Deaths of Hennessy Hirsch Knight and others in area
Death notices from Murphysboro and nearby towns report James L. Hennessy 80 of 1503 Spruce St Murphysboro dies after brief illness in Memorial Hospital Carbondale. Other obituaries include Mary Ann Hirsch 92 of Du Quoin Frank C. Knight 75 of Du Quoin Margaret Furlow 73 of Mulkeytown Mabel Hindman 93 of Herrin Stella Wiggins 85 of Herrin Hubert Dotson 75 of Buncombe Nellie Womack 79 of Jonesboro and Mae Brelsford 80 of Mounds. Burial and service details follow for each, with survivors listed.
Drowning victim Mark Stew art services set for Du Quoin
Funeral services for Mark E. Stewart 24 of De Soto formerly Park Forest are scheduled for 10 30 a m Tuesday at Keeling Funeral Home Du Quoin Burial will be Sunset Memorial Park Du Quoin Stewart drowned Friday while swimming at a party on the Big Muddy River He was born August 12 1953 in Carbondale to Paul R and Clara Sue Adams Stewart Survivors include his parents a brother Steve two sisters Cynthia Ann and Susan Beth both of Park Forest and maternal grandmother Mabel Adams of Chester Paternal grandparents and maternal grandfather preceded him in death
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Hennessy
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
James
Nora Scanlon “Hennessy
Bess Best
Hennessy
St.Andrews Catholic Church
I Illinois Central Railroad
Knights
St. Andrews Church
Mary Ann Hirsch
W. Main
St., du Quoin
Hirsch
St. =John
Lena
Arendell
St. Louis
Bertha S. Norris
Helen L. Higgerson
Mary Ann Ritter
du Quoin
Elizabeth Reimans
Ava
Hilda M. Johnson
Min
William
Percy
Tamaroa
Louis
Adolph
Well
Neal Memorial Chapel
McElwain Cemetery
Mark E. Stewart
de Soto
Park Forest
Keeling Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Park
Mr. Stewart
Big Muddy
Paul R
Clara Sue Adams Stewart
Steve
Cynthia Ann
Susan Beth Stewart
Mabel Adams
Chester
Schroeder
John Draves
Church St
Mr. Draves
William and
Anne Shemonic Draves
Waterloo
Dora Grah
Lloyd
Beulah Haberman
Edna Mallady
Bremen
Edith Grah
Glenn
Peace Lutheran Church
Graveside rites set for Violet Thompson in West Frankfort
Violet Thompson, 70, of 1304 E Lindell St West Frankfort, dies July 2 1978 in Franklin Hospital. Graveside services at 11 am Tuesday Tower Heights Cemetery West Frankfort. Arrangements by Parker Reedy Funeral Home. Survivors include three daughters Vera Mae Thompson Diana Kay Johnson Glenda Sue Travis, two grandchildren, many siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Thompson
E. Lindell St
West Frankfort
Tower Heights
Parker- Reedy Funeral Home
Thompson
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Omeda
Tenn
Sim
Grace Swift Porter
Robert Thompson
Vera Mae Thompson
Diana Kay Johnson
Glenda Sue Travis
San Diego
Calif
Sim Porter
Wisconsin
Clarence ‘“‘Buck
Porter
Round Lake
Richard Porter
Chicago
Kenneth Porter
Marion
Beatrice Fox
Imogene Ke
July Fourth Citywide Festivities Across Local Parks
Picnics and fireworks mark Independence Day in Murphysboro Benton Christopher West Frankfort Herrin Hurst Randolph County Steeleville Carbondale Anna. Activities range from variety shows and boat races to water ski shows and parades plus late-evening fireworks displays. Notable events include Sam De Luca produced show at Riverside Park and Benton Jaycees sponsored programs with tickets and timed performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Sam de Luca
Riverside Park
Benton
Benton High School
City Park
Illinois
Christopher Jaycees
West Frankfort
First Christian Baptist Church
Herrin
Memorial Park
Freeman Spur
Hurst
Randolph County
David Kenney
Illinois Department of Conservation
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Kaskaskia Island
Kaskaskia
George Rogers Clark
Steeleville
Illinois 4
East Main Street
American Legion
Anna Fairgrounds
Patients spent less time in hospitals in 1976
Washington AP reports that in 1976 the average stay in a community hospital was 7.7 days, down from 7.9 days in 1972, per the Health Insurance Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Health Insurance Institute
