Funeral notices fill Murphysboro area obituaries
A string of funeral services and memorial notices fill local papers. John L Turner 85 of Murphysboro dies in Carbondale. services set Wednesday at Crawshaw Mortuary with burial in Pleasant Grove. Evans Stokes 82 of Anna dies in Benton. services at Crain Anna with Masonic rites. Tolbert Wiggs 83 of Anna dies. service details at Crain Anna. Ethel Bertha Harris 63 of Du Quoin dies. no local services. Herbert Silkwood 58 Christopher police chief funeral Wednesday. Grover C Gilliam 82 Tamaroa dies. burial in Lesser Maple Hill. John Cassidy 91 former Murphysboro resident dies in Colorado. services in Crawshaw Murphysboro. Mary Hammond 85 of Valier dies. services in Lesser. Elmer J Quirin 60 Freeburg funeral Wednesday. Benjamin Ward 58 Herrin dies. funeral Thursday in Carterville. Mrs Rose Arm in 83 Murphysboro dies. services Wednesday. Stella Moore 88 Mt Vernon Indiana funeral rites. John Vokonich 83 Zeigler dies. services Wednesday at Vantrease Zeigler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawshaw Mortuary
Murphysboro
John Cassidy
Printers Union
Colorado Springs
Colo
Missouri
William
Katheryn Dearmet Cassidy
Marie Zoller
Printers Local Union
St. Louis
Patrick McClurg
Litchfield
Gertrude Snider
Jennie Reese
Wallace Holton
Granite City
William Cassidy
San Francisco
Robert Trendle
Tower Grove
Alma Murphy services Wednesday for Mrs Reginatto
Alma Elizabeth Murphy 83 of Sparta died Monday in Sparta Community Hospital. She was born November 22, 1888 in Chester to Henry and Anna Schubert. Survived by sons Calvin and Charles, daughter Mabel Gaston, sisters Ida Dunn and Gertrude Ordway, five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Services Friday at Lynn Hill Funeral Home, Sparta with Rev. Francis Michels. burial Caledonia Cemetery. Funeral home after 2 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolbert Wiggs
Anna
Tolbert A. Wiggs
Fairground Court
Union County Hospital
First Baptist Church of
Union County
Riley
Lucinda Lingle Wiggs
Lena Hall
Robert
Lafayette
Nellie Stokes
Mounds
Crain Funeral Home
Floyd Lacey
Anna Cemetery
Funeral
Grover C. Gilliam
Rt. 1
Tamaroa
Pinckneyville
AF & AM Lodge
Lesser
Mr. Gilliam
Perry County
William and
Priscilla Thompson Gilliam
Vella Elkins
Gilliam
Goldie Vancil
Centralia
Howard
Neal Memorial
du Quoin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Neal Funeral Home
Mary Hammond
Valier
Jeffersonian
Mt. Vernon
Missouri
James
Candice Mooney Jones
Theodore
Delores Taylor
Minnie Smith
Biggers, Ark
Elsie Williams
San Angelo
Tex
Della Harrison
Brayfield Funeral Home
Howard Chapman
Benjamin John Ward
N. 9Th St
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Riggin
Carterville
N. G. Daniels
Hillcrest Cemetery
Ward
Railway Express
Jim Liddell
Tommie Liddell
Lakeland
Fla
Mary Ellen Palmer
Rose Armm
Rose Armin
Spruce St
Murphysboro
Jackson County
St. Clair County
August
Athane Mileur Boudet
Fred Armin
Arm
First Lutheran Church
Gertrude Snider
Melvin Brush
Jacob
Vokonich
John Vokonich
Zeigler
Vantrease
John Baggio
Zeigler City
Peacock Shelter
West Frankfort
Union Hospital
Russia
Alma Elizabeth Murphy
Sparta
Sparta Community Hospital
Chester
Henry
Anna Busse Schubert
David L. Murphy
Eastern Star
Rebecca Lodge
Calvin H
Dixon
Charles
Mabel E. Gaston
Granite City
Ida Dunn
Gertrude Ordway
Orange
Calif
Lynn Hill Funeral Home
Francis Michels
Caledonia Cemetery
Corinne Reginatto
Benton
Hobbs-Johnson
Frani Brookman
Masonic and Oddfellows
Reginatto
Webster Ave
Illinois
Samuel
Grace Miller Pyle
First Baptist Church
Sebastain
