Honey Stand operator O Glenn Helvey dies
O Glenn Helvey 78 of Route 3 Pinckneyville died Sunday August 30 1981 in Pinckneyville Community Hospital He operated The Honey Stand on Illinois 13 for more than 50 years and was a member of Beau coup Baptist Church Illinois Bee Keepers Association and United Mine Workers Born December 19 1902 in Reynolds County Missouri he was survived by his wife Katie Eunice Martin two sons three daughters two half sisters 11 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren Funeral services were set for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Beau coup Baptist Church with burial in Mueller Hill Cemetery. Visitation at Pyatt Funeral Home after 5:30 p.m. today and until noon Tuesday and then at the church until service time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Helvey
Pinckneyville
Illinois 13
Katie Eunice Martin
Mary Batterson
Mascoutah
Harold
Paul
Pin
Ckneyville
Albert
Merced
Calif
Evelyn Rushing
Wanda Slusher
Lucille Spitznass
Neva Wheeler
Bowie
Texas
Beaucoup Baptist Church
Mueller Hill
Pyatt Funeral Home
Lillian Waters
Harrisburg
McKinley Avenue Baptist Church
Salem Cemetery
Carrier Mills
Gibbons-Weirauch Funeral Home
Waters
Wabash Christian Retirement Center
Carmi
John
Martha Harrison Jenkins
H. L. Waters
Ruth Johnson
Rachel Hines
Murphysboro
Elizabeth Miller
Florida
Lee Waters
England
Bess Alexander
Monroe
Florence Kerr
Dallas
Maude Culp
Dixon
Anna
Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital
First Baptist Church
Union County
Jerome E
Ferba Penninger
James Albert Culp
Delmer
Greensburg
Ind
Donald
Freeport
Leola Young
Rosella Ortgiesen
Maxine Girtman
Marion
Pauline Boehle
Amboy
Athlen Sullivan
Belleville
Casper Cemetery
Lutz & Rendleman Funeral Home
Ex Freeman Spur grocer Harry Surgalski dies at 81
Harry Surgalski, 81, of Freeman Spur, died August 30 1981 in Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago. He ran Sur galski Grocery Store for 50 years retiring 1970. Survived by wife Edith Ferrari two daughters Patricia Kapsalis and Karen Canty, two grandsons and one granddaughter. Funeral at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Herrin with burial San Carlo Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Surgalski
Freeman Spur
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Surgalski
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church
Herrin
Knights of Columbus Council
Makow
Poland
Julius and
Alexandra Konarski Surgalski
Nashville
Edith Ferrari
Patricia Kapsalis
Karen Canty
John
Christopher
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
San Carlo
Speck Dartt dies at 89 former Orient Miners manager
Otis Speck Dartt 89 of Orient died at 5 50 am Sunday August 30 1981 in Union Hospital West Frankfort He was an Army WWI veteran with the 129th Infantry 33rd Division He managed the Orient Miners baseball team and worked for Willington Franklin Coal Co and Freeman Coal Co Born June 14 1892 in Enfield to Alfred and Sarah White Dartt Married January 23 1923 in West Frankfort to Margaret Shostrom Survivors include his wife one son Alfred Q Dartt three nieces one nephew and one great nephew Funeral services 1 30 pm Tuesday Parker Reedy Funeral Home West Frankfort Burial Denning Cemetery West Frankfort Friends may call after 6 pm today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis
Alfred
Sarah White Dartt
West Frankfort
Margaret Shostrom
Alfred Q. Dartt
Orient
Grace Sutton
Robert
Parker-Reedy Funeral Home
Denning
James Robert
Bob’’ Swofford
Joplin
Benton
Swofford
City of
Masonic and
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Funeral
Josephine Zeboski Myslicki
Jones St
Franklin Hospital
Poulson Funeral Home
Chemist Max W Hill dies on business trip at 61