Community meetings listed for Wednesday across several towns
Village Board of Trustees in Wednesday at 7 p.m. in St. Johns Village Hall. Anna Jonesboro High School board meets at 7 15 p.m. Carbondale Planning Commission convenes at 7 30 p.m. in Council Chambers. Liquor Commission Hearing Committee sits at 4 p.m. in City Council Chambers 607 E College Carbondale. Egyptian Chapter ISMTA meets 9 30 a.m. Wednesday Morris Library SIU Carbondale. Jaycees general meeting 8 p.m. Wednesday Golden Bear Restaurant Benton. Benton Planning Commission 7 30 p.m. Wednesday City Hall. Willisville Village Board 7 p.m. Wednesday Village Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Johns
Golden Bear
Carbondale
Benton
Southern Illinois Bee Keepers Association Meeting Notice
The Southern Illinois Bee Keepers Association will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday in Room 252 at John A Logan College Carterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois Bee Keepers Association
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Davis service for Thomas Dick Davis in Johnston City
Funeral services for Thomas Dick Davis 64 of 1003 Davis St Johnston City will be held at 3 p m Tuesday at Murman and Wilson Funeral Home He died Saturday night Born July 11 1913 in Johnston City to Richard and Ethel Davis He married Bonnie Dalton December 22 1972 He was a retired coal miner and a member of United Mine Workers Local 1345 A Korean War veteran He is survived by his wife one son Thomas of Johnston City one sister Doris Fleming of Johnston City one brother John of Bloomington and one grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Furlow
Mulkeytown
Gilbert Funeral
Christopher
Furlow
Franklin Hospital
Benton
George
Lucy North Dempsey
Bear Point
Lesser
Eastern Star Lodge
Marvin
Union, Mo
Esther Catherine Ruffin
Cairo
Ward Chapel Ame
Thistlewood Cemetery
Mounds
Ruffin
Algee
Carbondale
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Wilberforce University
Xenia
Ohio
Ward Chapel Ame Church
Edward David
Alpha Mae Curtis Ruffin
Edward W. Ruffin
Richard D. Ruffin
Columbus
Josie Russell
Peoria
Hattie Mae Curtis
Maude Barger
Davis St
Johnston City
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home
Lakeview
Barger
Marion Memorial Hospital
Vienna
T. J
Gertrude Cowan Gore
Ruel Barger
First United Methodist Church
Retail Clerks Local Union
Charlotte Basden
Petersburg
Mary Love
Margaret Pierce
Sparta
Thomas “Dick” Davis
Murman and Wilson
Mr. Davis
Richard and
Ethel Bell Davis
Bonnie Dalton
United Mine Workers of America
Thomas
Doris Fleming
John
Bloomington
Charles Rust 77 dies after long illness in Coulterville
Charles Rust 77 of Bagwill Shelter Care Home Coulterville died Saturday July 1 1978 after a long illness. He was born July 13 1900 in Murphysboro to Robert and Maude Rust and married Anna Kraus February 14 1920 in Murphysboro. Survivors include four daughters and 26 descendants. Funeral at Hill Funeral Home Til den at 1 p.m. Tuesday with burial in St Andrews Cemetery Murphysboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Brelsford
Mounds
Crain
Beechwood Cemetery
Mounda
Sikeston, Mo
John Ballowe
South Charleston
W. Va
Frank Ballowe
Herrin
Charles Rust
Bagwill
Coulterville
Mr. Rust
St. Joseph Catholic
Lake Orion
Mich
Murphysboro
Robert
Maude Lee Rust
Anna Kraus
Ann Manson
Columbia
Lauia Chittenden
Marissa
Virginia Schoolcraft
Carbondale
Elizabeth Slack
Pontiac
Hill Funeral Home
Tilden
St. Andrews
Shooting Outside Jeanette’s Tavern Sparks Local Debate
A June 22 report describes a shooting outside Colp’s Jeanette’s Tavern. Mayor Frank Caliper states the tavern lies in rural Herrin with Colp lacking jurisdiction over it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette
Colp
Frank Caliper
Herrin
Calendar PARENTS Without Partners Meet at DQ
The Little Egypt Chapter No 436 will hold a 6:30 p.m. family evening at the Carterville Dairy Queen on Wednesday. A blood drive runs 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the SIU Carbondale Student Center Ballroom D. A Red Cross Bloodmobile appears 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday in the Student Center Ballroom B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parents Without Partners
