Rural Carbondale farmer Westerfield found dead in farm truck
Jackson County deputies investigate the death of Ronald Joe Westerfield 36 found Tuesday in the cab of his farm truck inside a pole barn on Route 4. No signs of foul play. coroner unavailable. Westerfield, a former agriculture teacher at Dongola and Murphysboro high schools, leaves wife Wilma, his mother, two sisters and several nieces and nephews. Funeral at United Methodist Church Friday. burial at Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery. Memorials suggested to ag scholarship fund or United Methodist Church Murphysboro.
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Jackson County
Carbondale
Route 4
Ronald Joe Westerfield
Sheriff’s Department
Westerfield
Don Ragsdale
Dongola
Murphysboro
Jackson County Farm Bureau
United Methodist Church of
Jackson County Extension Board
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Joseph Perry
Juanita Krump Westerfield
Wilma Coffer
Vergennes
Esther Buitt
June Mario
Marion
United Methodist Church
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel
Agriculture
Services planned Thursday for Roy Shelia Korando
Services for Roy Shelia Korando 26 of Route 4 Murphysboro will be at 10 am Thursday at St Andrew s Catholic Church with burial in the church cemetery. A rosary will be recited at 8 pm today after calling hours 5 to 9 pm at the funeral home. Korando died from an automobile accident on Illinois 127. She was a secretary in the Jackson County Clerk s office and a Sunday school teacher. She left a husband William Dean Korando and her parents Lee Roy and Dorothy Lindsey Rogers with several siblings. Donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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Roy Shelia Korando
Route 4
Murphysboro
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
Korando
St. Joseph’s Memorial Hospital
Murphsyboro
Illinois 127
Jackson County
St. Andrew's Catholic Church
Democratic Women’s Club
Carbondale
Lee Roy
Dorothy Louise Lindsey Rogers
William Dean Korando
Lee Roy Rogers
Carlene Doty
Mount Zion
Timmi Scroggins
Westhaven
Tanya Rogers
Kim Lipe
Makanda
Mike Lampley
Las Vegas
Nev
James Marty Rogers
Clara Rogers
Velma Lindsey
American Cancer Society
Rites Held for Margaret Broadway in Cobden and Blanche O'Brien in Anna
Funeral services were arranged for Margaret Broadway 78 of Wilmington formerly Cobden with a 10 am Friday mass at St. Joseph Catholic Church Cobden burial at the church cemetery after a 4 pm wake at Lutz Rendleman Funeral Home Cobden Broadway died Jan 25 1982. Born June 7 1903 in Cobden to John and Barbara Clemens she married John Broadway in 1919 survivors include her husband two sisters four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral for Blanche B O'Brien 84 of Anna set for 1 30 pm Thursday at Lutz Rendleman Funeral Home Anna entombment Walnut Grove Cemetery west of Cobden O'Brien died Jan 26 1982 in Union County Hospital Anna born Jan 26 1898 in Cobden to Walter and Ruth Ann Hartline married George O'Brien June 20 1931 he died 1975 survivors include one daughter Margarite Williams Sarasota Fla two sons Lester Robison Port Richey Fla and Walter Lee Robison Reading Pa two sisters Clyde Millis Alma Fears two brothers Sidney Francis nine grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
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Jewell Mouser Phillips
Bloomington
Carbondale
Chamnesstown
Marion
Troy
First Baptist Church
Troy Eugene
West Monroe
Lenore Leicht
Louise Clark
Janetta Schuler
Rockville
Ind
Evelyn Jones
Robert Joe
Edith Vaughn
Lillie Taylor
Metzler
Margaret Broadway
Wilmington
Del
Cobden
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Lutz & Rendleman Funeral Home
Broadway
John
Barbara Glaser Clemens
John Broadway
Kentucky
Frances Nelson
Matilda Stout
Blanche B. O’brien
Annavista
Anna
Lutz & Rendleman
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Clyde Millis
Alma Fears
Belleville
Sidney
Francis
Walnut Grove United
Carrie Troutt Ward
Christopher
Marshall Browning
du Quoin
Kingman
Ariz
Walter Wood
Jeff Troutt
H. D. Wood
Concord
Calif
Sue Cohen
Gary
Maxie’ Mandell
Phoenix
Carol Harris
Bobbye Sloan
Chicago
Jody Jones
Franklin , Tenn
Gilbert Funeral
Masonic and
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Benton
Everett Wilson
East St. Louis St
West Frankfort
Union Hospital
Wilson
Bonifield Brothers Trucking Co
Monroe Street
Church of God
Franklin County
Andrew
Annabelle Manning Wilson
Bonnie Williams
Dennis
Louie Wilson
Glenn Wilson
Harrisburg
Delores Smock
Carmi
Jessie Wilson
Union Funeral Home
East Fork
Funeral Home
Naomi McCleren
Gent
Johnston City
McCleren
Free Will Baptist Church
White Ash
Thompsonville
Alex
Harriett Johns
Bennie
Betty Trapani
Ruby Williams
Elsie Posey
Tom McCleren
Houston
Texas
Earl Johns
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home
Maplewood Cemetery
Obituaries note Ward Wilson and McCleren deaths in area
Carrie Troutt Ward 94 of Christopher dies January 26 in Marshall Browning Hospital Du Quoin. Everett Wilson 74 of West Frankfort dies January 26 in Union Hospital. Naomi McCleren 92 of Johnston City dies January 26 in Union Hospital West Frankfort. Services set for Ward at Gilbert Funeral Home Christopher and for Wilson at Union Funeral Home West Frankfort. Burial in Mason ic and Odd Fellows Cemetery Benton and East Fork Cemetery east of West Frankfort. Levy details list survivors including children grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Field Fire Extinguished at Marion Mobile Home Village
Marion firefighters extinguished a field fire behind mobile homes at Marion Mobile Home Village shortly before 6 a.m. today. The unknown origin blaze burned about 50 by 25 feet of vegetation with no other damages reported.