Dr Max W Hill 61 of 531 Coleman Place Westfield New Jersey died Thursday August 27 1981 in Miami Florida while on a Exxon Corp business trip. A research chemist and member of First United Methodist Church Westfield American Chemical Society Westfield Rescue Squad he was born January 3 1920 in Carbondale. Survived by wife Eileen nee Reiner two daughters two sisters four grandchildren and other relatives. Graveside service 2 pm Thursday at Sunset Memorial Park Du Quoin with Searby Funeral Home handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max W. Hill
Coleman Place
Westfield
N.J
Miami
Fla
Hill
Exxon Corp
First United Methodist Church
American Chemical Society
Westfield Rescue Squad
Carbondale
Irwin
Fannie Neeley Hill
Eileen Reiner
Darnbrough
Worthington
Ohio
Rebecca Leonard
Huntington
W. Va
Audrey Lindsey
Champaign
Virginia Orwig
Seattle
Wash
du Quoin
Sunset Memorial Park
Retired nurse Ruby Chapman dies at 90
Ruby E. Chapman 90 died at 9 10 a m Sunday Aug 30 1981 at Southern Manor Nursing Home Carbondale She was a former nurse at Holden Hospital active in First Christian Church and Eastern Star She married John A Chapman in 1908 and is survived by two sons three grandchildren and three great grandchildren Burial is at Oakland Cemetery Memorials to the Humane Society of Southern Illinois or First Christian Church Circle No 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby E. Chapman
Southern Manor
Carbondale
Murphysboro
George W
Molly Crowe Clements
John A. Chapman
Marissa
John E
Charles A
John Robert
Alto Pass
George Franklin
Pigeon Forge
Tenn
John William Mills
George A
Union County Man Arrested For Marijuana Cultivation
A Union County man, Dennis P. Duklas, 29, of Alto Pass, was arrested at 3 30 p.m. Saturday for cultivation and possession of marijuana. About 15 pounds of marijuana plants were seized. Duklas remained in Union County jail awaiting bond today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Union County Sheriff’s Department
Dennis P. Duklas
Alto Pass
Duklas
Car Fire Extinguished at Local Food Spot in Marion
Marion firefighters extinguished a late model compact car blaze on the lot of Jim & Bill's Food Towne at 411 South Court Street. The engine of the vehicle owned by Rick Burns appeared destroyed. Cause under investigation after rapid response at 12 56 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Jim & Bill
South Court St
Rick Burns
Bradford Jr. Dies at 46 in Altadena Home
John Buck Shot Bradford Jr. 46 of 376 Crosby Street Altadena California passed away Saturday August 29 1981 at home. Funeral arrangements are pending at Jackson Funeral Home Lettie Skidmore 84 of Fair Acres Nursing Home Du Quoin died August 31 1981 in nursing home Arrangements are pending at Nea Memorial Chapel Du Quoin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John “Buck
Lettie Skidmore
Fair Acres
du Quoin
Nea! Memorial Chapel
Herrin man faces charges free on bond
A 23-year-old Herrin man, Darryl Walker, was arrested by Jackson County deputies on reckless conduct illegal possession of a controlled substance and illegal transportation of alcohol after allegedly driving recklessly on U.S. 51 north of De Soto at 2:15 a.m. Saturday. Deputies found pills believed to be amphetamines. He posted a $1,000 bond and was released in Murphysboro, with a court date set for Sept. 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Jackson County
Darryl Walker
de Soto
U.S. 51
Walker
Murphysboro
Stolen Shotgun TV and Stereo Reported in Elkville
Jackson County deputies report a 12 gauge shotgun a color television and an eight track stereo valued at 425 dollars were stolen Friday evening from Cynthia Ross residence 306 North Poplar Elkville. A neighbor heard a car depart around 7 p.m. as occupants were away. No arrests have been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Ross
N. Poplar
Elkville
Jackson County
Gas stolen from planes at Benton
The Benton police reported gasoline theft from two airplanes over the weekend. Robert Hallis at the Benton Airport said $60 worth of fuel disappeared between Friday and Sunday. Lisa Renee Summers of Route 2 Benton reported a stolen purse containing $27 and cards from her car at 716 Old Orchard Drive. A national organization credit card was found discarded nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Robert Hallis
