Deaths Retired ICG official Walkup 80
Winton Emmet Walkup 80 of 612 West Elm Street Carbondale died at 1 a.m. today August 27 1979 at Memorial Hospital Carbondale after 50 years with the Illinois Central Railroad where he last served as St Louis District traffic agent. He held several railroad posts in Carbondale Chicago and St Louis and retired in 1967 with a Gold Pass. He was active in civic groups including the Elks Shrine Masons American Legion and March of Dimes. Graveside rites will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Pleasant Grove Cemetery Murphysboro. visitation 7–9 p.m. Tuesday at Meredith Funeral Home Carbondale. Memorials to American Cancer Society or Elks Crippled Children’s Clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winton
Emmett Walkup
W. Elm St
Carbondale
Memorial Hospital of
Illinois Central Railroad
General Superintendent of Transportation
Chicago
St. Louis
Southern Illinois Inc
Southern Illinois University Foundation
Carbondale Businessmen’s Association
Elks Lodge
Elks Board of Trustees
American Legion
Red Cross
Community Chest
March of Dimes
Masonic Order
Shrine
Knights Templar
Royal Arch Masons
Brown Business College
Centralia
Pinckneyville
Harry T
Emma Craig Walkup
Helen Foley
Pleasant Grove
Murphysboro
Meredith Funeral Home
American Cancer Society
R. C. Joseph
Hewitt St
Elks Crippled Children’s Clinic
Carbondale Elks Club
George Arlin Mendenall
N. McKinley St
Memorial Hospital
Mendenall
Winkler
Lincoln School
Lewis School
Church of Christ In
Ilinois Education Association
Phi Delta Kappa
Notable Obituaries From Southern Illinois Aug 1979
Multiple obituaries list the deaths of educators farmers and workers in Carbondale Du Quoin Murphysboro and surrounding towns. George Mendenall a Carbondale teacher and principal dies after kidney disease with a serving in district 95 and a family statement. Anna Hickam Route 1 Alto Pass and Gildas Levery Macon Missouri Gerber Levery a pipefitter with Union Local 562. Funeral services are scheduled across Du Quoin Carbondale Alto Pass and Sparta with burials in local cemeteries and services at Maxton Pyatt Lutz Rendleman and Mitchell funeral homes. Survivors and spouses listed for many with extensive family rosters.
Rose W Henry services set in Anna for 84 year old
Funeral services for Rose W Henry 84 of Mount Carmel formerly Anna are at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home Anna burial in Anna Cemetery. She died Aug 25 1979 at Wabash General Hospital Mount Carmel born Jan 28 1895 in Ullin to Simon and Myrtle Aden. She married Guy Henry 1913 in Ullin he died 1960. Surviving daughter Evelyn Anderson Hendersonville NC sons Donald Belleville Carroll Wheelersburg Rick Mount Carmel 16 grandchildren two great grandchildren. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church Anna and long time Eastern Star member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose W. Henry
Mount Carmel
Anna
Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home
Henry
Wabash General Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
Anna Eastern Star
Ullin
Simon
Myrtle Bankson Aden
Guy Henry
Guy Henry Jr
Evelyn Anderson
Hendersonville
N.C
Donald
Belleville
Carroll
Wheelersburg
Ohio
Rick
Obituaries for Margaret White and Lydia Fortune in Harrisburg Marion area
Margaret White 65 of Route 3 Harrisburg died 6 20 pm Sunday August 26 1979 in Doctors Hospital Harrisburg born September 24 1913 in Parod Hungary survived by husband Joe and sisters Julia Kapas and Isabelle Reiner funeral 10 am Tuesday at St Marys Catholic Church Harrisburg burial Lindale Memorial Gardens Gaskins Funeral Home Harrisburg wake 7 pm at the funeral home Lydia E Fortune 91 of 1021 N Market St Marion died 10 30 pm Sunday August 26 1979 in Ray White Care Center Marion born December 9 1887 in Edwardsville to Louis and Louise Sander first married R O Spitz nass later Mike Fortune survived by daughter Margaret Fortune and brother L C Sander funeral 2 pm Wednesday Wilson Funeral Home Marion burial Maplewood Hill Funeral Home Til den for Samuel Dufour 81 of Tilden died August 27 1979 Randolph County Nursing Home Sparta