Doris Clayton
Billings
Mont
Virgil Pyle
Orient
Alice Mile
Houstoin
Leah Porter
Grass Valley
Sammie Hands
Phoenix
Ariz
Du Quoin to Get 1242 State Christmas Reimbursement
Du Quoin may receive 1242 from Illinois to reimburse road district losses from 1969 to 1970 due to increased tax exemptions. City council authorized Mayor Jack Struck to file the grant, noting Perry County road district 1 A includes Du Quoin streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Quoin
Illinois
Jack Struck
Department of Local Government Affairs
Perry County
Cecil Daily
Struck
Illinois Central Railroad
Franklin and Poplar Streets
Main and
Park Streets
Barclay Named Permanent Police Chief in Christopher
Acting chief Jim Barclay was appointed permanent police chief by the city council Monday night. Barclay, on the force 60 years, had served as acting chief since December 1 while former chief Herbert Silkwood, who led since 1964, died Monday. The council also discussed hiring for Barclay’s vacant acting chief position and approved city actions on water line upgrades and fire hydrants near Christopher School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ings
Daily
Ewald Pyle
Pyle
Rend Lake
Old du Quoin
Jim Barclay
Christopher
Barclay
Herbert Silkwood
Mr. Silkwood
Marshall Browning Hospital
du Quoin
Silkwood
Gene Smith
Smith
Snaith
Juvenile and Adult Traffic Citations Listed
Pittsburg Clyde W. Jolly 17 fined 35 for reckless driving Benton Dewey Frailey 56 fined 15 for improper passing Carterville Jim P. Casey 23 fined 15 for disorderly conduct Jonesboro James Thompson 19 fined 15 for immoderate driving
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Clyde W. Jolly
Benton
Dewey Frailey
Carterville
Jim P. Casey
Jonesboro
James Thompson
Inland mine resumes operations after derailment
The Inland Steel Co. Mine near Lesser resumes full operation at midnight Monday after a derailment damaged the preparation plant. Eight derailed coal cars caused about 100000 dollars in damages. essential washing equipment is repaired, but much remains unrepaired. A brakeman said radio contact with the engineer was lost before the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inland Steel Co
Lesser
Inland’s Steel Mills
Chicago
Ind
Trudy Irvin
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Benjamin Ward
John L. Turner
Styrest Nursing Home
Carbondale
Paul Worley
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Mr. Turner
Charleston
James L
Annie Curtis Turner
Elzira Thomas
Turner
Pentecostal Church
Brown Shoe Co
Odell Cook
Navarre Boudet
Belleville
Howard Cox
Susie Byrd
Ziretta Hale
Evan Stokes
John F
Etta L. Ferguson Stokes
Clyde Stokes
Clarence Stokes
Marion
John R. Stokes
Jacksonville
Crain
Earl Ligon
McGinnis
Union Lodge No. 627
AF & AM
Ethel Bertha Harris
Rt. 3
Orwin Harris
Episcopal Church of
Green Bay
Wis
Sylvester
Margaret Thomas Nutting
Clara Miller
Fresno
Lucille Craver
Florence McDonald
Thomas P. Nutting
Gilbert Funeral
Eugene Fox
Mulkeytown
Franklin County
E. J. Quirin
Elmer J. Quirin
Freeburg
Renner Funeral Home
Quirin
Bellesville
Frank Quirin Jr
North Carolina
Stella Moore
Johnston City
Lakeview
Moore
Williamson County
Ashville
N.C
Reather Berry
Evansville
Joyce Burke
N. C
June Ryckman
Ashboro
Norvell Funeral Home
Alma E. Murphy
Regini
Aatto
Gemith
BILLS
Wainui
Mohr
Aes
Ig Rt
Milton Brakey
Rou Christmas
Peres
Snoopy
Craig
Mattel
Amt
Smartpig
Kenner
Efaker
W. Main St
Ill
Inland Mine
Wappy Holidays
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Rt.14
West Benton
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