Lisa Renee Summers
Route 2
Old Orchard Drive
National Organization
Chester Man Free on Bond in Aggravated Assault Case
Chester man Jimmie Niemeyer, 33, released from Randolph County jail on a sub 1000 dollar bond awaiting a court hearing on aggravated assault after a Chester police arrest in a family argument. Virgil Moore, 50, released on a 35 dollar cash bond on a disorderly conduct charge after Friday arrest. Two Sparta men arrested after a routine traffic stop for illegal transportation and possession of alcoholic liquor, both released on cash bonds pending court appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Niemeyer
Chester
Randolph County
Niemeyer
Virgil E. Moore
Rockwood
Moore
Sparta
Lonnie D. Taylor
Randy K. Grider
Marion Police Probe Thefts Of Firearm And Truck Gear
Marion police investigate thefts including a double barrel shotgun and nine silver dollars taken from Diana Wristen at 405 South First Street. Oshkosh driver Joseph Dochateau Jr. reports 85 gallons of diesel fuel and two cowboy hats stolen from his truck at Marion Truck Plaza. A truck battery is missing from Troy Barger's home on West Cherry Street, while Harvey Tunnell reports damage to his truck battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Diana Wristen
South First St
Joseph C. Dochateau Jr
Osh Kosh
Wis
Marion Truck Plaza
Troy Barger
West Cherry St
Harvey Tunnell
Tires and wheels stolen from car at Murphysboro tow lot
Two tires and two wheels valued at 146 dollars were taken from a car at Gary's Fleet Service a towing service on Route 2 Murphysboro between 6 and 9 p.m. Saturday, deputies said. The car owned by Andrew Goffiner of De Soto had been towed there after an accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Route 2
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Andrew Goffiner
de Soto
Weather Outlook From Gulf to Great Lakes With Warm Spells
Showers and rain are forecast to continue until Tuesday morning from the central and western Gulf to the upper Great Lakes. Cool weather is expected in the northern and central Plains, while most areas will trend warm. In Southern Illinois the Sunday high reached 92 degrees and the morning low was 73. By nine a.m. the thermometer read 81 degrees with no precipitation. Sunset today is 7:25 p.m. and Tuesday sunrise is 6:19 a.m. Sunset Tuesday is 7:23 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Gulf
Upper
Great Lakes
Central Plains
Illinois
Hospital Notes from MEMORIAL Chester and surrounding towns
Hospital notes list numerous admissions and discharges across MEMORIAL Chester and nearby communities including Evansville Hitle Rao, Park Ethel, Poppen Erma, Krueger Elizabeth, Wagner Linda, Campbell Hill Wyatt Elza, Steeleville Durkee Opal, Ellis Grove Liefer Dariene and son, Red Bud McDonough Hester, Walsh Higgins Creighton Ili Ellis Grove Littick Robert, Sparta Franklin Benton Adams, Orient Connor Hazel Lesser Evans Dorothy Freeman Juanita Ickelman Gertrude Wininger Donald Ward, Johnston City Morrison Robert Aount Vernon Rogers Catherine West Frankfort Whittington Betty Beasley Eleanor West Ferando Charles, Chwearczinski Rita and daughter, Macedonia Boscardine Katherine Lesser Cavins Hettie Carr Scott Lewis Leon Rees William Buckner White Glenda and son Crete Swofford Myrtie Union County Anna Admitted Rafael Juan Cobden Brooks Freddie Dale Hileman Oliver Marion Taormina Joseph Adcock Hope Ava Kelley Mildred Brim Vica Maione Iva Villa Ridge Rheinecker Patty discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Chester
Platt
Brian Weilge
Laurie Wine
Johanne Buenger
William Kirk
Pearl Park
Ethel
Ava Poppen
Erma
Evansville
Hitle
Darren
Walsh Beck
Flora Keeton
Loretta Krueger
Elizabeth Beisner
Roland Wagner
Linda Nitzsch
Pamela
Ellis Grove
Rinehart
Jana
Ruebach
Catherine
Steeleville
Lindsey
James Discharged
Tripp
George Ward
Wesley Casten
Esther Bell
Virginia Wittenborn
Aida
Campbell
Union County
Anna
Rafael
Juan