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret White
Route 3
Harrisburg
Doctors Hospital
Parad
Hungary
Matthew
Frances Yuhof
Joe
Julia Kapas
Isabelle Reiner
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Lindale Memorial Gardens
Gaskins Funeral Home
Funeral
Lydia E. Fortune
N. Market St
Marion
Ray White
Edwardsville
Louis
Louise Lautner Sander
R.O. Spitznass
Mike Fortune
First Christian Church
Margaret Fortune
L. C. Sander
Wilson Funeral Home
Maplewood Cemetery
Hill Funeral Funeral Home
Tilden
Samuel Dufour
Randolph County
Sparta
Vantrease
Zeigler
John Ross
Herrin
Zeigler and Royalton
Herrin Hospital
East Lawn Memorial Gardens
Energy
Obituary notices for Gersbacher Bain and Jones deaths in Illinois
Richard D. Gersbacher 53 of Coldwater Michigan died August 24 1979 at home. He was a WWII veteran and retired truck driver survived by wife Shirley Doctorman and family. Fern Bain 84 of Johnston City died August 25 1979 at Union Hospital West Frankfort with extensive survivor list and funerals planned. John Ross 84 of Herrin Zeigler area died August 24 1979. Avis Jones 76 formerly of Pittsburg died August 26 1979. services scheduled across local funeral homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murman and Wilson
Johnston City
Avis Jones
Pittsburg
Creal Springs
Obituaries for Brown Allen Venegoni and Venegoni in Illinois
Jean J Brown 61 of Aurora formerly Carterville died at Mercy Center Hospital Aurora. Born Feb 12 1918 in Paris she was a secretary in the Chicago Attorney General office and a member of Fox River Valley Baptist Church Aurora Moose Lodge and Eastern Star. Surviving husband Ralph Brown cremation planned with memorial services later. Gale Allen 81 of West Frankfort died Aug 25 1979 at Union Hospital. A retired coal miner he worked for Old Ben No 15 and belonged to United Mine Workers Local 8317 Wit and Wisdom Center Senior Citizens. Survivors include wife Loretta children two sisters and two grandchildren. Frank Venegoni 81 of Herrin died Aug 27 1979 at Herrin Hospital. A retired coal miner he belonged to United Mine Workers Local 8317 and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church. Surviving wife Lena four children and four grandchildren. Burial in Herrin San Carlo Cemetery with rosary at Johnson Funeral Home in Herrin after 4 p.m. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy M. Sutter
E. Main
du Quoin
Marshall Browning
Jake Sutter
Bertha Espinosa
Betty Fasig
Gladys Beavers
Peoria
Ruth Kuberski
St. Louis
Melvin
Howard
Christopher
Herman
Chicago
Maxton
Sutter
Funeral
Peyton Robert Cash
Sussex Road
Winter Park
Fla
Grand Tower
Florida
Baldwin Funeral Home
Orlando
Raymond Grisham
Pulaski St
East Chicago
Ind
Williamson County
St. Catherine Hospital
Missouri
Wiley
Nancy Roger Grisham
Grisham
Steelworkers
Vivian
Robert Grisham
LaPorte
Mary J. Riley
Mitchell Funeral Home
Marion
Creal Springs
Carbondale
Bethany
Wiliam Best
Decatur
Dan Phillips
Findley
Robert Hubbard
U.S. Army
Shirley Cutright
Mattoon
Cheryl Freeman
Knob Noster
Sheila Griffith
Findlay
Walker Memorial Capel
Evansville
Gildas A. Levery
Macon
Macon Hospital
Levery
Union Local 562
Prairie du Rocher
Lawrence
Olga Zipfel Levery
Gladys Millard
Sharon Herrmann
Jolene Wiegard
Mount Zion
Arthur
Leslie
Harold
Washington, Nl
Boniface
Red Bud
Alberta Thummel
Leoneda Shine
Dolores Eggemeyer
Allen Park
Mich
Dashner-Mathews
St. Boniface Catholic Church
Richard D. Gersbacher
Chicago Road
Coldwater
Southern Illinois
Mr. Gersbacher
Commercial Carrier, Inc
Franklin County
Frank and
Zella Clancy Gersbacher
Shirley Doctorman
Richard L. Gersbacher
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Deana Wolfcale
Billie
Frank
Griffith
Doris Boyer
Gillespie Funeral Home
Oak Grove
Fern Bain
S. Adams
Johnston City
Union Hospital
West Frankfort
East Fork Baptist Church
Roy
Mecie McNeely Ford
Rex Bain Jr
Bill Bain
Fairfield
Robert McGill
la Salle
East Fork
Jean J. Brown
Aurora
Carterville
Mercy Center Hospital
Paris
Iva Jordan
