lou Johnson and Helen Marie Townley both of Ewing a brother Albert Meyer of Godfrey two sisters Velma Krebs of Cleveland Ohio and Dorothy Ireland of Herbster Wis 16 grandchildren and four great
Dorothy Heck Ludwig 62 of 1508 North Main Benton dies August 1 1978 in Franklin Hospital Benton. Funeral 11 a m Friday Hobbs Johnson Funeral Home Benton with burial in Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery Benton. Memorials to American Cancer Society or First United Methodist Church Benton. Survived by son Mike and daughter Cathy Ludwig, granddaughter and aunt Una Heck.
Mildred V Blakely 69 of Tamaroa died at 1005 am Wednesday August 2 1978 at Pinckneyville Community Hospital She was a Paradise Baptist Church Tamaroa secretary of the Women Missionary Union born March 5 1909 in Tamaroa She married Richard Rolla Blakely November 21 1934 in West Frankfort He preceded her in death October 3 1974 Also preceded by her parents and one son Survivors include daughter Nina Bowlin sister Iva Short three grandchildren and one great grandchild Burial will be at Paradise Baptist Church cemetery Friends may call after 6 pm today at Keeling Funeral Home Du Quoin
Funeral services for Joseph Foster Gibbons 45 of Rock Falls formerly West Frankfort are at 1 30 p m Friday Union Funeral Home West Frankfort with burial at Lakeview Cemetery Johnston City He died Aug 1 1978 born Feb 11 1933 in Peoria son of John and Hazel Downs Gibbons Survivors include his mother and siblings David Jim and Mary Gibbons Pauline Gossage 59 of Freeman Spur dies Aug 2 1978 in Herrin Hospital She was member of Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Daughters of Isabella born Jan 25 1919 in Du Quoin married George Gossage Sept 12 1948 Survivors include her husband two daughters four sisters four brothers and four grandchildren Funeral Saturday at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Herrin with burial at San Carlos Cemetery Herrin Rosary Friday after 5 p m at Johnson's Funeral Home Herrin
Effie Jackson 88 of Carrier Mills Nursing Home died at 2 25 pm Wednesday August 2 1978 in Doctors Hospital Harrisburg She born October 20 1889 in Saline County married to Albert Jackson who died in 1938 Surviving son Jewell Jackson of Rantoul Service Saturday at Gaskins Funeral Home Harrisburg Burial Providence Cemetery Stonefort Friends may call after 3 pm Friday
Onieda Burton Davis, 56, of Orient, died at 6 10 a.m. today August 3 1978 in Union Hospital West Frankfort. Funeral services are pending at Union Funeral Home West Frankfort.
Clara Droste aged 88 dies today at Washington County Hospital Nashville with funeral arrangements pending at Krupp Funeral Home in Nashville.
Jackson County Health Department provides free immunizations required for all children entering first, fifth, or ninth grade. Michele Jacknik notes Illinois School Code mandates proof of immunization and physicals before enrollment. Immunizations include measles mumps rubella diphtheria whooping cough tetanus and polio. Call 457-8111 or 684-3143 for details.
Alcoholics Anonymous holds an 8 p m Friday meeting at the First Baptist Church corner of University and Main in Carbondale. Open to anyone with a drinking problem.
The Newman Center at 715 S Washington, Carbondale, invites all to a free admission weekly event series. Attendance is voluntary and there is no obligation to participate every week.
Theater lineup across Carbondale Harrisburg Eldorado Marion Murphysboro and Coulterville including Heaven Can Wait Corvette Summer Star Wars Jaws 2 and American Graffiti plus Grease Hooper Convoy and Saturday Night Fever spread across multiple venues with drive ins and university listings.
What's Coming Archway will hold a graduation ceremony for 20 students at 7 p.m. Monday in the Archway Center at 1108 W. Willow. The Archway program serves birth to 3 children across Franklin, Jackson, Perry, Union and Williamson counties, aiding development for school entry. Elizabeth Meehan, 81, a longtime Archway worker, will receive a five-year service award.
Public calendar notices may be printed at no charge. Send items to Calendar The Southern Illinoisan 710 North Illinois Carbondale IL 62901 one week before the event. Include date time place brief description and any admission charge.
Congressman Paul Simon will speak at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Unitarian Fellowship Meeting House in Carbondale about nuclear disarmament and his role as a U.S. delegate to the United Nations Special Session on Disarmament. An informal discussion will follow the talk with public participation invited. August harvests of homegrown vegetables continue in Southern Illinois gardens. John David Cox, 11, of Murphysboro harvested plot beans Monday. recent rain should aid gardens and crops.
A 13-year-old Raleigh boy, Kerry M. Howton, sustained major injuries when his motorcycle collided head on with a pickup on a gravel road two miles west of Illinois 34 in Saline County. He was reported in good condition later at Welborn Baptist Hospital in Evansville Indiana. The truck driver, Gary F. Ellis, 22, of Harrisburg, was uninjured.
Henry County man Alvin T. Duke, 22, was jailed in Perry County after Du Quoin police arrested him at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Liberty Gas Station on U.S. 51. A stolen car report linked the vehicle to Henry County, leading to charges of auto theft and theft under 150 dollars. Duke faces transfer to Henry County authorities.
State police report a brake failure on a northbound car driven by 17 year old Brian J Bowlin near Illinois 148. The vehicle left the road and struck a ditch around 11 45 p m injuring Bowlin 16 year old Terry D Whitecotton and 17 year old Randall L Marlo who were treated and released from Franklin Hospital Benton for minor injuries
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