Cobden Brooks
Freddie Dale Hileman
Oliver
Marion Taormina
Joseph Adcock
Hope
Ava Kelley
Mildred Brim
Vica Maione
Iva
Villa Ridge
Rheinecker
Patty
Billie Sr
Vergennes Furiow
Sharon
Cobden Sims
Marion
Murphysboro
Fazard
John McCormick
John
Chicago
Shirley
Frieda
de Soto Sapinski
Russell
Mulkeytown
Nelson
Jeffery
Aurphysboro
Subkis
Little
Kathy
Carterville
Zimmerman
Harold
Lamb
Katherine
Johnston City
Pauline
Melissa Vincent
Mayme
West Frankfort
Gurtey
Paula
Vienna
Arlinghaus
Barbara
Brown
Earl Mabrey
Daniel Short
Debra
Fairfield Wessel
Georgia Schiesinger
Ida Cook
Price
Jeffrey
Olmsted
Graig
Margaret Stevens
Rebecca An
Sao
Tien
Wright
Cynthia
Obden Lane
Connie
Vanhoorebeke
Herbert
Grosskopf
Willi
Carterville Krueger
Elizab
Chester Vancil
Benjamin
Pass Lawrence
Beverly
Chaney
Diane Andter
Marion Lamastus
Willard
Hafli
Thompsonville
Doerr
Theresa
Vergennes Memorial
Hancock
Mandy Gillespie
Jenna Macaby
Jack Brown
Mary Martin
George Tondreault
Leo Turnage
Louis Gregory
Carlene Gibbons
Dorothy O'Neil
William
Mackey
James Stofiar
Claude West
Carolyn Hancock
Mandy Corzine
Lloyd Chase
Ellene Robinson
Jo Ann
Doctors
Harrisburg
Hunt
Clifford Lawson
Mary Ellen Baird
Wilmeth Woollcott
Jayne Hicks
Jerry Hull
Reba Bundren
John Harris
Judith
So Jackson
Nola Wolf
Betty
Son Chaney
Arvel Hayes
James Davis
Daniel Brown
Wayne Pre
Births Across Cities Chronicle Aug 1981 Murphysboro to Sparta
Birth notices list numerous newborns by family at Memorial Hospital Carbondale and doctors hospitals Harrisburg Chester Murphysboro Carbondale Benton Eldorado and nearby towns with dates Aug 27 28 29 30 1981. Names such as Weaver Piir Mann Kis Ahmad Fulgum Phoenix Pirmann Nitzarz and many others appear alongside parental names and hospital details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Weaver
Stephen
Lee Ann
Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
Piirmann
John
Tamara
Sharon
Ahmad
Syedhunisyed
Thomas
Linda
Marshall Browning Hospital
du Quoin
Eldorado
Edwards
Garland
Thelma
Doctors Hospital
Harrisburg
Wolf
Vernon
Betty
Mcleansboro
Cross
Ray
Cherri
Carrier Mills
Furlong
Mike
Joyce
Perez
Jesse
Elizabeth
Also Mentioned on This Page
O. Glenn Helvey
Jessica Canty
Alex Kapsalis
Parens
Stella Chamness
Alex
Victor
Johnson
Heart Fund
Newman Fund
Otis ‘Speck
Dartt Dies
Orient Ball
Searby Funeral Home
Bob’ Swofford
Ruby Chapman
Maud Culp
Josephine Zeboski
Myslicki
John ‘Buck Shot
Bradford Jr
National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Comme
Lee
Fisher, Thompsonville
Lindell
Gorrel
Edna Boien
Robyn
Percy Rheinicker
Tamaroa Body
Russell Jones
Timothy Shurtz
Minnie Law
Cathy Norville
Tammy and
Baby
Lesser Phillips
Nellie Prest
Nolan
Coulterville
Feltmeyer
Lewis Owen
Pat Norris
Ira
du Quoin Mize
Lisa
Nashville Goss
Laura
Willisville
ST. Joseph Memorial
Davidson
Edmund
Jonesboro
Smith
Herrin Hospital
Hennig
Ernest Cobb
Alien
Johnston City Childers
Demetria Toler
Charles
Marion Driemeyer
Leslie Montgomery
Lucille Myers
Richard Vaughn
A. B
Zeigler Mings
Bertha
Galatia Smith
Lara Moore
Carolyn Hopkins
William Dees
Robin Upchurch
Walter
Nergy Keeler
Nina Lautz
Eugene Howell
Denise
Johnston
Helton
Charlotte
Ambria Davis
Eleanor
Marion Kelly
May
Zeigler Smith
Paul Cravens
Helen Kipping
Viola
Makanda Johnson
Gertie
Zeigler Mariow
Elizabeth Marlow
Donald Scolari
Ernest Restivo
Jack
Freeman Pur Sanders
Wilma
Chamness
Margaret
Carterville Jones
Jonesi
Energy Mason
Mabel
Marion Bell
Amie
Artman
Stella Arnone
Diane Marton
Joann Walker
Christopher Hammonds
Clifton
Cambria
Snow
Sara
Birmingham
Ala
Rose
Anthony Lingle
Jenna Scolari
Stella Wagner
Louise
Energy Clark
Delia
Creal Springs
Taylor
Carterville Brown
E. Jeanette
Vienna Mcintosh
William Devard
Marinel
William Price
Marshall Browning
Harrell
Viola McClanahan
Cynthia Eater
Lorene
Tamaroa Bailey
Lester
Hilda Chamness
John and Baby
Royalton Jones
Jesse Watts
Helen
Royatton
Jimmy
Dorothy
Washington
Giesing
Carlyle
Gardner
Fred Byrd
Chism
Cohin Wagner
Kenneth
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