Southern Illinois deaths list several local obituaries
Funeral notices report the deaths of Mrs. Florence Rush Watson 63 of De Soto Mrs Jennie Marlo 89 Herrin Mrs Leah Edith Wanstreet 85 Murphysboro Hewey B Kincannon Sr 69 Aurora and others with service times burial sites and family survivors in Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and nearby communities. Additional notices include Fred Lesser 77 Lesser Naomi Noonan 77 Murphysboro and Maude Miles Chester with details on providers and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Rush Watson
de Soto
van Natta
Carbondale
John Knight
A. B. Plunkett
Charles Watson
James Wallace
Hurst
Robert E. Wallace
Betty Jenning
William Rush
Velma Dickerson
Murphysboro
Ellis Brown
Harold Brown
Chicago
Oakland Cemetery
Jennie Marlo
W. Monroe St
Herrin
Hampton Nursing Manor
Marlo
Our Lady of
Teresa Berra
Caesar
Teresa Marlow
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
Bernard P. Mongan
St. Carlos Cemetery
Johnson’s Funeral
Leah Edith Wanstreet
Rt. 1
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Decatur
William Wanstreet
Wanstreet
Lutheran Church
Dorothy Will
May Stauber
R.R. Craddock
Florida
Hewey B. Kincannon Sr
S. Sumner St
Aurora
Copley Hospital
Kincannon
Vienna
Alice Pickle
Ruby Alsip
Wanda Kincannon
Evelyn Walden
Venita Benard
Oswego
Audrey Childers
James
Heney Jr
Yorkville
Delia Moore
Estella Grace
Carterville
Beatrice Crain
Vinna
George van Natta
Bernard Mongan
Taylor Cemetery
Naomi Noonan
N. 13Th St
William and
Jane Bagwill Jacobs
Leo J. Noonan
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Ralph A. Lepp
St. Louis
Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel
Larry Reynolds
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Inland Derailment Halts Coal Production at Inland Steel Mine
Inland Steel Co. near Lesser will halt coal production for about a week after a Thursday derailment damaged the preparation plant. General manager E M Pace said two thirds of miners may work during the shutdown while surface crews stay on, with no injuries reported. Damaged cars caused the incident and repairs may cost several hundred thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inland Steel Co
Lesser
E.M. Pace
Inland
Pace
Inland Steel
Steel Mills
Chicago
Woman 50 Injured After Car Collision in Murphysboro
Annie Little, 50, of Murphysboro, was treated at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital after being hit by a car in Murphysboro. Police said minor injuries are likely. Driver Jeffrey Endres, 19, said sun blinded him as he headed east on Walnut Street around 9:50 a.m. No tickets were issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Little
Murphysboro
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Jeffrey Endres
Endres
North 11Th Street
Walnut Street
Carbondale to Hire New City Attorney Soon
City Manager William Schmidt may hire a new fulltime city attorney by Tuesday. With Ron Briggs now Jackson County state’s attorney since Oct 19, the city has operated without a fulltime attorney. Bracton Lockwood, partner of John C. Feirich, has prosecuted city court cases and is a candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
William Schmidt
Ron Briggs
Jackson County
Briggs
Bracton Lockwood
John C. Feirich
Schmidt
Lockwood
14-year-old boy held in Franklin County check case
A 14-year-old West Frankfort youth is ordered held in Franklin County jail until a juvenile hearing set for December 26 after allegedly forging a 222 check on his mother's account. A detention hearing in Benton kept him in custody rather than returning him to his mother. Separately, the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council endorsed a site for a proposed second St. Louis area airport between Columbia and Waterloo, Illinois, by a 13 to 7 vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Franklin County
Benton
Jama Wagner
Gerald Owens
St. Louis
Columbia
Waterloo
Ill
East-West Gateway Coordinating Council
Carbondale expands by annexing two tracts along Old Route 13
Carbondale added about 200 residents by annexing Calhoun Valley and Circle Park Manor along Old Route 13 East. Residents seek city sewer. EPA recommends, with connections funded by property owners. Interceptor sewer will serve the new southeast treatment plant. Annexation to continue east and south toward Lakeland subdivision is planned. The Vets Club at John A. Logan College raises funds for a flag pole as part of campus facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Calhoun Valley
Circle Park Manor
State Environmental Protection Agency
New Southeast
Old Rt. 13
Giant City Road
Lakeland
Vets Club
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Tom Gayer
Denver Brewer
Murphysboro
Craine Furniture Company
Carbondale School Board to Seek Legal Counsel on Search Case
The Carbondale Grade School Board voted to consult its attorney on procedures after a fourth grade class at Lewis School was accused of searching pupils when a school stop watch went missing. The move follows a complaint from Mrs. Lu Ella Ford and a statement by principal Gaylin Fligor denying full strip searches. A fourth grader later described turning pockets inside out as requested. The board also met in closed session to discuss a new custodian salary schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Lewis
Laurence Martin
John C. Feirich
Douglas Ingold
Legal Assistance Foundation of Southern Illinois, Inc
Ingold
Lewis School
Gaylin Fligor
Fligor
Don Sinnott
Sinnott
Fliger
CCHS Board Grants City Sewer Easement on East Property
Carbondale Community High School Board approves a 30 by 170 foot sewer easement along Old Rt. 13 and Giant City Blacktop on the east side for about 20 houses. City pays $1. school may plant shrubs or build a driveway on the easement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonita Troutt
Carbondale Community High School Board
Cchs East
Old Rt. 13
County Superintendent of Schools
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Thomas North
R. C. Joseph
Lannin Tribute Read Into Record At Murphysboro
Memorial tribute for former Carbondale attorney John Lannin read into the circuit court record in Murphysboro. Lannin, 31-year Illinois Bar member, died Nov. 3. Jackson County judges presided as the Jackson County Bar Association read a condolence resolution and a letter from Mrs. Walter Whitmore was acknowledged. Orwin Pugh presented a memorial address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
John Lannin
Murphysboro
Lannin
Illinois Bar Association
Jackson County
Peyton Kunce
Everett Prosser
Richard Richman
Robert Schwartz
Jackson County Bar Association
County Bar Association
John Gordon Lannin
Walter B. Whitmore
Sturgis
Mich
Also Mentioned on This Page
Illinois
Florence Watson
Leah Wanstreet
H. B. Kincannon
Nancy Grear Koecher
Roswell
N.M
Jonesboro
Salem Lutheran Church
Eastern Star
Union County
Roy Grear
Earl Grear
Flora Holdman
Jackson
D.H. Holdman
Farmington, Mo
Leo Patterson
Chapel of Norris and Son Funeral Home
Fred Lefser
Fred Lesser
Brayfield
John Plunkett
Maple Hill
First Christian Church of
Thomas
Ann Cordell Lesser
Jessie Carter
Glenda Pavlotich
Iva Woods
Eva Fox
el Cajon
Calif
Irene Leonard
Buckner
Virginia Dame
Cleta Kupfner
Mantino
Jewel
el Paso
Tex
Walter
Vincent Hofsteter
Escott City
Robert Hofsteter
Carl Hofsteter
Nashville
Maude Miles
Chester
Pittsburg
Chester Memorial Hospital
Mitchell Funeral Home
Marion
Federal
Assolia
Sor
Logan Veterans
Cchs Board
Lawrence Dietz
North
Charles Hindersman
Illinois Ave
Southern Illinois
DA Paark’ Jewelers
Electric Cooperatives OF
Southern
Herrin Freight Salvage
W. Monroe
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