Little Egypt
Carterville Dairy Queen
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
RED Cross
Local Theater Listings Across Carbondale and Harrisburg
A dense roundup shows ROXY Coulterville presenting Love in Strange Places and VARSITY Carbondale showing Heaven Can Wait and The Greek Tycoon New Liberty. Drive-ins Marion and Egyptan show titles like Thank God It’s Friday The End and Convoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coulterville
Varsity
Carbondale
New Liberty
Murphysboro
Marion Drive-In
Herrin
Orpheum
Harrisburg
How to Submit a Public Calendar Item
The Southern Illinoisan lists meetings and entertainments open to the public without charge. Send details to Calendar, The Southern Illinoisan, 710 North Illinois, Carbondale, Ill. 62901, one week before the event including date time place brief description and admission charge if any.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
North Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
Driver charged after car hits pole in Marion
Bob Cooley a 19 year old of 1011 Laurel Lane Carbondale was charged with failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident after his car struck a utility pole and a new car on the Marion Ford Mercury lot. He crossed the Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad tracks on Court Street then hit a 1978 Mercury Marquis on the lot. Cooley suffered minor injuries and was taken to Marion Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Cooley
Laurel Lane
Carbondale
Marion
Cooley
Court Street
Marion Ford-Mercury Inc
Marion Memorial Hospital
Feminist Therapy Workshop Planned at SIUC Carbondale
A Wednesday all day workshop for psychotherapists will cover psychotherapy power and aging with panel discussions and videotape demonstrations at the SIUC Carbondale Student Center river rooms. Linda Gannon coordinates sponsored by the Women's Caucus of the psychology department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Feminist Therapy Workshop
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
River Rooms
Women’s Caucus
Siuc Psychology Department
Linda Gannon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank C. Knight
Marshall Browning
United Mine Workers of America Union
Mr. Knight
The
Baptist Church
St. John’s
Harry
Louise Zellars Knight
Pinckneyville
Juanita Greenwell
Vera Wiswell
the Neal
Mabel Hindman
S. 14Th St
Johnson
Stella M. Wiggins
10Th St
van Natta
Herrin City
Wiggins
Herrin Hospital
Hardin County
Minerva Rose Holbrook
James Wiggins
Denny and Pettett Funeral Home
Hubert Thomas Dotson
Route 1
Buncombe
Church of Christ
Goreville
Mr. Dotson
Church Hill
Joseph T
Molly Sams Dotson
Mary Gold
Joe
Sauk
J. D
Bonita Schweisow
Rosanna Whitner
Cypress
George Eckel Dotson
Pearl Elkins
Virgie Ellis
Jacksonville
Silvia Sharp
Maldetta Ausbrooks
Milan
Pauline Hester
Lurla Kelley
Altamont
T.C Dotson
Marvin White
Detroit
George White
California
Dawyne
Ray
Clarence White
Whitney Funeral Home
Mt. Zion Cemetery
Nellie Womack
Jonesboro
Norris and Son Funeral Home
Anna
Womack
Union County Hospital
Pentecostal Church
Grand Tower
Sherman
Alice Calahan Trammel
William H. Sauer
Kenora
Ontario
Canada
Denny and Pettrett
Sauer
Illinois Agricultural Association
Lake of the Woods
Odis Brisco Brown
Memorial Hospital of
Jackson Funeral Home
Raymond A. Kimmel
Raymond Albert Kimmel
Belleville
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Harry M
Josephine Piquard Kimmel
Cape Girardeau
Jewel Hobbs
Kimmel
U.S
Larry Ray Kimmel
Josephine Kimmel
Murphyshoo
Mt. Zion
William Nestler
Indianapolis
Ind
Union Funeral Home
Nestler
Moose Lodge
Dorothy Krah
Wayne Neely
Ft. Wayne, Ind
Robie
Ft. Knox
Brad
Amy Sutherland
Pompano Beach
Fla
Amy Aperovich
Duane Ferrell
Schroeder Funeral Chapel
Light St
Thomas Davis
Feminist Workshop
Rowland & Co
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