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Marion
Colder Weather Forecast Across Most Regions
Colder conditions return with rain in the Pacific Northwest and snow flurries from the Ohio Valley to the Northeast while the Southeast basks in milder temperatures. In Southern Illinois the 10 am reading reached 36 degrees, with Tuesday’s high 29 and overnight low 21, and no precipitation logged from 7 am Tuesday to 7 am today.
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Pacific Northwest
Ohio Valley
Illinois
Carbondale men arrested in drug case deal in Decatur
Buford Lewis Jr., 33, of Carbondale and George Brown Jr., 18, of Sikeston Mo, were arrested by federal authorities in Springfield after delivering about three ounces of cocaine to an undercover agent in Decatur. Illinois Division of Criminal Investigation said a seven month probe by IDCI Carbondale police and the DEA led to the arrests. The case centered on cocaine distribution in Southern Illinois.
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Buford Lewis Jr
Carbondale
George Brown Jr
Sikeston
Springfield
Bill Reineking
Illinois Division of Criminal Investigation
Marion
Decatur
Reineking
IDCI
Illinois
Correction fixes for regional planning chief name and misspellings
A Southern Illinois report corrects the spelling of Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission Executive Director A S Ike Kirkikis. Edith Gulley was killed by a stray bullet during a family shoot-out in Carrier Mills. A letter to the editor misquoted David Clarke on post-war micro electronics breakthroughs.
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Edith Gulley
Carrier Mills
Illinois
America
Japan
David Clarke
United States
Break-in at Hitch Rock Tavern Reported
Police say Hitch Rock Tavern at 107 E Union St was broken into before 4 55 a m today. A case of beer and $15 to $20 in change were taken.
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E. Union St
Anna Man Sues Toyota for 10 Million Over Crash
James Colboth of Anna files a 10 million dollar personal injury suit in Williamson County circuit court against Toyota Motor Co of Japan and Toyota Motor Sales of USA. Attorney John Womick represents Colboth. The suit claims front suspension vibration caused a crash on Sept 10, 1980, rendering him paralyzed from the neck down.
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Anna
Toyota Motor Co
Japan
Toyota Motor Sales
USA
Williamson County
Marion
Colboth
John Womick
Cocaine Leads SIEG Drug Buys in 1981 Four-County Report
SIEG report by Director Richard Pariser lists 1981 drug purchases across Williamson Jackson Union and Perry counties totaling 168 illicit buys. Cocaine accounted for 94 percent of 148 543 spent with 136 515 recovered. Major seizures included 24 8 pounds of cocaine worth 3 3 million and 1654 pounds of marijuana worth 3 7 million. 117 defendants were arrested and 92 percent conviction rate.
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SIEG
Richard Pariser
Williamson
Jackson
Union
Perry
Pariser
Infant death in Marion fire ruled an accident
In Williamson County coroner inquests, Lisa Goins aged 5 months and Lisa Wys kiel aged 19 were ruled accidental deaths. Goins died from smoke inhalation when a trailer home burned near Marion on December 17 with neighbor aid saving her brother. Wys kiel died from massive injuries when a car left Illinois 148 on December 23.
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Williamson County
Lisa Goins
Marion
Lisa Wyskiel
Benton
Ted
Rebecca Goins
Daniel Lee
Gerald Bailey
Jack Shaner
Goins
Charles Heyde
Shaner
Hospital Notes lists dozens of discharges and admissions
A long hospital note compiles admitted and discharged patients across Sparta Union Memorial Herrin Carbondale Murphysboro and surrounding towns. Names include Cora Ohris Rosemary Blair Joshua Koch Lloyd Burnett Laurie Anna Belle Moore Tamaroa Julie Karavec Darlene Monroe Nancy Howie Chester Shute Robort Strunk Annabelle Richardson Bea James Darlene Craig Cobden Patrick Boyt Irene Sample Irene Church Robert Duchene Mrs Oliver Duchene Mrs Ralph Ballantyne Mrs Ronald and many more with multiple facilities named.
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Ohris
Cora Burt
Rosemary Blair
Nancy
Koch
Joshua
Marissa Burnett
Lloyd
Coulterville McGough
Laurie
Marissa
Pinckneyville
Moore
Anna Belle
Tamaroa Brammeier
Karen
Addieville Karavec
Julie Monroe
Darlene
Lesser Howie
Chester Shute
Rena
Murphysboro
Robert
Marion Ellis
Ida Richardson
Annabelle Bea
James
Craig
Cobden Boyt
Patrick
Marion Floro
Trudy
Christopher Ursin
Susan Painter
Carolyn
Makanda
Brandon
Vincent Ferguson
Christy
Long
Teresa
Mounds Brown
Hobart
Cambria Cremeens
LaVonne Springs
Wilma
Creal Springs
Nance
Maude
Cambria
Gal
Beatrice
Marion Desloover
Betty
Orient God
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Summers
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Ruth Hutson
Clarence Angelly
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Jerrod Wisek
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Fourez
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Benton Anderson
Ida Holder
Loos
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Poling
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Hottes
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Union County
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Kate Eichhorst
Roy
Altlin
White
Sharon
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Terry
Vienna Jones
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Vienna Brown
Jane Creighton
Mounds
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Washington County
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Roy Hitt
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