William Scott
Fox River Valley Baptist Church
Aurora Women’s of Moose Lodge
Eastern Star Lodge of
Ralph Brown
Gale Allen
Kuca
Allen
Old Ben No. 15
United Mine Workers of America
Wit and Wisdom Center
Senior Citizens
Jefferson County
Henry
Amy Sutcer Allen
Morganfield
Loretta Simms
Gordon Allen
Lorene Howell
Velma Jones
Maryland Heights
Ruby McGhee
Bridgeton
Izzie Boswell
Union Funeral Home
Denning
Frank Venegoni
17Th St
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Venegoni
United Mine Workers of Americal
Our Lady of
Lena Gualdoni
Dorothy Marlow
Robert Venegoni
Bill L. Venegoni
Kirkwood
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
San Carlo
Johnson Funeral Home
Leif Garrett to perform Tuesday at Du Quoin
Leif Garrett is set to perform at 6 30 p.m. Tuesday in the Du Quoin Grandstand as part of Tuesday events at the State Fair alongside Emmett Kelly Jr. Circus. The evening continues with disco dancing from 9 p.m. to midnight next to the Exhibition Hall.
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Leif Garrett
du Quoin
DU Quoin State Fair
Emmett Kelly Jr. Circus
Calendar submission instructions for public events
The Southern Illinoisan invites calendar items for meetings and entertainments open to the public. Send details to Calendar, The Southern Illinoisan, 710 N. Illinois Ave., Carbondale, IL 62901, one week in advance, including date time place description and any admission charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Ave
Carbondale
Ill
Recycling Depots Open 24 Hours at Four Sites
All week recycling depots operate in Carbondale Murphysboro and at Lewis Park Mall under the US 51 overpass and Murdale Shopping Center behind True Value. Please rinse glass remove metal rings and tops separate into clear and colored. Newspapers aluminum and metal also collected at all sites sponsored by Resource Reclamation Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Park
Murdale
True Value Store
Carbondale
13Th and
Rover
Murphysboro
Resource Reclamation, Inc
Local Drive-In Showings List Dense With Classics
The Carbondale area drive-ins schedule a mix of popular titles including North Dallas Forty Hot Stuff and The Amityville Horror at Fox and United venues. Harrisburg cinema screens Star Wars and Americathon with Muppet Movie and Concorde Airport 79 selections. Eldorado Marion and other towns feature The Villain California Suite Meatballs Foul Play Grease and Saturday Night Fever among listed theatricals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FOX
Carbondale
North
Dallas
Varsity
Americathan
New Liberty
Murphysboro
Harrisburg
CINE
Toler, Benton
University 4
Marion
Concorde Airport
Amityville
Eldorado
California
Marion Drive-In
Herrin
Sparta Theater
ROXY
Coulterville
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ICG
Winton Emmet
Winton Emmett
George Mendenall
Harry Craig
Pyatt Funeral Home
Oakdale
Anna R. Hickam
Route 1
Alto Pass
Lutz and Rendleman
Hickam
Mount Pleasant
Lon
Eva Grammer Penrod
Cecil Hickham
Jonesboro
Albert Penrod
Pomona
Earl Penrod
Louisville
Jack Penrod
Granite City
Frank Penrod
Beverly Milton
Evelyn Sadler
Eva Godwin
Ivan C. McIntyre
Sparta Community Hospital
Mr. McIntyre
Bethel Reformed Presbyterian Church
William John
Ad Margaret Lafferty McIntyre
Delbert
McDaniel Funeral Home
Caledonia Cemetery
Ruth L. Thomas
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Pete’”” Thomas
Bobbie Gilter
Dennis Ray Thomas
Milton Ronald Thomas
Raymond
Tom
Beaucoup Baptist Church
Bethel Cemetery
Swanwick
Little Egypt
The
Multiple Sclerosis Society
Loretta Travelstead
Marie Wright
Christopher Grade School Board
Benton Park District
Benton Chamber of Commerce
City
Perry County Board of Commissioners
Gram
Thompsonville
Mississippi Room
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
S. University, Carbondale
Ramada Inn
Illinois Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
Carbondale Community Center
Sweet Adelines
S. University
Son Seals
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
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